Louisiana State Employees Retirement System Purchases New Holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Louisiana State Employees Retirement System purchased a new stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 8,400 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock, valued at approximately $3,645,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Capital World Investors grew its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 5.5% in the 3rd quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 9,386,519 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $4,292,310,000 after acquiring an additional 490,354 shares during the period. Barden Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions in the 3rd quarter valued at about $1,462,000. Nordea Investment Management AB grew its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 28.0% during the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 179,437 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $68,843,000 after purchasing an additional 39,236 shares during the period. Crestmont Private Wealth LLC acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions during the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,907,000. Finally, Hsbc Holdings PLC increased its position in Motorola Solutions by 12.9% during the fourth quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 591,086 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $226,642,000 after buying an additional 67,467 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on MSI shares. Wall Street Zen cut Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, April 26th. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Monday, June 1st. Truist Financial dropped their price target on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Price Performance

Motorola Solutions stock opened at $402.89 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $66.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.47, a PEG ratio of 2.81 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a current ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 12 month low of $359.36 and a 12 month high of $492.22. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $413.16 and its 200-day moving average is $418.67.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.24 by $0.13. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.The business had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.70 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.18 EPS. The firm’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. Equities research analysts expect that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

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

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.