Freemont Management S.A. Has $2.88 Million Stock Holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Freemont Management S.A. grew its holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 200.0% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 7,500 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,000 shares during the period. Freemont Management S.A.’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $2,875,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Orion Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 46.3% in the 4th quarter. Orion Capital Management LLC now owns 79 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. United Community Bank raised its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 81.3% in the 3rd quarter. United Community Bank now owns 58 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 26 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC raised its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 45.8% in the 4th quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 86 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 27 shares in the last quarter. Parthenon LLC raised its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. Parthenon LLC now owns 1,707 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $781,000 after buying an additional 29 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Elwood & Goetz Wealth Advisory Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 5.5% in the 4th quarter. Elwood & Goetz Wealth Advisory Group LLC now owns 577 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $221,000 after buying an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

MSI has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Barclays increased their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday. Argus upgraded shares of Motorola Solutions to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Monday. Finally, Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $470.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Up 1.7%

Shares of NYSE MSI opened at $398.14 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $66.09 billion, a PE ratio of 32.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.71 and a beta of 0.93. 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 firm’s 50-day moving average is $443.71 and its 200-day moving average is $415.42.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.24 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.70 billion. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $3.18 EPS. 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 analysts expect that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.25 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 20th were paid a $1.21 dividend. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 20th. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 39.00%.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Gregory Q. Brown sold 50,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $468.09, for a total value of $23,404,500.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 47,167 shares in the company, valued at $22,078,401.03. This trade represents a 51.46% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Cynthia Yazdi sold 7,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $471.01, for a total transaction of $3,297,070.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 9,529 shares in the company, valued at $4,488,254.29. This represents a 42.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 129,069 shares of company stock valued at $60,779,964. 1.28% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Motorola Solutions

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.