Motorola Solutions (MSI)
Information Technology · communications equipment · NYSE
A leader in mission-critical communications, video security, and analytics, providing essential safety and operational technology for public safety and enterprise users.
What Motorola Solutions does
Motorola Solutions provides mission-critical communication infrastructure, devices, software, and services for public safety and enterprise security customers. Its portfolio includes land mobile radio (LMR) communications, video security and access control systems, and command center software. The company operates globally to help organizations ensure safety and streamline operations.
Themes: public safety technology, critical communications infrastructure, video security and analytics, command center software, enterprise security
Fundamentals
- Price$447.12 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$74.0B as of 2026-07-31 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return-3.3% 2025-10-08 close $462.26 → 2026-10-08 close $447.12
- P/E35.24 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+18.4% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Gross margin+51.7% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE+89.4% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity3.38 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)+10.3% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+8.6% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.43 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-08-05 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +1.1%; 15-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How MSI compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 253 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit margintop 25% 380 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- operating margintop 25% 375 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- gross marginmiddle range 311 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- return on equitytop 10% 370 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 385 covered Information Technology peers
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 108 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 10% 382 covered Information Technology peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Information Technology companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
MSI is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Top 10 score
59.4 #250 of 1,379 scored · #44 of 203 in Information Technology
Profitability 91st (return on equity 89.4%, operating margin 25.6%) and capital return 74th (consecutive years of dividend increases 15 years, net share count bought back over the year 1.1); weakest is valuation (32nd, price to book 27.7, price to earnings 35.2).
Scores as of 8 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, MSI's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 34%, free-cash-flow payout 28%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout34% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout28% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How Motorola Solutions looks technically
Motorola Solutions (MSI) is trading 3.5% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 43 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 18, below the 25 that marks a real trend), though sellers have been pushing harder than buyers lately — pressure, not a trend. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 41, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 7 trading days ago.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 3.5% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +3.5% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $463.05 | $463.05 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $432.01 | $432.01 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 30 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 30 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 43 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 43 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 18, below the 25 that marks a real trend), though sellers have been pushing harder than buyers lately — pressure, not a trend | 18.2 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 41, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 41.0 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($443.12 to $465.01) — its "stochastic" reading is 18 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 18.3 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 28 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $494.77 | $494.77 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 9.6% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -9.6% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 24.4% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +24.4% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 9.6% below its highest point of the past year | 9.6% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 27 trading days ago | 27 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $507.82 (set on 2024-11-11) | $507.82 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($363.83 to $491.24), and it has given back roughly a third of its rise from last year’s low — 35% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $408.42 to $412.50. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 34.6% |
| From the all-time high | it is 12.0% below its all-time high | -11.9% |
| Nearest price level | it is sitting right on a resistance level at $447.38 — a price it turned at 11 times since 2024-10-31, most recently on 2026-05-05. Since 2024-10-08 it has 6 such levels below the current price and 5 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +0.1% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $12.06 (set on 2009-03-06) | $12.06 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 3606.0% above its all-time low | +3,606% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 79% of it) | 21st percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $8.33 between its high and its low — about 1.9% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $8.33 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $440.88 and $471.66 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $440.88 – $456.27 – $471.66 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 1.9% in a typical session — among the calmest in the catalog. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 1.9% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 1.8 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (3.5% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 1.8 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.82× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | 2 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 2 sessions ago |
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| Since a bearish engulfing | 1 session ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 1 session ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.8% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -0.8% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 8.4% above the previous close 44 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 438.14 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +8.4% |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 2 sessions in a row, a -2.01% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 4.5 percentage points (the stock lost 3.4% while the market gained 1.0%) | -4.5% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 2.5 percentage points (the stock gained 6.3% while the market gained 3.8%) | +2.5% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 16.2 percentage points (the stock gained 1.3% while the market gained 17.5%) | -16.1% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 18.3 percentage points (the stock lost 3.3% while the market gained 15.0%) | -18.3% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is moderate, spanning 6.4% of the share price. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 3% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $433.57 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +3.1% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 4% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-05 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $466.36 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 46 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -4.1% |
Head and shoulders, bearish — broke down · entry $461.12 · 44 sessions in
Price levels it has turned at before
MSI last closed at $447.12 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 6 prices below its last close and 5 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $447.38 | Resistance | 0.1% above the last close | turned there 11 times · 2024-10-31 to 2026-05-05 |
| $462.40 | Resistance | 3.4% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-02-03 to 2026-09-08 |
| $429.16 | Support | 4.0% below the last close | turned there 7 times · 2025-04-15 to 2026-07-07 |
| $476.61 | Resistance | 6.6% above the last close | turned there 7 times · 2024-10-17 to 2026-09-14 |
| $417.48 | Support | 6.6% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-02-24 to 2026-06-16 |
| $408.85 | Support | 8.6% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-04-21 to 2025-07-15 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market · Least volatile (2% or less typical daily range) · At the bottom of its 14-day range (stochastic below 20) · Under water since its last earnings report (below the anchored VWAP) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (1.64 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 11 analysts
- Mean price target$526.91 range $476.00 – $550.00; median $530.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-03. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for MSI
- Consensus EPS estimate$4.44 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-03
- Estimate change, 30 days+$0.00955 (+0.2%) from $4.43, on 2026-08-29, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward29% of 7 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["dependence on government contracts and funding cycles","risks related to business acquisitions and integrations","exposure to global economic conditions and foreign currency fluctuations"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of MSI's 10-Q filed 2026-05-07 against the prior one filed 2025-10-30.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added disclosure about U.S. Supreme Court ruling on February 20, 2026 that invalidated tariffs imposed under IEEPA
- Added disclosure about Court of International Trade ordering CBP to facilitate refunds for affected importers
- Added disclosure about CBP launching Phase 1 of CAPE system on April 20, 2026 to facilitate refunds
- Added disclosure that as of April 4, 2026, company had not recognized potential refund asset due to uncertainty
- Added disclosure about higher costs for memory in products due to substantial AI-driven market demand
- Added 'Recent Acquisitions' section with table showing Hyper acquisition in Command Center segment
- Added reference to AI-powered capabilities and software solutions as offerings across three technologies
- Changed forward-looking statements to reference specific impact of IEEPA tariff ruling and company's response actions
- Removed:
- Removed reference to 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' and its impact on business and government customers
- Removed reference to impact of prolonged U.S. government shutdown on business
- Removed reference to Emergency Services Network (ESN) contract exit costs with U.K. Home Office
- Removed reference to ability and cost to access capital markets
- Removed reference to ability to borrow and use of proceeds under credit facilities
- Removed reference to adoption of accounting pronouncements impact
- Removed reference to Legal Proceedings forward-looking statements
- Removed statement 'We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement'
- Removed detailed explanation of Silvus acquisition name change for MCN segment
- Removed reference to 'video, video, and data' unification language in Command Center description
- Removed nine-month comparison financial metrics (third quarter 2025 vs 2024 format)
- Reworded:
- Changed period references from 'three and nine months ended September 27, 2025 and September 28, 2024' to 'three months ended April 4, 2026 and March 29, 2025'
- Changed Form 10-K reference from 'year ended December 31, 2024' to 'year ended December 31, 2025'
- Changed form designation from 'quarter ended September 27, 2025' to 'quarter ended April 4, 2026'
- Changed forward-looking statements section structure from numbered list with subsections to reference specific tariff ruling as item (a)
- Changed MCN description to include 'AI-powered capabilities' explicitly in product line definition
- Changed Video description from 'help enable visibility to what's happening' to 'enable visibility of events'
- Changed Video description from 'bring attention to what's important' to 'focus attention on what's important'
- Changed Command Center description from 'unify voice, video, and data' to 'unify voice and data'
- Changed Command Center description from 'improve the accuracy and speed of decisions' to 'improve the accuracy, speed and trust of decisions'
- Changed macroeconomic disclosure from focus on tariff mitigation achievements to focus on memory cost increases and ongoing supply chain challenges
- Changed tariff discussion from 'dynamic tariff environment' to 'global trade landscape subject to evolving tariffs'
- Notes:
- The 'Recent Acquisitions' table in newer filing appears truncated and cannot be fully assessed
- Older filing's 'Recent Events' section also appears truncated at the end, limiting full comparison of that section
- Financial results are not comparable as they report different quarters (Q1 2026 vs Q3 2025)
- Newer filing presents Q1 results while older filing presents Q3 results, reflecting different fiscal periods
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 12 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 12 sells ($9M) — 4 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 12 sells ($9M) — 4 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-09-02. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
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Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
U.S. House trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 5 matched disclosures for MSI from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
U.S. House trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding MSI as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 28,397,425
- Reported value $11,802,491,982
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 3 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
MSI had 3,189,499 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
MSI had 1.93% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 3.27 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 3,189,499
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 1.93%
- Prior settlement (shares) 3,283,733
- Reported change -2.87%
- Days to cover (reported) 3.27
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- L3Harris Technologies (LHX)
- General Dynamics (GD)
- Hexagon AB
- Axon Enterprise (AXON)
- Verint Systems (VRNT)
- Honeywell (HON)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Motorola Solutions (MSI) do?
Motorola Solutions provides mission-critical communication infrastructure, devices, software, and services for public safety and enterprise security customers. Its portfolio includes land mobile radio (LMR) communications, video security and access control systems, and command center software. The company operates globally to help organizations ensure safety and streamline operations.
What sector is Motorola Solutions (MSI) in?
Motorola Solutions (MSI) is classified in the Information Technology sector. Its industry is communications equipment. It trades on NYSE.
Does MSI pay a dividend?
Yes — Motorola Solutions (MSI) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 1.06% and 15-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-09-03). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are Motorola Solutions's (MSI) competitors?
Notable peers of Motorola Solutions (MSI) include L3Harris Technologies, General Dynamics, Hexagon AB, Axon Enterprise and Verint Systems. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent U.S. House stock trading in MSI?
Yes — we hold 5 matched STOCK Act disclosures for MSI from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is Motorola Solutions (MSI) overbought or oversold right now?
Motorola Solutions (MSI) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 41, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on MSI come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.