ProShare Advisors LLC Purchases 1,308 Shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

ProShare Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 2.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 55,975 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,308 shares during the quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $21,456,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Motorola Solutions by 1.3% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 22,171,959 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $10,139,015,000 after purchasing an additional 286,366 shares in the last quarter. Capital World Investors increased its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 5.5% in the third quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 9,386,519 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $4,292,310,000 after buying an additional 490,354 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 0.9% in 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 in the last quarter. Swedbank AB raised its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 10.7% in the fourth 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 during the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 35.2% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,355,159 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $568,930,000 after buying an additional 353,113 shares during the last quarter. 84.17% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MSI has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, April 26th. Argus raised shares of Motorola Solutions to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Truist Financial dropped their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Motorola Solutions currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Price Performance

Shares of MSI stock opened at $396.02 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $65.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.91, a PEG ratio of 2.76 and a beta of 0.93. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 12 month low of $359.36 and a 12 month high of $492.22. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $436.74 and a 200 day moving average price of $414.08.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 company’s revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $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. Research analysts expect that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.25 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Motorola Solutions

In other news, CEO Cynthia Yazdi sold 7,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $471.01, for a total value of $3,297,070.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 9,529 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,488,254.29. This represents a 42.35% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Gregory Q. Brown sold 50,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $468.09, for a total value of $23,404,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 47,167 shares in the company, valued at $22,078,401.03. This represents a 51.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 129,069 shares of company stock valued at $60,779,964. 1.28% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.