Motorola Solutions Inc (NYSE: MSI) is -10.41% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $332.98 and a high of $507.82 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The MSI stock was last observed hovering at around $412.88 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.24%.
Currently trading at $414.12, the stock is -3.09% and -8.27% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.03 million and changing 0.30% at the moment leaves the stock -5.56% off its SMA200. MSI registered 22.51% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -5.47%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $451.4428 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $438.51886.
The stock witnessed a -12.74% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -13.53%, and is -2.17% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.21% over the week and 2.56% over the month.
Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI) has around 21000 employees, a market worth around $69.13B and $10.82B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 44.92 and Fwd P/E is 26.03. Profit margin for the company is 14.58%. Distance from 52-week low is 24.37% and -18.45% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (20.20%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 6.36% this year
1934.0 institutions hold shares in Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI), with institutional investors hold 89.32% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 167.10M, and float is at 166.16M with Short Float at 1.11%. Institutions hold 88.90% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 20.74 million shares valued at $8.01 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.4721 of the MSI Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 13.48 million shares valued at $5.2 billion to account for 8.1043 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS which holds 10.64 million shares representing 6.3747 and valued at over $4.11 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.3635 of the shares totaling 7.26 million with a market value of $2.81 billion.
Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by DENMAN KENNETH D, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that DENMAN KENNETH D sold 1,250 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 19 ’25 at a price of $429.59 per share for a total of $0.54 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 6936.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 14 ’24, BROWN GREGORY Q (Chairman and CEO) disposed off 28,000 shares at an average price of $494.38 for $13.84 million. The insider now directly holds 22,377 shares of Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI).
