Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI Shares Bought by Wealthfront Advisers LLC

Wealthfront Advisers LLC grew its holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 44.0% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 22,079 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,744 shares during the period. Wealthfront Advisers LLC’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $9,582,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. D.A. Davidson & CO. lifted its position in Motorola Solutions by 45.5% during the first quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 3,360 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $1,458,000 after buying an additional 1,051 shares in the last quarter. Seros Financial LLC acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions during the first quarter worth $220,000. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. grew its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 152.7% in the 1st quarter. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. now owns 2,547 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,104,000 after buying an additional 1,539 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Preferred LLC grew its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 61.7% in the 1st quarter. Advisors Preferred LLC now owns 1,211 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $526,000 after buying an additional 462 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sanctuary Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 42.7% in the 1st quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 37,409 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $16,235,000 after acquiring an additional 11,199 shares during the last quarter. 84.17% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently commented on the company. Piper Sandler lifted their price target on Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and ten have assigned a Buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Price Performance

MSI stock opened at $413.26 on Friday. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 52-week low of $359.36 and a 52-week high of $492.22. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. The stock has a market cap of $68.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.88 and a beta of 0.88. The business has a fifty day moving average of $407.97 and a two-hundred day moving average of $423.52.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.24 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.70 billion. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter 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. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 earnings per share for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

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

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.