JPMorgan Chase & Co. Sells 76,087 Shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut its stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 5.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,325,960 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 76,087 shares during the quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $508,268,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Palladiem LLC bought a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter valued at about $35,000. ING Groep NV raised its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 72.4% in the fourth quarter. ING Groep NV now owns 112,825 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $43,248,000 after purchasing an additional 47,387 shares during the period. Havemeyer Place LP bought a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter valued at about $691,000. OneAscent Financial Services LLC raised its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 25.4% in the fourth quarter. OneAscent Financial Services LLC now owns 598 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $229,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares during the period. Finally, OneAscent Family Office LLC raised its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 4.9% in the fourth quarter. OneAscent Family Office LLC now owns 647 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $248,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the period. 84.17% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on MSI. Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $470.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Argus raised shares of Motorola Solutions to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Barclays raised their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of Motorola Solutions stock opened at $412.50 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $68.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.24, a PEG ratio of 2.88 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.07 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 firm’s 50-day moving average price is $422.27 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $416.48.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.24 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.18 earnings per share. 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. On average, analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio is presently 39.00%.

Motorola Solutions 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.