Zacks Research Downgrades Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) to Hold

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Research from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued on Tuesday,Zacks.com reports.

Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $476.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 price target on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Friday, May 8th. UBS Group lifted their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $510.00 to $520.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Motorola Solutions from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, Barclays upped their target price on Motorola Solutions from $509.00 to $529.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Motorola Solutions has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $516.67.

Motorola Solutions Price Performance

Shares of MSI opened at $480.49 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $425.90 and its 200-day moving average is $432.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.13, a current ratio of 1.10 and a quick ratio of 0.86. The company has a market capitalization of $79.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.83, a P/E/G ratio of 2.80 and a beta of 0.87. Motorola Solutions has a fifty-two week low of $359.36 and a fifty-two week high of $493.57.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The communications equipment provider reported $4.41 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.85 by $0.56. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.44% and a return on equity of 98.22%. The business had revenue of $3.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $3.57 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Motorola Solutions has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 4.390-4.440 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.620-17.720 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Motorola Solutions will post 15.87 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Motorola Solutions

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Gunpowder Capital Management LLC dba Oliver Wealth Management acquired a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. Whipplewood Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 1,966.7% during the 1st quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 62 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions during the 1st quarter valued at about $27,000. MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Finally, Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 540.0% in the 1st quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 64 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. 84.17% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.