Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio Decreases Stock Position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio cut its position in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 6.6% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 62,505 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 4,386 shares during the period. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $25,958,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Capstone Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 86.1% during the 2nd quarter. Capstone Investment Advisors LLC now owns 2,574 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $1,069,000 after acquiring an additional 1,191 shares in the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the second quarter valued at $314,000. Pure Financial Advisors LLC increased its position in Motorola Solutions by 9.7% in the second quarter. Pure Financial Advisors LLC now owns 1,270 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $528,000 after purchasing an additional 112 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LP raised its stake in Motorola Solutions by 114.7% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LP now owns 64,499 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $26,786,000 after purchasing an additional 34,461 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. lifted its position in Motorola Solutions by 3.0% during the second quarter. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. now owns 780 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $324,000 after purchasing an additional 23 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. Zacks Research cut Motorola Solutions from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 18th. Truist Financial boosted their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $525.00 to $545.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Piper Sandler upped their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $503.00 to $530.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, August 21st. Finally, Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $550.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Wednesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $519.44.

Motorola Solutions Price Performance

MSI opened at $486.43 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $80.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.30, a PEG ratio of 2.91 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a current ratio of 1.10, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.13. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 12-month low of $359.36 and a 12-month high of $493.57. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $436.90 and its 200-day simple moving average is $435.71.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 5th. The communications equipment provider reported $4.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.85 by $0.56. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 98.22% and a net margin of 17.44%.The firm had revenue of $3.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.57 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. 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. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.87 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 16th will be paid a dividend of $1.21 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 16th. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 38.11%.

Insider Activity

In related news, SVP Kathryn A. Moore sold 1,004 shares of Motorola Solutions stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $476.96, for a total transaction of $478,867.84. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 1,282 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $611,462.72. This trade represents a 43.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 1.28% of the company’s stock.

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.