Corient Private Wealth LLC Sells 44,838 Shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Key Points

• Corient Private Wealth LLC reduced its Motorola Solutions stake by 33.5% in the fourth quarter, selling 44,838 shares and leaving it with 89,112 shares worth about $34.2 million.
• Motorola Solutions reported better-than-expected quarterly results, with EPS of $3.37 versus the $3.24 estimate and revenue of $2.71 billion, up 7.4% year over year.
• Wall Street remains bullish on the stock, with a consensus “Buy” rating and average price target of $504.67; the company also declared a quarterly dividend of $1.21 per share.

Corient Private Wealth LLC cut its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI - Free Report) by 33.5% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 89,112 shares of the communications equipment provider's stock after selling 44,838 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC owned about 0.05% of Motorola Solutions worth $34,197,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in MSI. Capital World Investors raised its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 5.5% during 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 acquiring an additional 490,354 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 0.9% in the third quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 3,433,482 shares of the communications equipment provider's stock worth $1,570,096,000 after purchasing an additional 31,744 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter worth $942,542,000. Morgan Stanley increased its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,754,052 shares of the communications equipment provider's stock valued at $672,364,000 after purchasing an additional 34,715 shares during the period. Finally, Amundi increased its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 19.6% in the fourth quarter. Amundi now owns 1,570,227 shares of the communications equipment provider's stock valued at $601,899,000 after purchasing an additional 257,483 shares during the period. 84.17% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have commented on the company. Piper Sandler lifted their target price on Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Barclays increased their price target on Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Truist Financial cut their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Weiss Ratings cut Motorola Solutions from a "buy (b)" rating to a "buy (b-)" rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

Shares of MSI opened at $395.88 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 stock has a market capitalization of $65.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 0.89. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $417.39 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $418.19. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 12 month low of $359.36 and a 12 month high of $492.22.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share 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 return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.The business's quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $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, analysts predict that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

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

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