Twin Capital Management Inc. Has $1.23 Million Stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Twin Capital Management Inc. cut its position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 47.0% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,825 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 2,506 shares during the quarter. Twin Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $1,226,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Gunpowder Capital Management LLC dba Oliver Wealth Management bought a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter valued at about $27,000. Whipplewood Advisors LLC boosted 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 worth $27,000 after buying an additional 59 shares during the period. Strategic Advocates LLC acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions in the 3rd quarter valued at about $28,000. MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. lifted its position in Motorola Solutions by 540.0% during the first quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 64 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have commented on MSI. Barclays upped their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Truist Financial decreased their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and ten have issued a Buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Up 1.5%

MSI stock opened at $413.40 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $68.62 billion, a PE ratio of 33.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 0.88. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $407.39 and a 200 day simple moving average of $423.59. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 52 week low of $359.36 and a 52 week high of $492.22. 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 posted its quarterly earnings data 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 net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. The business had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.70 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $3.18 earnings per share. Motorola Solutions’s 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. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 17th were paid a $1.21 dividend. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 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.