Fideuram Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking S.P.A. Purchases New Shares in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Fideuram Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking S.P.A. purchased a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund purchased 16,859 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock, valued at approximately $6,462,000.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 1.3% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 22,171,959 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $10,139,015,000 after purchasing an additional 286,366 shares in the last quarter. Capital World Investors raised its position in Motorola Solutions by 5.5% in the third quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 9,386,519 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $4,292,310,000 after acquiring an additional 490,354 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its position in 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 acquiring an additional 31,744 shares during the period. Swedbank AB raised its position in Motorola Solutions by 10.7% in the fourth quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 1,490,010 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $571,151,000 after acquiring an additional 144,518 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its position in Motorola Solutions by 35.2% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,355,159 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $568,930,000 after acquiring an additional 353,113 shares during the period. 84.17% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Motorola Solutions news, CEO Gregory Q. Brown sold 28,435 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $477.95, for a total transaction of $13,590,508.25. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 90,721 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $43,360,101.95. This trade represents a 23.86% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Kenneth D. Denman sold 434 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $470.12, for a total transaction of $204,032.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 7,153 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,362,768.36. This trade represents a 5.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 129,069 shares of company stock valued at $60,779,964. 1.28% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently weighed in on MSI. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Argus raised shares of Motorola Solutions to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $515.00 to $520.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Friday, May 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Motorola Solutions has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Down 2.7%

NYSE:MSI opened at $399.29 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $437.97 and its 200-day moving average price is $414.32. The company has a market capitalization of $66.28 billion, a PE ratio of 32.17, a P/E/G ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 0.93. 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, Inc. has a 1-year low of $359.36 and a 1-year high of $492.22.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.24 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. Motorola Solutions’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.18 EPS. 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. On average, equities analysts predict that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.25 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be issued a $1.21 dividend. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 17th. 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.