Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS Trims Stock Position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS cut its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 3.2% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 38,742 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 1,266 shares during the quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $14,851,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in MSI. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $942,542,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in Motorola Solutions by 11,507.4% during the 4th 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 acquiring an additional 1,181,925 shares during the last quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd raised its stake in Motorola Solutions by 74.3% during the 4th quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd now owns 1,338,589 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $513,108,000 after acquiring an additional 570,712 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors raised its stake in Motorola Solutions by 5.5% during the 3rd quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 9,386,519 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $4,292,310,000 after acquiring an additional 490,354 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in Motorola Solutions by 56.6% during the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,203,661 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $550,422,000 after acquiring an additional 435,178 shares during the last quarter. 84.17% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have commented on the company. Wall Street Zen downgraded Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, April 26th. Weiss Ratings downgraded Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Barclays increased 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. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on Motorola Solutions from $515.00 to $520.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $470.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Motorola Solutions has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

Shares of MSI stock opened at $403.01 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $66.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.81 and a beta of 0.89. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $428.20 and a 200-day simple moving average of $414.65. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 12-month low of $359.36 and a 12-month high of $492.22. The company has a current ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28.

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 business had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $3.18 EPS. 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, equities analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be issued a $1.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio is currently 39.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Motorola Solutions

In related news, CEO Gregory Q. Brown sold 28,435 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $477.95, for a total value of $13,590,508.25. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 90,721 shares in the company, valued at $43,360,101.95. This represents a 23.86% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 1.28% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.