Sanctuary Advisors LLC Buys 11,199 Shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Sanctuary Advisors LLC raised its stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 42.7% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 37,409 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,199 shares during the quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $16,235,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 0.9% during the third quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 3,433,482 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,570,096,000 after buying an additional 31,744 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter valued at $942,542,000. Morgan Stanley lifted its stake in Motorola Solutions by 2.0% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,754,052 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $672,364,000 after acquiring an additional 34,715 shares in the last quarter. Amundi lifted its stake in Motorola Solutions by 19.6% during the 4th quarter. Amundi now owns 1,570,227 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $601,899,000 after acquiring an additional 257,483 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Swedbank AB boosted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 10.7% during the 4th quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 1,490,010 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $571,151,000 after acquiring an additional 144,518 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Motorola Solutions Trading Down 1.5%

Shares of Motorola Solutions stock opened at $407.60 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $67.66 billion, a PE ratio of 32.84, a P/E/G ratio of 2.88 and a beta of 0.88. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 1 year low of $359.36 and a 1 year high of $492.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 0.86. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $407.80 and a 200-day moving average price of $423.34.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.24 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $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. Equities research analysts anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th were paid a $1.21 dividend. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is presently 39.00%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently issued reports on MSI. Barclays upped their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Piper Sandler boosted their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, April 26th. Finally, Truist Financial dropped their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and ten have given a Buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $504.67.

About Motorola Solutions

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.