Zacks Research Downgrades Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) to Hold

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) was downgraded by Zacks Research from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday,Zacks.com reports.

A number of other brokerages have also issued reports on MSI. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, April 26th. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $525.00 to $545.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Bank of America reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Monday, June 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $516.67.

Motorola Solutions Trading Up 2.3%

Shares of MSI stock opened at $480.49 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $79.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.83, a P/E/G ratio of 2.80 and a beta of 0.87. Motorola Solutions has a twelve month low of $359.36 and a twelve month high of $493.57. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.13. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $425.90 and its 200 day simple moving average is $432.37.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The communications equipment provider reported $4.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 $3.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $3.57 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Motorola Solutions will post 15.87 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Motorola Solutions

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 3.0% in the second quarter. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. now owns 780 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $324,000 after buying an additional 23 shares in the last quarter. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC increased its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 5.2% during the fourth quarter. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC now owns 482 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $185,000 after acquiring an additional 24 shares in the last quarter. Orion Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 46.3% during the fourth quarter. Orion Capital Management LLC now owns 79 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Lord & Richards Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 2.0% in the 1st quarter. Lord & Richards Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,285 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $558,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mill Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Mill Capital Management LLC now owns 2,935 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $1,125,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Motorola Solutions Company 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.