NEOS Investment Management LLC Boosts Stock Position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

NEOS Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 13.6% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 26,721 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after buying an additional 3,195 shares during the period. NEOS Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $11,097,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in MSI. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new position in Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $208,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 2nd quarter valued at $210,000. HUB Investment Partners LLC grew its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 38.7% in the 2nd quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 2,540 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,068,000 after buying an additional 709 shares during the last quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp grew its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 17.7% in the 2nd quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 16,279 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $6,845,000 after buying an additional 2,450 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the 2nd quarter worth $891,000. 84.17% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on MSI shares. Piper Sandler boosted their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $503.00 to $530.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Truist Financial raised their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $525.00 to $545.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 7th. Bank of America reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $550.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Wednesday, August 26th. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, August 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Motorola Solutions currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $519.44.

Motorola Solutions Trading Down 0.8%

NYSE MSI opened at $468.28 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.13, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.10. The firm has a market cap of $77.50 billion, a PE ratio of 36.87, a P/E/G ratio of 2.80 and a beta of 0.88. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a one year low of $359.36 and a one year high of $494.85. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $445.12 and its two-hundred day moving average is $437.23.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The communications equipment provider reported $4.41 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.85 by $0.56. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.44% and a return on equity of 98.22%. The business had revenue of $3.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $3.57 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. Analysts expect that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.87 earnings per share for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 16th will be given a dividend of $1.21 per share. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 16th. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 38.11%.

Insider Activity at Motorola Solutions

In other news, SVP Kathryn A. Moore sold 1,004 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $476.96, for a total transaction of $478,867.84. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 1,282 shares in the company, valued at $611,462.72. This represents a 43.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Gregory Brown sold 14,220 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $485.22, for a total value of $6,899,828.40. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 66,648 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $32,338,942.56. This represents a 17.58% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Company insiders own 1.28% of the company’s stock.

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.