Louisiana State Employees Retirement System Decreases Stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Louisiana State Employees Retirement System lessened its stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 2.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 8,800 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 200 shares during the quarter. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $3,700,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Shell Asset Management Co. lifted its stake in Motorola Solutions by 38.1% during the second quarter. Shell Asset Management Co. now owns 7,149 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $3,006,000 after purchasing an additional 1,973 shares during the last quarter. Roundview Capital LLC lifted its stake in Motorola Solutions by 11.9% during the second quarter. Roundview Capital LLC now owns 11,645 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $4,896,000 after purchasing an additional 1,235 shares during the last quarter. Trueblood Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in Motorola Solutions by 1.5% during the second quarter. Trueblood Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,218 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $933,000 after purchasing an additional 33 shares during the last quarter. Wormser Freres Gestion lifted its stake in Motorola Solutions by 21.8% during the second quarter. Wormser Freres Gestion now owns 932 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $392,000 after purchasing an additional 167 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital Advisors Inc. OK lifted its stake in Motorola Solutions by 22.5% during the second quarter. Capital Advisors Inc. OK now owns 1,751 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $736,000 after purchasing an additional 322 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, SVP James A. Niewiara sold 1,700 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $485.43, for a total value of $825,231.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 14,542 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,059,123.06. The trade was a 10.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, COO John P. Molloy sold 37,514 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $462.38, for a total value of $17,345,723.32. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer directly owned 59,328 shares in the company, valued at $27,432,080.64. This represents a 38.74% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 248,493 shares of company stock worth $116,848,278. 1.44% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on MSI shares. Wolfe Research started coverage on Motorola Solutions in a research note on Monday, July 7th. They set a “peer perform” rating for the company. Evercore ISI boosted their target price on Motorola Solutions from $500.00 to $525.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, August 29th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Wednesday. Piper Sandler started coverage on Motorola Solutions in a research note on Tuesday, September 23rd. They set a “neutral” rating and a $495.00 target price for the company. Finally, Barclays cut their price target on Motorola Solutions from $511.00 to $509.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, August 8th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $513.78.

Motorola Solutions Trading Up 0.9%

NYSE:MSI opened at $462.44 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $77.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.23, a PEG ratio of 3.67 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a current ratio of 1.73, a quick ratio of 1.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.86. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $463.85 and its 200-day simple moving average is $434.91. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 12-month low of $388.90 and a 12-month high of $507.82.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.36 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.77 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.74 billion. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 134.30% and a net margin of 19.08%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.24 earnings per share. Motorola Solutions has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 3.820-3.870 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 14.880-14.980 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 13.55 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 15th will be issued a $0.0109 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 15th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is presently 35.10%.

Motorola Solutions Profile

Motorola Solutions, Inc provides public safety and enterprise security solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Products and Systems Integration, and Software and Services. The Products and Systems Integration segment offers a portfolio of infrastructure, devices, accessories, and video security devices and infrastructure, as well as the implementation and integration of systems, devices, software, and applications for government, public safety, and commercial customers who operate private communications networks and video security solutions, as well as manage a mobile workforce.