Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) Raised to “Strong-Buy” at Zacks Research

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) was upgraded by investment analysts at Zacks Research from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday,Zacks.com reports.

Other equities analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Monday, June 1st. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, April 26th. Truist Financial dropped their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and ten have given a Buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

Shares of MSI opened at $405.71 on Monday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $408.62 and a 200 day moving average of $424.19. The company has a market capitalization of $67.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.69, a PEG ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 0.88. Motorola Solutions has a 12 month low of $359.36 and a 12 month high of $492.22. The company has a current ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.24 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $2.71 billion for 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 business’s revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm 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. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions will post 15.19 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Motorola Solutions

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Whipplewood Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 1,966.7% during the 1st quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 62 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares during the period. Western Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Motorola Solutions during the 1st quarter valued at about $27,000. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 540.0% during the 1st quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 64 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. JPL Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions during the third quarter valued at about $31,000. Finally, Gunpowder Capital Management LLC dba Oliver Wealth Management purchased a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. 84.17% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.