The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Trims Holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company decreased its position in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 20.5% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 282,782 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 72,974 shares during the period. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $122,719,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in MSI. Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 0.9% in the third quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 3,433,482 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $1,570,096,000 after purchasing an additional 31,744 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions during the 4th quarter valued at $942,542,000. Aristotle Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions during the 1st quarter valued at $983,432,000. Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 2.0% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,754,052 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $672,364,000 after buying an additional 34,715 shares during the period. Finally, Amundi boosted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 19.6% in the 4th quarter. Amundi now owns 1,570,227 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $601,899,000 after buying an additional 257,483 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Motorola Solutions Stock Up 4.0%

Shares of MSI opened at $440.86 on Wednesday. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $73.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.95 and a beta of 0.88. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 1 year low of $359.36 and a 1 year high of $492.22. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $410.56 and its 200-day simple moving average is $425.53.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.24 by $0.13. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. The firm had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.70 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.18 earnings per share. Motorola Solutions’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, equities analysts expect that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.19 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have commented on MSI. Zacks Research raised Motorola Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Weiss Ratings cut Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Piper Sandler lifted their target price on Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Truist Financial lowered their price target on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 8th. 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $504.67.

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.