Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI Shares Acquired by Hsbc Holdings PLC

Hsbc Holdings PLC grew its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 12.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 591,086 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 67,467 shares during the period. Hsbc Holdings PLC’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $226,642,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Gunpowder Capital Management LLC dba Oliver Wealth Management acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions during the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. Strategic Advocates LLC bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 3rd quarter worth $28,000. MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions during the fourth quarter worth about $28,000. Orion Capital Management LLC raised its position in Motorola Solutions by 46.3% in the fourth quarter. Orion Capital Management LLC now owns 79 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Finally, JPL Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the third quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

MSI has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Barclays increased their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Monday, June 1st. Wall Street Zen lowered Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, April 26th. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Truist Financial reduced their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:MSI opened at $422.76 on Friday. 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 1 year low of $359.36 and a 1 year high of $492.22. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $411.01 and a 200 day simple moving average of $420.38. The firm has a market cap of $70.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.07, a P/E/G ratio of 2.92 and a beta of 0.88.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 firm had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.18 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly 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 predict that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be paid a $1.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is presently 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.