William Blair Investment Management LLC Acquires 17,627 Shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

William Blair Investment Management LLC raised its position in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 606.8% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 20,532 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 17,627 shares during the period. William Blair Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $7,870,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in MSI. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions during the fourth quarter worth approximately $208,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions during the second quarter worth approximately $210,000. HUB Investment Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 38.7% during the second quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 2,540 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $1,068,000 after acquiring an additional 709 shares during the period. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp boosted its holdings 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 acquiring an additional 2,450 shares during the period. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions during the second quarter worth approximately $891,000. Institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on MSI shares. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Friday, May 8th. Barclays lifted their target price on Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. 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. Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $470.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, April 26th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Insider Activity at Motorola Solutions

In related news, Director Kenneth D. Denman sold 434 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $470.12, for a total value of $204,032.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 7,153 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,362,768.36. The trade was a 5.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Gregory Q. Brown sold 28,435 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $477.95, for a total value of $13,590,508.25. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 90,721 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $43,360,101.95. This trade represents a 23.86% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 35,921 shares of company stock valued at $17,115,753 over the last quarter. 1.28% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Motorola Solutions Stock Up 1.8%

MSI stock opened at $411.16 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $68.25 billion, a PE ratio of 33.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.80 and a beta of 0.93. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $431.88 and a 200 day simple moving average of $414.31. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 52 week low of $359.36 and a 52 week high of $492.22. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28.

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 analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.24 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.Motorola Solutions’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm 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. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.25 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. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be paid a $1.21 dividend. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is 39.00%.

About Motorola Solutions

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.