Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI Shares Sold by Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC decreased its position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 13.0% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 24,903 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 3,735 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $9,539,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Strategic Advocates LLC acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions in the third quarter valued at $28,000. JPL Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions in the third quarter valued at $31,000. MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Orion Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 46.3% in the fourth quarter. Orion Capital Management LLC now owns 79 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter valued at $33,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have weighed in on MSI. Piper Sandler upped their target price on Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Monday, June 1st. Wall Street Zen downgraded Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, April 26th. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Truist Financial reduced their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of NYSE:MSI opened at $410.80 on Tuesday. 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 52-week low of $359.36 and a 52-week high of $492.22. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $420.82 and its 200-day simple moving average is $417.39. The company has a market capitalization of $68.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.10, a P/E/G ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.89.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share (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 in the prior year, the business earned $3.18 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. 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. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 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. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be given a dividend of $1.21 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio is 39.00%.

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.