Pacer Advisors Inc. Raises Holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Pacer Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 18.9% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 38,452 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after buying an additional 6,125 shares during the quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $16,687,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 3,433,482 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,570,096,000 after buying an additional 31,744 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter worth $942,542,000. Aristotle Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the first quarter valued at $983,432,000. Morgan Stanley lifted its position in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 34,715 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Amundi boosted its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 1.9% during the first quarter. Amundi now owns 1,600,491 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $694,565,000 after acquiring an additional 30,264 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

NYSE MSI opened at $443.40 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $413.87 and its 200 day moving average price is $427.30. The company has a current ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a twelve month low of $359.36 and a twelve month high of $492.22. The company has a market capitalization of $73.60 billion, a PE ratio of 35.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.04 and a beta of 0.87.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.70 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.18 EPS. The firm’s 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. On average, research analysts predict that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.19 earnings per share for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 17th were issued a $1.21 dividend. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is presently 39.00%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

MSI has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Barclays lifted their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, April 26th. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 price target on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Friday, May 8th. Piper Sandler upped their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $504.67.

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.