Focus Partners Wealth Boosts Stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Focus Partners Wealth increased its position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 3,666.3% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 313,732 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after buying an additional 305,402 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $120,269,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter valued at about $2,807,000. Cladis Investment Advisory LLC acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter valued at about $279,000. Entropy Technologies LP acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter valued at about $5,283,000. Aigen Investment Management LP increased its position in Motorola Solutions by 2,400.4% in the 4th quarter. Aigen Investment Management LP now owns 11,952 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $4,581,000 after acquiring an additional 11,474 shares during the period. Finally, Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter valued at about $33,000. 84.17% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. 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. 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. Piper Sandler boosted their price target on Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Weiss Ratings cut Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, April 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Motorola Solutions has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

NYSE MSI opened at $412.38 on Monday. 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 business’s 50 day moving average is $421.37 and its two-hundred day moving average is $417.09. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 12-month low of $359.36 and a 12-month high of $492.22. The stock has a market capitalization of $68.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.23, a PEG ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.89.

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, topping the consensus estimate of $3.24 by $0.13. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.The company had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.70 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $3.18 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. 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 15.17 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. Investors 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 is currently 39.00%.

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.