Fideuram Asset Management Ireland dac Makes New Investment in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Fideuram Asset Management Ireland dac acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 11,595 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock, valued at approximately $4,581,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in MSI. Capital World Investors grew its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 5.5% during the 3rd quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 9,386,519 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $4,292,310,000 after acquiring an additional 490,354 shares during the period. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co grew its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 8.4% during the 3rd quarter. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co now owns 29,701 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $13,582,000 after acquiring an additional 2,300 shares during the period. Barden Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $1,462,000. Alps Advisors Inc. grew its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 180.3% during the 3rd quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 19,899 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $9,100,000 after acquiring an additional 12,799 shares during the period. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC grew its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 28.0% during the 3rd quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 15,802 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $7,226,000 after acquiring an additional 3,459 shares during the period. 84.17% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

MSI has been the subject of a number of research reports. Argus raised shares of Motorola Solutions to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. 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. Barclays upped their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $515.00 to $520.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating and set a $470.00 price target on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Motorola Solutions presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Insider Activity at Motorola Solutions

In other news, CEO Gregory Q. Brown sold 28,435 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $477.95, for a total value of $13,590,508.25. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 90,721 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $43,360,101.95. This represents a 23.86% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 1.28% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

NYSE MSI opened at $410.92 on Friday. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 1 year low of $359.36 and a 1 year high of $492.22. 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 $68.21 billion, a PE ratio of 33.11, a P/E/G ratio of 2.85 and a beta of 0.93. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $429.48 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $414.59.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share (EPS) 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 net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.18 EPS. 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. Analysts predict that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be issued a $1.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio is presently 39.00%.

Motorola Solutions 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.