Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. Sells 2,411 Shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. lowered its position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 58.3% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,728 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 2,411 shares during the quarter. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $718,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. increased its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 12.3% during the 2nd quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 1,522 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $632,000 after purchasing an additional 167 shares during the last quarter. Cooper Financial Group acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions in the 2nd quarter valued at about $231,000. Czech National Bank grew its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 4.7% during the second quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 47,249 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $19,622,000 after purchasing an additional 2,132 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its position in Motorola Solutions by 338.2% during the second quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 250,624 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $104,082,000 after buying an additional 193,430 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC increased its position in Motorola Solutions by 1.7% during the second quarter. Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC now owns 4,067 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $1,689,000 after buying an additional 69 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Truist Financial raised their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $525.00 to $545.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Monday, June 1st. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $476.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $510.00 to $520.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and eleven have issued a Buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $516.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Down 1.0%

MSI opened at $465.25 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $421.28 and a 200-day moving average of $430.54. The company has a market capitalization of $76.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.63, a P/E/G ratio of 2.91 and a beta of 0.87. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $359.36 and a fifty-two week high of $493.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.13, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.10.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The communications equipment provider reported $4.41 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.85 by $0.56. The business had revenue of $3.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3 billion. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.44% and a return on equity of 98.22%. Motorola Solutions’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $3.57 earnings per share. Motorola Solutions has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 4.390-4.440 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.620-17.720 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.31 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th were paid a $1.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 38.11%.

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.