Swiss National Bank Buys 32,240 Shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Swiss National Bank boosted its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 7.1% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 488,803 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after buying an additional 32,240 shares during the period. Swiss National Bank’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $212,126,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 0.9% during the 3rd 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 purchasing an additional 31,744 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter worth about $942,542,000. Morgan Stanley lifted its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,754,052 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $672,364,000 after buying an additional 34,715 shares in the last quarter. Amundi boosted its stake in Motorola Solutions by 19.6% during the fourth quarter. Amundi now owns 1,570,227 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $601,899,000 after buying an additional 257,483 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Swedbank AB grew 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 valued at $571,151,000 after buying an additional 144,518 shares in the last quarter. 84.17% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have issued reports on MSI shares. Truist Financial reduced their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, April 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and ten have issued a Buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Down 0.0%

NYSE MSI opened at $413.26 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 52 week low of $359.36 and a 52 week high of $492.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $68.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.30, a PEG ratio of 2.88 and a beta of 0.88. The company has a fifty day moving average of $407.97 and a two-hundred day moving average of $423.85.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.24 by $0.13. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. The business had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.18 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. 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, analysts predict that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 earnings per share for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

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

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.