HighTower Advisors LLC Trims Stock Position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

HighTower Advisors LLC trimmed its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 4.2% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 29,219 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 1,291 shares during the quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $12,134,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. California State Teachers Retirement System grew its position in Motorola Solutions by 41,102.0% in the 2nd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 106,656,854 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $44,293,525,000 after buying an additional 106,397,991 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its position in 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 worth $1,570,096,000 after buying an additional 31,744 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter worth $942,542,000. Aristotle Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the first quarter valued at about $983,432,000. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings 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 valued at $672,364,000 after acquiring an additional 34,715 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Motorola Solutions

In other Motorola Solutions news, CEO Gregory Brown sold 14,220 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $485.22, for a total transaction of $6,899,828.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 66,648 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $32,338,942.56. This trade represents a 17.58% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, SVP Kathryn A. Moore sold 1,004 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $476.96, for a total value of $478,867.84. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 1,282 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $611,462.72. This trade represents a 43.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders own 1.28% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MSI has been the subject of several analyst reports. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $550.00 price target on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Wednesday, August 26th. UBS Group raised their price target on Motorola Solutions from $510.00 to $520.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Motorola Solutions from $525.00 to $545.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Bank of America reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Tuesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $519.44.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

NYSE MSI opened at $459.93 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $447.99 and a 200 day moving average price of $437.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.13, a current ratio of 1.10 and a quick ratio of 0.86. The company has a market capitalization of $76.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.21, a PEG ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 0.88. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 1-year low of $359.36 and a 1-year high of $494.85.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The communications equipment provider reported $4.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.85 by $0.56. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 98.22% and a net margin of 17.44%.The business had revenue of $6.27 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.57 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. Motorola Solutions has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 4.390-4.440 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.620-17.720 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.87 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 16th will be given a dividend of $1.21 per share. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 16th. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is currently 38.11%.

About Motorola Solutions

Motorola Solutions, Inc develops mission-critical communications and technology solutions for public safety organizations, government agencies and commercial enterprises. Its offerings include land mobile radio systems, broadband communications, command-center software, computer-aided dispatch, records management, evidence management and emergency call-handling technologies.

The company also provides video security and access-control solutions, including body-worn cameras, in-car video systems, fixed video surveillance and related analytics.