Red Cedar Investment Management LLC Has $4.24 Million Stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Red Cedar Investment Management LLC lowered its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 29.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 11,070 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 4,705 shares during the period. Red Cedar Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $4,243,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Motley Fool Asset Management LLC increased its stake in Motorola Solutions by 27.7% in the fourth quarter. Motley Fool Asset Management LLC now owns 17,303 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $6,633,000 after acquiring an additional 3,753 shares during the period. Marks Group Wealth Management Inc lifted its stake in Motorola Solutions by 10.0% during the fourth quarter. Marks Group Wealth Management Inc now owns 977 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $375,000 after purchasing an additional 89 shares during the period. Westerkirk Capital Inc. boosted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 33.5% during the fourth quarter. Westerkirk Capital Inc. now owns 6,425 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $2,463,000 after purchasing an additional 1,613 shares in the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association grew its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 1.6% in the 4th quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 4,601 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,764,000 after purchasing an additional 71 shares during the period. Finally, LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 12.4% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 175,873 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $67,416,000 after purchasing an additional 19,380 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently commented on MSI shares. Weiss Ratings downgraded Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Wall Street Zen cut Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, April 26th. Argus raised Motorola Solutions to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Finally, Truist Financial lowered their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Trading Up 1.8%

MSI stock opened at $414.21 on Wednesday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $422.55 and a 200 day moving average price of $416.16. 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 fifty-two week low of $359.36 and a fifty-two week high of $492.22. The stock has a market capitalization of $68.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.38, a P/E/G ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 0.89.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 analyst estimates of $2.70 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $3.18 earnings per share. The business’s revenue 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 expect that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be issued a dividend of $1.21 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. 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.