Kentucky Retirement Systems Grows Stock Holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Kentucky Retirement Systems lifted its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 81.7% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 19,010 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,549 shares during the quarter. Kentucky Retirement Systems’ holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $8,250,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC increased its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 5.2% in the fourth quarter. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC now owns 482 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $185,000 after purchasing an additional 24 shares during the last quarter. Orion Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Motorola Solutions by 46.3% during the fourth quarter. Orion Capital Management LLC now owns 79 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Lord & Richards Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in Motorola Solutions by 2.0% during the first quarter. Lord & Richards Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,285 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $558,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Mill Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Mill Capital Management LLC now owns 2,935 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,125,000 after buying an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bridges Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 4.5% in the 4th quarter. Bridges Investment Management Inc. now owns 604 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $232,000 after buying an additional 26 shares in the last quarter. 84.17% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently commented on MSI. Barclays lifted their price target on Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Piper Sandler upped their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, April 26th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine 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 presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Trading Down 1.4%

NYSE MSI opened at $434.09 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 0.86. The stock has a market capitalization of $72.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.98, a PEG ratio of 3.06 and a beta of 0.88. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $411.32 and its two-hundred day moving average is $425.90. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 12 month low of $359.36 and a 12 month high of $492.22.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 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 last year, the business earned $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, sell-side analysts anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.19 earnings per share for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th were given a $1.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is presently 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.