Analysts Set Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) Target Price at $519.44

Shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the thirteen ratings firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation, eleven have issued a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $519.4444.

MSI has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $510.00 to $520.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $476.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $550.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Wednesday, August 26th. Bank of America restated a “buy” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, Truist Financial raised their price target on Motorola Solutions from $525.00 to $545.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th.

Motorola Solutions Stock Up 0.7%

Shares of MSI stock opened at $466.94 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $449.68 and its 200 day simple moving average is $437.46. Motorola Solutions has a twelve month low of $359.36 and a twelve month high of $494.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.13, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.10. The company has a market capitalization of $77.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.77, a PEG ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 0.88.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The communications equipment provider reported $4.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 analysts’ expectations of $3 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $3.57 earnings per share. The company’s 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. As a group, research analysts predict that Motorola Solutions will post 15.87 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 15th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio is presently 38.11%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Gregory Brown sold 14,220 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $485.22, for a total value of $6,899,828.40. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 66,648 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $32,338,942.56. This represents a 17.58% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Kathryn A. Moore sold 1,004 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $476.96, for a total value of $478,867.84. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 1,282 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $611,462.72. This represents a 43.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Company insiders own 1.28% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Motorola Solutions

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of MSI. California State Teachers Retirement System raised its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 41,102.0% during the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 106,656,854 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $44,293,525,000 after buying an additional 106,397,991 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter valued at about $942,542,000. Aristotle Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the first quarter worth about $983,432,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its position in Motorola Solutions by 11,507.4% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,192,196 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $456,993,000 after buying an additional 1,181,925 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp bought a new position in Motorola Solutions during the second quarter valued at about $374,617,000. 84.17% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Motorola Solutions

Motorola Solutions, Inc develops mission-critical communications and technology solutions for public safety organizations, government agencies and commercial enterprises. Its offerings include land mobile radio systems, broadband communications, command-center software, computer-aided dispatch, records management, evidence management and emergency call-handling technologies.

The company also provides video security and access-control solutions, including body-worn cameras, in-car video systems, fixed video surveillance and related analytics.