Company Analysis

Motorola Solutions, Inc. New (MSI)

NYSE: MSI · Radio & Tv Broadcasting & Communications Equipment · Chicago, IL · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade6.7
◀ Past 7.2● Present 7.3▶ Future 5.5

The grade of Motorola Solutions, Inc. New

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.7/10
◀ Past7.230% of the headline
● Present7.340% of the headline
▶ Future5.530% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
6.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2018-05-17.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Motorola Solutions, Inc. New's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2018-05-17) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+7.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 70th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Motorola Solutions, Inc. New's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $6.0 billion in fiscal 2016 to $12 billion in fiscal 2025, up 7.6% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 6% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span7.6%top 50% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 26% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 14% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak6.0%top 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.6% a year. 57% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 138 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 81st percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Motorola Solutions, Inc. New's diluted share count shrank about 0.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 57% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 138 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 17% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 89%: 89¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 88%: owes 88¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Motorola Solutions, Inc. New earned about 89 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 31 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 88 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 17% of its family
  • return on equitytop 2% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 34% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 21% of 21 in its family; net margin 18.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 79th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Motorola Solutions, Inc. New's standing among 21 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $12 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 8% by size; a net margin of 18.4% ranks in the top 17%; revenue growth of 8.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 37% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$11.68Btop 8% of its family
  • net margin18.4%top 17% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth8.6%top 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 24% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2008.

weight 22% of this tense · 76th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Motorola Solutions, Inc. New's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Brown, Gregory Q (Chairman and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2008-01-03, 18.9 years (top 12% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.5 years (top 50%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (top 9%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge5 in three years among 17 peopletop 9% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.5 yearstop 50% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record18.9 yearstop 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 46% of 21 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Motorola Solutions, Inc. New's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.2 billion against debt of $8.4 billion leaves -37.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 12% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 22% of revenue (top 12%); a gross margin of 51.7% (top 13%); research spending of 8.3% of revenue (bottom 31%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-37.4%bottom 12% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue22.0%top 12% of its family
  • gross margin51.7%top 13% of its family
  • research spending against revenue8.3%bottom 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 34% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 66th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Motorola Solutions, Inc. New's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 8.6% a year over the last three filed years against 7.6% over all 10, speeding up (top 29% of its family); the newest year grew 8% (top 50%); research spending grew 7.6% a year (top 17%); capital spending grew 1.2% a year (top 39%) (its annual reports). Motorola Solutions, Inc. New reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Product and Systems Integration at $7.3 billion (62%), Services and Software at $4.4 billion (38%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+1.0 points a yeartop 29% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth8.0%top 50% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending7.6%top 17% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending1.2%top 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.0/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 40% of 19 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 40th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Motorola Solutions, Inc. New's newest year against its own record: revenue of $12 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.9% below the $12 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 39% of its family); net income of $2.2 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.5 billion (bottom 48%); a net margin of 18.4% against 15.6% before (bottom 34%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-0.9%bottom 39% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+39%bottom 48% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.9 pointsbottom 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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