First Trust Advisors LP Has $111.89 Million Stock Holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

First Trust Advisors LP lowered its position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 66.2% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 257,839 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 505,114 shares during the quarter. First Trust Advisors LP’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $111,894,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. ABN Amro Investment Solutions raised its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 519.8% in the 1st quarter. ABN Amro Investment Solutions now owns 60,198 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $26,124,000 after buying an additional 50,486 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 4.4% during the 1st quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 486,064 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $210,937,000 after acquiring an additional 20,644 shares during the last quarter. Baader Bank Aktiengesellschaft acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $508,000. Stone Loft Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $527,000. Finally, Glenview Trust Co increased its position in Motorola Solutions by 59.4% in the 1st quarter. Glenview Trust Co now owns 2,508 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,088,000 after acquiring an additional 935 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

MSI has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Monday, June 1st. Wall Street Zen downgraded Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, April 26th. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Truist Financial reduced their price target on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded Motorola Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and ten have issued a Buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Up 0.7%

Shares of Motorola Solutions stock opened at $406.96 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $408.92 and its 200 day moving average is $424.53. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a one year low of $359.36 and a one year high of $492.22. The firm has a market cap of $67.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.79, a PEG ratio of 2.81 and a beta of 0.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 0.86.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.24 by $0.13. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.The business had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.18 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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. Equities research analysts anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.19 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th were paid a $1.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Motorola Solutions’s 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.