Stocks · Technology · Communication Equipment
Motorola Solutions, Inc. MSI
$447.41 -0.14% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $74.27B
Low risk
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +7.4%).
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 50 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $12.24B, up 10.3% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth46Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 37%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 41%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 45%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 37%
Quality63Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 14%
- Gross marginBottom 49%
- Operating marginTop 11%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 37%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 35%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 27%
- Interest coverTop 37%
Value59Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 29%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 44%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 38%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 33%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 47%
Momentum46Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 50%
- 6-month returnBottom 29%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 45%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 18%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Revisions71Positive
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 47%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 9%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 41%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 40%
Stability94Exceptional
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 2%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 5%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 27%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 8.3% | 10.3% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 3.6% | 2.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 51.3% | 50.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 25.2% | 25.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 21.5% | 21.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 10.3% | 8.3% | ↑ | Bottom 44% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 2.3% | 3.6% | ↓ | Bottom 37% |
| Gross margin | 50.0% | 51.3% | ↓ | Bottom 49% |
| Operating margin | 25.0% | 25.2% | ↓ | Top 11% |
| Net margin | 17.4% | 19.1% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 21.9% | 21.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 16.4% | — | Top 14% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 8.6% | — | Top 45% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.39×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -29.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.34×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 6.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.03%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.33%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.36%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +7.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $525.86
- Target vs current price
- +17.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 34
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 71%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +14.5% | -1.1% | +5.4% | +10.9% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +4.0% | -0.1% | -8.2% | -5.3% | +0.8% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | +5.5% | +0.3% | +7.6% | +10.2% | +3.2% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +5.5% | -0.0% | -8.7% | -14.5% | -6.0% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +6.6% | +0.7% | +6.4% | +8.3% | -2.3% |
| May 1, 2025 | +5.6% | -0.3% | -5.7% | -5.0% | -2.4% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | +3.9% | -0.2% | -6.9% | -11.3% | -12.9% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +10.7% | +0.2% | +5.9% | +5.5% | +2.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $4.41 | $3.85 | +14.5% | $3.13B |
| May 7, 2026 | $3.37 | $3.24 | +4.0% | $2.71B |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $4.59 | $4.35 | +5.5% | $3.38B |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $4.06 | $3.85 | +5.5% | $3.01B |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $3.57 | $3.35 | +6.6% | $2.77B |
| May 1, 2025 | $3.18 | $3.01 | +5.6% | $2.53B |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $4.04 | $3.89 | +3.9% | $3.01B |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $3.74 | $3.38 | +10.7% | $2.79B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 35.2× | 34.8× | 62th | Top 29% |
| P/E (forward) | 25.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 21.9× | — | — | Top 38% |
| EV / Sales | 6.80× | — | — | Bottom 33% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.60% | — | — | Top 44% |
| Earnings yield | 2.84% | — | — | Top 29% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 27.6× – 51.5× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -2.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +2.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -3.7%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 50
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -3.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +3.8%
- RSI (14)
- 39.3
- Relative volume
- 0.70×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 26.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 70th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.54
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.33
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -8.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -27.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2024 | Dec 16, 2025 | -27.9% | 275 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 29, 2021 | Jun 16, 2022 | -27.8% | 117 days | 194 days (Mar 27, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $74.27B
- P/E (TTM)
- 35.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $12.70
- Revenue (TTM)
- $12.24B
- Dividend yield
- 1.08%
- 52-week range
- $359.36 – $494.85
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $8.17B | $9.11B | $9.98B | $10.82B | $11.68B |
| Gross profit | $4.04B | $4.23B | $4.97B | $5.51B | $5.86B |
| Operating income | $1.67B | $1.66B | $2.29B | $2.69B | $2.94B |
| Net income | $1.25B | $1.36B | $1.71B | $1.58B | $2.15B |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.17 | $7.93 | $9.93 | $9.23 | $12.76 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.79B | $3.01B | $2.53B | $2.77B | $3.01B | $3.38B | $2.71B | $3.13B |
| Net income | $562.0M | $611.0M | $430.0M | $513.0M | $562.0M | $649.0M | $366.0M | $557.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.29 | $3.56 | $2.53 | $3.04 | $3.33 | $3.86 | $2.18 | $3.33 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.84B | $1.82B | $2.04B | $2.39B | $2.84B |
| Capital expenditure | -$243.0M | -$256.0M | -$253.0M | -$257.0M | -$265.0M |
| Free cash flow | $1.59B | $1.57B | $1.79B | $2.13B | $2.57B |
| Dividends paid | -$482.0M | -$530.0M | -$589.0M | -$654.0M | -$728.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$426.0M | -$680.0M | -$700.0M | -$172.0M | -$1.11B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $710.0M
- Total assets
- $19.24B
- Total liabilities
- $16.55B
- Total debt
- $9.62B
- Net debt
- $8.91B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.67B
As of Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | $1.21 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Jun 17, 2026 | $1.21 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | $1.21 | Apr 15, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $1.21 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Sep 15, 2025 | $1.09 | Oct 15, 2025 |
| Jun 13, 2025 | $1.09 | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $1.09 | Apr 15, 2025 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | $1.09 | Jan 15, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,189,499
- Days to cover
- 3.27
- Change vs previous report
- -2.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jan 4, 2011
- 400-for-1,617
- Dec 3, 2004
- 200-for-179
- Jun 2, 2000
- 3-for-1
- Apr 19, 1994
- 2-for-1
- Jan 19, 1993
- 2-for-1