Vestcor Inc Trims Position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Vestcor Inc lessened its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 21.7% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 35,779 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 9,897 shares during the quarter. Vestcor Inc’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $13,715,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. OneAscent Financial Services LLC raised its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 25.4% in the 4th quarter. OneAscent Financial Services LLC now owns 598 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $229,000 after buying an additional 121 shares during the period. OneAscent Family Office LLC raised its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 4.9% in the 4th quarter. OneAscent Family Office LLC now owns 647 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $248,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the period. Pinebridge Investments LLC purchased a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter worth $126,496,000. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. raised its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 8.8% in the 4th quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. now owns 6,152 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $2,199,000 after buying an additional 496 shares during the period. Finally, Vise Technologies Inc. raised its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 8.3% in the 4th quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. now owns 3,477 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $1,333,000 after buying an additional 265 shares during the period. 84.17% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts recently weighed in on MSI shares. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. 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 report on Thursday, February 12th. Barclays increased their target price on Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Truist Financial cut their target price on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Down 0.0%

Shares of NYSE MSI opened at $410.54 on Friday. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 12-month low of $359.36 and a 12-month high of $492.22. The company has a market cap of $68.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.08, a P/E/G ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 0.89. 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 stock has a fifty day moving average price of $423.90 and a 200 day moving average price of $415.35.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.24 by $0.13. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.The firm had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $3.18 EPS. The firm’s quarterly 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. Research analysts anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The business 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. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio is currently 39.00%.

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.