Motorola Solutions Inc (NYSE: MSI) is -9.70% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $365.23 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 $422.21 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -4.81%.
Currently trading at $417.40, the stock is -0.29% and -1.01% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.07 million and changing -1.14% at the moment leaves the stock -6.85% off its SMA200. MSI registered 14.38% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -16.47%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $421.6532 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $448.0803.
The stock witnessed a 2.97% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -2.04%, and is -0.82% 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 1.03% over the week and 0.97% over the month.
Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI) has around 21000 employees, a market worth around $69.67B and $10.96B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 34.82 and Fwd P/E is 26.25. Profit margin for the company is 18.67%. Distance from 52-week low is 14.28% and -17.81% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (26.47%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 6.29% this year
1934.0 institutions hold shares in Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI), with institutional investors hold 88.99% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 166.90M, and float is at 166.16M with Short Float at 1.25%. Institutions hold 88.60% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 20.74 million shares valued at $$8.01 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.4273 of the MSI Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 13.48 million shares valued at $$5.2 billion to account for 8.0752 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 $$4.11 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.3478 of the shares totaling 7.26 million with a market value of $$2.81 billion.
Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by MAHER KATHERINE A, the company’s CVP and CAO. SEC filings show that MAHER KATHERINE A sold 1,073 shares of the company’s common stock on May 29 ’25 at a price of $418.68 per share for a total of $0.45 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 804.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 19 ’25, DENMAN KENNETH D (Director) disposed off 1,250 shares at an average price of $429.59 for $0.54 million. The insider now directly holds 6,936 shares of Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI).
