Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) Upgraded at Zacks Research

Zacks Research upgraded shares of Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) from a hold rating to a strong-buy rating in a research report released on Monday,Zacks.com reports.

Several other analysts also recently commented on the company. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Weiss Ratings downgraded Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Monday, June 1st. Wall Street Zen cut Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, April 26th. Finally, Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and ten have assigned a Buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Motorola Solutions currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of NYSE MSI opened at $404.82 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $67.20 billion, a PE ratio of 32.62, a P/E/G ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 0.88. Motorola Solutions has a 12-month low of $359.36 and a 12-month high of $492.22. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $408.75 and its 200 day simple moving average is $424.35. 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 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $3.18 earnings per share. The business’s revenue 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, sell-side analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions will post 15.19 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th were given a dividend of $1.21 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is presently 39.00%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Motorola Solutions

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in MSI. Insight Wealth Strategies LLC lifted its position in Motorola Solutions by 25.6% in the 2nd quarter. Insight Wealth Strategies LLC now owns 16,225 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $6,797,000 after acquiring an additional 3,309 shares in the last quarter. Butensky & Cohen Financial Security Inc. increased its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 15.3% during the 2nd quarter. Butensky & Cohen Financial Security Inc. now owns 10,020 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $4,161,000 after purchasing an additional 1,327 shares in the last quarter. Tema ETFs LLC increased its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 9.6% during the 2nd quarter. Tema ETFs LLC now owns 3,316 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $1,377,000 after purchasing an additional 290 shares in the last quarter. Fulton Bank N.A. raised its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 3.4% in the second quarter. Fulton Bank N.A. now owns 847 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $352,000 after purchasing an additional 28 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Steadtrust LLC raised its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 2.5% in the second quarter. Steadtrust LLC now owns 1,630 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $677,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

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.