Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI Shares Sold by Hilltop Holdings Inc.

Hilltop Holdings Inc. lowered its position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 92.1% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 770 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 8,955 shares during the quarter. Hilltop Holdings Inc.’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $334,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in MSI. Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 3,433,482 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,570,096,000 after purchasing an additional 31,744 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions during the 4th quarter worth $942,542,000. Morgan Stanley grew 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. Amundi grew its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 19.6% during the fourth quarter. Amundi now owns 1,570,227 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $601,899,000 after purchasing an additional 257,483 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Swedbank AB increased its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 10.7% in the fourth quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 1,490,010 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $571,151,000 after buying an additional 144,518 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

MSI has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Weiss Ratings downgraded Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Piper Sandler raised their target price on Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Barclays boosted their target price on Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 price target on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Monday, June 1st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

NYSE MSI opened at $440.86 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $410.56 and a two-hundred day moving average of $425.53. The company has a market capitalization of $73.18 billion, a PE ratio of 35.52, a P/E/G ratio of 2.95 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. 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 (NYSE:MSI) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 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 analysts’ expectations of $2.70 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $3.18 earnings per share. The business’s revenue 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. As a group, analysts expect that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.19 earnings per share for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th were issued a $1.21 dividend. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 17th. 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.