Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC boosted its position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI – Free Report) by 175.3% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 56,400 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after buying an additional 35,911 shares during the quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $24,476,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Argent Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 305.6% in the 1st quarter. Argent Capital Management LLC now owns 33,565 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $14,566,000 after purchasing an additional 25,290 shares in the last quarter. Essential Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 633.3% during the 1st quarter. Essential Partners LLC now owns 88 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 76 shares in the last quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions during the 1st quarter worth $6,325,000. Western Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions during the 1st quarter worth $27,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 34.3% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,381,506 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $599,532,000 after buying an additional 352,679 shares during the last quarter. 84.17% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of research analysts have issued reports on the company. Truist Financial decreased their target price 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. Barclays increased their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, April 26th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $504.67.
Motorola Solutions Stock Up 1.3%
Shares of MSI opened at $436.49 on Friday. 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, Inc. has a 52 week low of $359.36 and a 52 week high of $492.22. The stock has a market capitalization of $72.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.17, a PEG ratio of 3.00 and a beta of 0.88. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $412.58 and a 200-day moving average of $426.31.
Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 analyst estimates of $2.70 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.18 EPS. Motorola Solutions’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, sell-side analysts anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.19 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th were issued a dividend of $1.21 per share. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is 39.00%.
About Motorola Solutions
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.
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