Motorola Solutions’ (MSI) Maintains Rating Reiterated at 1-800-FLOWERS.COM

1-800-FLOWERS.COM reaffirmed their maintains rating on shares of Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI – Get Rating) in a report published on Friday, Benzinga reports.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. StockNews.com began coverage on Motorola Solutions in a report on Thursday, March 16th. They set a buy rating for the company. Edward Jones downgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Monday, January 23rd. Credit Suisse Group downgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from an outperform rating to a neutral rating and dropped their price target for the company from $300.00 to $270.00 in a research report on Wednesday, January 11th. TheStreet upgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a c+ rating to a b rating in a research report on Thursday, February 9th. Finally, Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $303.00 to $329.00 in a research report on Friday. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Motorola Solutions has a consensus rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus price target of $301.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Up 1.2 %

Shares of MSI opened at $284.90 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $278.80 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $265.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 45.90, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 1.15. The firm has a market capitalization of $47.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.61, a PEG ratio of 3.10 and a beta of 0.93. Motorola Solutions has a 52 week low of $195.18 and a 52 week high of $295.10.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI – Get Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 4th. The communications equipment provider reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.05 by $0.17. The company had revenue of $2.17 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.12 billion. Motorola Solutions had a negative return on equity of 744.78% and a net margin of 14.63%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 14.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.53 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Motorola Solutions will post 10.08 earnings per share for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 14th. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 15th were issued a $0.88 dividend. This represents a $3.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.24%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 14th. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 44.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Motorola Solutions news, SVP Cynthia Yazdi sold 8,734 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $270.37, for a total value of $2,361,411.58. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 2,873 shares in the company, valued at approximately $776,773.01. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. In related news, SVP Cynthia Yazdi sold 8,734 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $270.37, for a total transaction of $2,361,411.58. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 2,873 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $776,773.01. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Kenneth D. Denman sold 1,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $266.33, for a total transaction of $399,495.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 8,313 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,214,001.29. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 37,167 shares of company stock valued at $10,066,483. Company insiders own 1.50% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. American Century Companies Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 11.6% during the first quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 3,918 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $949,000 after purchasing an additional 406 shares during the last quarter. Cibc World Market Inc. grew its position in Motorola Solutions by 3.1% during the first quarter. Cibc World Market Inc. now owns 11,087 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $2,685,000 after buying an additional 329 shares during the period. Moors & Cabot Inc. boosted its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 8.8% in the first quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. now owns 2,870 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $695,000 after purchasing an additional 231 shares during the period. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the first quarter worth approximately $225,000. Finally, Baird Financial Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 7.3% in the first quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 55,177 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $13,362,000 after purchasing an additional 3,741 shares during the period. 83.67% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Motorola Solutions

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Motorola Solutions, Inc engages in the provision of communication infrastructure, devices, accessories, software, and services. It operates through the following segments: Products and Systems Integration, and Software and Services. The Products and Systems Integration segment offers a portfolio of infrastructure, devices, accessories, and video security devices, and the implementation and integration of such systems, devices, and applications.