Groupama Asset Managment Raises Stock Holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Groupama Asset Managment boosted its position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 0.6% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 436,658 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,819 shares during the period. Motorola Solutions accounts for about 2.7% of Groupama Asset Managment’s portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest holding. Groupama Asset Managment’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $189,496,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions during the fourth quarter worth about $942,542,000. Aristotle Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the first quarter valued at approximately $983,432,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 11,507.4% in the 4th 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 buying an additional 1,181,925 shares during the last quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd raised its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 95.6% in the 4th quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd now owns 1,283,065 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $491,824,000 after buying an additional 627,066 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp boosted its position in Motorola Solutions by 576.0% during the 4th quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 708,083 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $271,429,000 after buying an additional 603,330 shares during the period. 84.17% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

MSI has been the subject of several recent research reports. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 price target on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Barclays lifted their price target 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. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Zacks Research upgraded Motorola Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, April 26th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

Shares of MSI stock opened at $436.49 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $72.46 billion, a PE ratio of 35.17, a PEG ratio of 3.00 and a beta of 0.88. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $412.58 and its 200 day simple moving average is $426.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 0.86. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a one year low of $359.36 and a one year high of $492.22.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.24 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 quarter last year, the business earned $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. As a group, research analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.19 earnings per share for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th were given a dividend of $1.21 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Motorola Solutions’s dividend 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.