Brookstone Capital Management Decreases Stock Position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Brookstone Capital Management cut its stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 92.0% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,459 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 16,850 shares during the quarter. Brookstone Capital Management’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $633,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of MSI. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in Motorola Solutions during the 4th quarter valued at about $208,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Motorola Solutions in the second quarter worth $210,000. HUB Investment Partners LLC increased its stake in Motorola Solutions by 38.7% in the second quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 2,540 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $1,068,000 after purchasing an additional 709 shares during the period. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp lifted its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 17.7% during the second quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 16,279 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $6,845,000 after purchasing an additional 2,450 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions during the second quarter valued at $891,000. Institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

MSI has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Barclays upped 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. Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, April 26th. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

MSI stock opened at $402.89 on Friday. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 1-year low of $359.36 and a 1-year high of $492.22. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $413.16 and a 200 day moving average price of $418.67. The company has a market capitalization of $66.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.47, a PEG ratio of 2.81 and a beta of 0.89. 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 (NYSE:MSI) last issued its 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 company had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.70 billion. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior 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, equities research analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

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