Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. Decreases Stock Holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. lowered its holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 85.0% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 7,610 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 42,990 shares during the quarter. Polar Asset Management Partners Inc.’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $3,303,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the business. Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its position in Motorola Solutions by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 3,433,482 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $1,570,096,000 after purchasing an additional 31,744 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter valued at about $942,542,000. Aristotle Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions during the first quarter worth about $983,432,000. Morgan Stanley lifted its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 2.0% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,754,052 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $672,364,000 after purchasing an additional 34,715 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Amundi boosted its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 19.6% in the fourth quarter. Amundi now owns 1,570,227 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $601,899,000 after buying an additional 257,483 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MSI has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Truist Financial lowered their target price on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Weiss Ratings lowered Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Thursday. Barclays upped their price target on Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, April 26th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Motorola Solutions has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

NYSE:MSI opened at $423.85 on Tuesday. 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 firm has a 50-day moving average of $409.73 and a two-hundred day moving average of $425.08. The stock has a market cap of $70.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.15, a PEG ratio of 2.91 and a beta of 0.88. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 1-year low of $359.36 and a 1-year high of $492.22.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.24 by $0.13. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.The business had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.70 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $3.18 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. On average, research analysts expect that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.19 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th were paid a dividend of $1.21 per share. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 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.