First Nebraska Trust Co Takes Position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

First Nebraska Trust Co purchased a new stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 26,180 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock, valued at approximately $11,361,000. Motorola Solutions accounts for approximately 1.1% of First Nebraska Trust Co’s portfolio, making the stock its 24th biggest holding.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Glenmede Trust Co. NA raised its position in Motorola Solutions by 5.4% during the first quarter. Glenmede Trust Co. NA now owns 7,074 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $3,070,000 after acquiring an additional 364 shares during the period. Axiom Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the first quarter valued at about $154,000. Summitry LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the first quarter valued at about $232,000. Groupama Asset Managment increased its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 0.6% during the first quarter. Groupama Asset Managment now owns 436,658 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $189,496,000 after purchasing an additional 2,819 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC increased its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 175.3% during the first quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC now owns 56,400 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $24,476,000 after purchasing an additional 35,911 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on MSI. Zacks Research raised shares of Motorola Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Barclays boosted their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Weiss Ratings cut Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Finally, Truist Financial lowered 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. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Price Performance

Motorola Solutions stock opened at $436.49 on Friday. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 52-week low of $359.36 and a 52-week high of $492.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $72.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.17, a PEG ratio of 3.03 and a beta of 0.88. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $412.58 and a 200-day simple moving average of $426.31. 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 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. The business had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.70 billion. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.18 earnings per share. 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 anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.19 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th were issued a $1.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. Motorola Solutions’s dividend 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.