Peterson Wealth Services Has $3.11 Million Holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Peterson Wealth Services boosted its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 270,200.0% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 8,109 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after buying an additional 8,106 shares during the period. Peterson Wealth Services’ holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $3,109,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in MSI. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter valued at about $942,542,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 11,507.4% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,192,196 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $456,993,000 after purchasing an additional 1,181,925 shares during the period. Ninety One UK Ltd increased its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 74.3% in the 4th quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd now owns 1,338,589 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $513,108,000 after purchasing an additional 570,712 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 150.3% in the 4th quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 933,462 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $357,815,000 after purchasing an additional 560,510 shares during the period. Finally, Capital World Investors increased its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 5.5% in the 3rd quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 9,386,519 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $4,292,310,000 after purchasing an additional 490,354 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

MSI has been the topic of a number of research reports. Argus upgraded Motorola Solutions to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Motorola Solutions from $515.00 to $520.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Truist Financial dropped their target price on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 8th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $470.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, Barclays upped their target price on Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of NYSE MSI opened at $410.80 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $68.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.10, a PEG ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.89. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $421.81 and a 200 day simple moving average of $416.78. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 52 week low of $359.36 and a 52 week high of $492.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.07.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its quarterly 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. The business had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.70 billion. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $3.18 EPS. 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, research analysts predict that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be paid a $1.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Motorola Solutions’s 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.