RiverFront Investment Group LLC Invests $616,000 in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

RiverFront Investment Group LLC bought a new position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor bought 1,608 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock, valued at approximately $616,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. North Dakota State Investment Board purchased a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,190,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter worth approximately $43,000. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 6.7% in the 4th quarter. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC now owns 570 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $219,000 after buying an additional 36 shares during the last quarter. Security National Bank grew its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 18.8% in the 4th quarter. Security National Bank now owns 4,737 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $1,816,000 after buying an additional 751 shares during the last quarter. Finally, May Hill Capital LLC grew its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 93.3% in the 4th quarter. May Hill Capital LLC now owns 2,234 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $856,000 after buying an additional 1,078 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

MSI has been the topic of several recent research reports. Weiss Ratings downgraded Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 price target on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Argus upgraded Motorola Solutions to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, April 26th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $470.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

Shares of MSI opened at $408.17 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $439.21 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $414.55. The company has a current ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 12 month low of $359.36 and a 12 month high of $492.22. The company has a market cap of $67.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.89, a P/E/G ratio of 2.72 and a beta of 0.93.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.24 by $0.13. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.The business had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $3.18 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Motorola Solutions has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.820-3.880 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.870-16.990 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be paid a dividend of $1.21 per share. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 39.00%.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Kenneth D. Denman sold 434 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $470.12, for a total transaction of $204,032.08. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 7,153 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,362,768.36. This represents a 5.72% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Cynthia Yazdi sold 7,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $471.01, for a total value of $3,297,070.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,529 shares in the company, valued at $4,488,254.29. The trade was a 42.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 129,069 shares of company stock valued at $60,779,964 in the last ninety days. 1.28% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Motorola Solutions Company Profile

Motorola Solutions, Inc is a provider of mission-critical communications and analytics solutions for public safety and commercial customers. The company designs, manufactures and supports a range of communications equipment and software aimed at enabling first responders, government agencies and enterprises to coordinate and operate reliably in high-pressure environments. Its offerings emphasize secure, resilient connectivity and situational awareness for organizations that require dependable voice, data and video communications.

Product lines include land mobile radio (LMR) systems and handheld and vehicle-mounted radios used by police, fire and emergency medical services; broadband push-to-talk and LTE-based solutions; command-and-control center software for incident management and records; and video security and analytics systems.