Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) Stock Price Expected to Rise, Truist Financial Analyst Says

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) had its price objective raised by analysts at Truist Financial from $525.00 to $545.00 in a research note issued to investors on Friday,Benzinga reports. The firm presently has a “buy” rating on the communications equipment provider’s stock. Truist Financial’s price target indicates a potential upside of 14.85% from the company’s previous close.

A number of other analysts have also issued reports on the company. Piper Sandler raised their target price on Motorola Solutions from $503.00 to $530.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday. Zacks Research upgraded Motorola Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $525.00 to $545.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $510.00 to $520.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Two equities research analysts have 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. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $516.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Up 0.1%

Motorola Solutions stock opened at $474.51 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $78.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.48, a P/E/G ratio of 3.05 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 0.86. Motorola Solutions has a fifty-two week low of $359.36 and a fifty-two week high of $493.57. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $415.73 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $428.13.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The communications equipment provider reported $4.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.85 by $0.56. The company had revenue of $3.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3 billion. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.44% and a return on equity of 100.67%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $3.57 earnings per share. Motorola Solutions has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 4.390-4.440 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.620-17.720 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions will post 15.19 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Motorola Solutions

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in MSI. Evelyn Partners Asset Management Ltd acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions in the 1st quarter valued at about $1,052,000. Crestmont Private Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,907,000. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 11.4% during the first quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 63,931 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $27,744,000 after purchasing an additional 6,564 shares during the period. Hsbc Holdings PLC lifted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 12.9% during the 4th quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 591,086 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $226,642,000 after purchasing an additional 67,467 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 15.9% in the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 706,588 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $270,849,000 after buying an additional 96,751 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Motorola Solutions

Here are the key news stories impacting Motorola Solutions this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong Q2 results: Revenue rose 13.3% year over year to $3.13 billion, exceeding the approximately $3.0 billion consensus estimate, while adjusted EPS increased 24% to $4.41 and beat expectations near $3.85–$3.86. Motorola beats Q2 earnings and revenue estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Higher 2026 guidance: MSI now expects approximately $12.98 billion in full-year revenue and adjusted EPS of $17.62–$17.72, above prior guidance and analyst expectations. Third-quarter adjusted EPS guidance of $4.39–$4.44 also exceeds consensus of about $4.34. Motorola Solutions lifts annual guidance
• Positive Sentiment: Record backlog and broad-based growth: Backlog reached an all-time high of $15.6 billion, up 11% year over year. Both Products & Systems Integration and Software & Services posted solid growth, supporting the view that demand is durable rather than limited to a single product line. MSI Q2 deep dive
• Positive Sentiment: More bullish analyst views: Piper Sandler raised its target to $530 and JPMorgan increased its target to $545, with both maintaining overweight ratings. Seeking Alpha also upgraded MSI to Buy, citing accelerating growth, margin expansion and improved valuation. Motorola Solutions future return potential
• Neutral Sentiment: MSI agreed to acquire counter-drone specialist D-Fend for $1.5 billion, potentially expanding its public-safety technology portfolio but adding execution and integration costs.
• Neutral Sentiment: A $60 million pretax benefit from IEEPA tariff refunds supported quarterly results and appears nonrecurring. Investors may therefore focus on underlying operating growth in subsequent quarters.
• Negative Sentiment: Quiver Quantitative reported substantial insider selling over the past six months, including sales by CEO Gregory Q. Brown. Such activity may temper enthusiasm, although it does not offset the strong earnings-driven catalyst.

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.