Oddo BHF Asset Management Sas Sells 1,984 Shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Oddo BHF Asset Management Sas lowered its stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 4.9% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 38,367 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 1,984 shares during the quarter. Oddo BHF Asset Management Sas’ holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $16,650,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Crestmont Private Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions during the fourth quarter worth $1,907,000. Evelyn Partners Asset Management Ltd bought a new position in Motorola Solutions in the first quarter valued at about $1,052,000. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 11.4% in the first quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 63,931 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $27,744,000 after acquiring an additional 6,564 shares during the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC increased its position in Motorola Solutions by 12.9% in the fourth quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 591,086 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $226,642,000 after purchasing an additional 67,467 shares during the period. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership raised its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 15.9% during the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 706,588 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $270,849,000 after purchasing an additional 96,751 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Piper Sandler upped their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Truist Financial lowered their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 price target on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, April 26th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Trading Down 1.4%

NYSE MSI opened at $434.09 on Thursday. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 12 month low of $359.36 and a 12 month high of $492.22. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $411.32 and a 200 day simple moving average of $425.90. The company has a current ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. The company has a market capitalization of $72.06 billion, a PE ratio of 34.98, a P/E/G ratio of 3.06 and a beta of 0.88.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last issued 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. The firm had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.70 billion. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.The company’s revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $3.18 earnings per share. 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. Research analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.19 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

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