Campbell Newman Asset Management Inc. Purchases 79,533 Shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Campbell Newman Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 3,716.5% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 81,673 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 79,533 shares during the quarter. Motorola Solutions comprises 2.9% of Campbell Newman Asset Management Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 13th biggest holding. Campbell Newman Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $35,444,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions during the 4th quarter valued at about $942,542,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 11,507.4% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,192,196 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $456,993,000 after buying an additional 1,181,925 shares during the last quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 95.6% in the fourth quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd now owns 1,283,065 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $491,824,000 after buying an additional 627,066 shares during the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp grew its position in Motorola Solutions by 576.0% during the fourth quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 708,083 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $271,429,000 after buying an additional 603,330 shares during the period. Finally, Ninety One UK Ltd grew its position in Motorola Solutions by 74.3% during the fourth quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd now owns 1,338,589 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $513,108,000 after buying an additional 570,712 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

MSI has been the topic of several recent research reports. Barclays increased their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Truist Financial reduced their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Wall Street Zen cut Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, April 26th. Finally, Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Monday, June 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Trading Up 0.2%

Motorola Solutions stock opened at $395.88 on Monday. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 12-month low of $359.36 and a 12-month high of $492.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $65.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.90, a P/E/G ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 0.89. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $417.39 and a 200 day moving average of $418.19. 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 quarterly 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. The business 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 company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $3.18 earnings per share. 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. As a group, research 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 announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be paid a dividend of $1.21 per share. 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 payout ratio is 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.