Global Retirement Partners LLC Increases Stock Holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Global Retirement Partners LLC increased its holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 61.8% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 6,407 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,447 shares during the period. Global Retirement Partners LLC’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $2,456,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in MSI. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its position 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 valued at $456,993,000 after purchasing an additional 1,181,925 shares during the period. Ninety One UK Ltd grew its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 74.3% in 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 purchasing an additional 570,712 shares during the period. Capital World Investors grew its position 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 purchasing an additional 490,354 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 56.6% in the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,203,661 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $550,422,000 after purchasing an additional 435,178 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position 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 purchasing an additional 353,113 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently commented on MSI. Argus raised Motorola Solutions to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. 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. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Motorola Solutions from $515.00 to $520.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Truist Financial lowered their price target on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Barclays boosted their price target on Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Motorola Solutions presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Motorola Solutions news, Director Kenneth D. Denman sold 434 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $470.12, for a total transaction of $204,032.08. Following the transaction, the director owned 7,153 shares in the company, valued at $3,362,768.36. The trade was a 5.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale 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 business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the chief executive officer owned 47,167 shares in the company, valued at approximately $22,078,401.03. This represents a 51.46% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 129,069 shares of company stock worth $60,779,964 over the last quarter. 1.28% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Motorola Solutions Price Performance

MSI stock opened at $404.43 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $434.31 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $413.96. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 12-month low of $359.36 and a 12-month high of $492.22. The company has a current ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. The company has a market cap of $67.13 billion, a PE ratio of 32.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.80 and a beta of 0.93.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last posted its quarterly 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. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.The firm had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.18 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 15.25 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

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

Motorola Solutions Profile

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.