Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) Stock Price Expected to Rise, Evercore Analyst Says

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) had its price target raised by investment analysts at Evercore from $525.00 to $550.00 in a report released on Thursday. Evercore’s price objective indicates a potential upside of 23.85% from the company’s current price.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently commented on the company. Bank of America reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $476.00 price target (up from $470.00) on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Thursday, August 6th. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $510.00 to $520.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Motorola Solutions from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 18th. Finally, Piper Sandler raised their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $530.00 to $531.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $530.10.

Motorola Solutions Trading Down 0.7%

Motorola Solutions stock opened at $444.08 on Thursday. Motorola Solutions has a 52 week low of $359.36 and a 52 week high of $494.85. The stock has a market cap of $73.49 billion, a PE ratio of 34.97, a P/E/G ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 0.88. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $464.03 and a 200 day moving average price of $435.59. The company has a current ratio of 1.10, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.13.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 5th. The communications equipment provider reported $4.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.85 by $0.56. The business had revenue of $3.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3 billion. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.44% and a return on equity of 98.22%. The company’s revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $3.57 earnings per share. Motorola Solutions has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 4.390-4.440 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.620-17.720 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Motorola Solutions will post 15.87 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Gregory Q. Brown sold 14,220 shares of Motorola Solutions stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $485.22, for a total transaction of $6,899,828.40. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 66,648 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $32,338,942.56. The trade was a 17.58% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, SVP Kathryn Moore sold 1,004 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $476.96, for a total transaction of $478,867.84. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 1,282 shares in the company, valued at $611,462.72. This represents a 43.92% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 1.28% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Motorola Solutions

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. State Street Corp raised its position in Motorola Solutions by 4.3% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,849,952 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $3,269,332,000 after acquiring an additional 323,725 shares in the last quarter. Aristotle Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the first quarter valued at $983,432,000. Amundi lifted its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 1.9% during the 1st 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. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 34.3% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,381,506 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $599,532,000 after acquiring an additional 352,679 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC raised its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 5.0% during the first quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 1,244,326 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $539,958,000 after purchasing an additional 59,294 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

About Motorola Solutions

Motorola Solutions, Inc is a technology company that provides communications, command center, video security and analytical solutions for public safety and commercial organizations. Its offerings are designed to help government agencies, first responders, enterprises and other organizations coordinate operations, manage incidents and improve security.

The company’s products and services include land mobile radio communications, broadband and software-based communications, computer-aided dispatch and records-management systems, video security and access-control technologies, and command center software.