Evelyn Partners Investment Management LLP Buys New Stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Evelyn Partners Investment Management LLP purchased a new position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm purchased 3,510 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,523,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions during the 4th quarter worth approximately $208,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions in the 2nd quarter valued at $210,000. HUB Investment Partners LLC grew its position in Motorola Solutions by 38.7% in the second quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 2,540 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,068,000 after acquiring an additional 709 shares during the period. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp grew its position in Motorola Solutions by 17.7% in the second quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 16,279 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $6,845,000 after acquiring an additional 2,450 shares during the period. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions during the second quarter worth $891,000. Institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have issued reports on MSI. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Friday, May 8th. Zacks Research raised shares of Motorola Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. Truist Financial dropped their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Finally, Evercore restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Trading Up 1.4%

Shares of MSI opened at $423.85 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $409.73 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $425.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.07. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 52-week low of $359.36 and a 52-week high of $492.22. The company has a market cap of $70.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.15, a PEG ratio of 2.91 and a beta of 0.88.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.70 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $3.18 earnings per share. The business’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. Analysts predict that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.19 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

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

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.