Intech Investment Management LLC Raises Stock Holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Key Points

• Intech Investment Management increased its Motorola Solutions stake by 76.3% in the fourth quarter, bringing its holdings to 79,516 shares valued at about $30.5 million.
• Motorola Solutions reported better-than-expected quarterly results, with EPS of $3.37 and revenue of $2.71 billion, and raised guidance for Q2 2026 and FY 2026.
• The company also announced a quarterly dividend of $1.21 per share, while analysts currently maintain a consensus Buy rating with a $504.67 price target.

Intech Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI - Free Report) by 76.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 79,516 shares of the communications equipment provider's stock after purchasing an additional 34,415 shares during the quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC's holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $30,480,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC raised its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 5.2% during the 4th quarter. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC now owns 482 shares of the communications equipment provider's stock worth $185,000 after purchasing an additional 24 shares during the last quarter. Orion Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 46.3% in the 4th quarter. Orion Capital Management LLC now owns 79 shares of the communications equipment provider's stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. United Community Bank increased its stake in Motorola Solutions by 81.3% during the 3rd quarter. United Community Bank now owns 58 shares of the communications equipment provider's stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 26 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC increased its stake in Motorola Solutions by 45.8% during the 4th quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 86 shares of the communications equipment provider's stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 27 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Elwood & Goetz Wealth Advisory Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 5.5% during the fourth quarter. Elwood & Goetz Wealth Advisory Group LLC now owns 577 shares of the communications equipment provider's stock valued at $221,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.17% of the company's stock.

Motorola Solutions Price Performance

Shares of Motorola Solutions stock opened at $410.92 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 0.86. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $429.48 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $414.59. The stock has a market capitalization of $68.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.11, a PEG ratio of 2.85 and a beta of 0.93. 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 results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.24 by $0.13. The business 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 revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.18 earnings per share. 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 fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

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 given 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 39.00%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have commented on MSI. Wall Street Zen cut Motorola Solutions from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Sunday, April 26th. Weiss Ratings cut Motorola Solutions from a "buy (b)" rating to a "buy (b-)" rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on Motorola Solutions from $515.00 to $520.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Argus raised Motorola Solutions to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their target price on Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Gregory Q. Brown sold 28,435 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $477.95, for a total value of $13,590,508.25. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 90,721 shares in the company, valued at $43,360,101.95. This represents a 23.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 1.28% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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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