Plato Investment Management Ltd Takes $3.22 Million Position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Plato Investment Management Ltd purchased a new stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund purchased 7,792 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock, valued at approximately $3,217,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter worth $942,542,000. Aristotle Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions during the first quarter valued at $983,432,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its position in Motorola Solutions by 11,507.4% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,192,196 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $456,993,000 after buying an additional 1,181,925 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp purchased a new stake in Motorola Solutions in the 2nd quarter worth about $374,617,000. Finally, Orbis Allan Gray Ltd boosted its position in Motorola Solutions by 95.6% during the 4th quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd now owns 1,283,065 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $491,824,000 after acquiring an additional 627,066 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Motorola Solutions Trading Down 0.0%

Shares of NYSE MSI opened at $466.31 on Monday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $422.40 and a 200 day simple moving average of $431.00. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 52 week low of $359.36 and a 52 week high of $493.57. The stock has a market cap of $77.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.72, a PEG ratio of 2.79 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.13, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.10.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 5th. The communications equipment provider reported $4.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.85 by $0.56. The firm had revenue of $3.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3 billion. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.44% and a return on equity of 98.22%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $3.57 earnings per share. Motorola Solutions has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 4.390-4.440 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.620-17.720 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.87 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have weighed in on MSI. Bank of America reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $476.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $510.00 to $520.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and eleven have issued a Buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $516.67.

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.