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Motorola Solutions
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- Russell 1000
What Motorola Solutions is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to July 4, 2026: $12.2 billion, up 10% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to July 4, 2026: $2.68 billion, up 13% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to July 4, 2026: $0.30 billion, up 30% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $1.15 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $2.73 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 5, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 2 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 0 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 12, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 1 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $8.5 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,476 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−21 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 58 (93 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Motorola Solutions is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Expanding · Confident
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Expanding
- Capital spending79th pct
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex34th pct
- Hiring filings90th pct
- Deals and private raises40th pct
- Patent publications54th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment68th pct
- Call confidence67th pct
- Guidance changes86th pct
- Risk factors added75th pct
- Insider open-market trades45th pct
- + Guidance changes
- + Call sentiment
- + Risk factors added
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver31st pct
- Stress filings49th pct
Credit
How these are built →Motorola Solutions's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$9.0B
- Due within a year $0.6B
- Longer term $8.4B
- Default point $4.8B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jul 4, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
$1.0B
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $600M | 5.650% | 2036 (10y) | +100bp | 5.671% |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $350M | 4.850% | 2029 (3y) | +55bp | 4.854% |
| Jun 2, 2025 | $900M | 5.550% | 2035 (10y) | +110bp | 5.566% |
| Jun 2, 2025 | $600M | 4.850% | 2030 (5y) | +85bp | 4.869% |
| Jun 2, 2025 | $500M | 5.200% | 2032 (7y) | +98bp | 5.214% |
| Mar 11, 2024 | $900M | 5.400% | 2034 (10y) | +130bp | 5.414% |
| Mar 11, 2024 | $400M | 5.000% | 2029 (5y) | +95bp | 5.051% |
From the pricing term sheets Motorola Solutions filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.6 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (J.A. GREEN AND COMPANY)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (POLARIS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (SALT POINT STRATEGIES)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (COURSON NICKEL LLC)third_quarter 2026
- Oct 17, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 5, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (GRANT CONSULTING GROUP)third_quarter 2026
- Sep 30, 2026Federal awardFederal award from Department of Homeland Security$25.8 million
- Sep 21, 2026Federal awardFederal award from Department of Justice$140 million
- Sep 15, 2026Patent
- Sep 15, 2026Patent
- Sep 15, 2026Patent
- Sep 15, 2026Patent
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (SALT POINT STRATEGIES)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 1, 2026Federal awardFederal award from Department of Defense$12.2 million
- May 20, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Mar 12, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 12, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed
- Nov 18, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Aug 6, 20258-KAcquisition or sale completedItem 2.01
- Jul 21, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- May 27, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- May 19, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 25, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Apr 25, 20258-KMaterial agreement terminatedItem 1.02
- Feb 14, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed
- Feb 15, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
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