Motorola Solutions (MSI) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $4.41
- Estimate
- $3.85
- Surprise
- +14.4%
- Revenue (period 2026-07-04)
- $3.13B
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.2 → 5.4/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Motorola Solutions (MSI) beat the $3.85 estimate with adjusted EPS of $4.41 — a large 14.4% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.2/10) to Sell at 5.4/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates MSI Hold at 5.6/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +14.4% surprise compares with a +7.3% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-05.
What supports the rating
- V7 quality resilience bonus: +0.2 (Q=7.6 in RISK_OFF)
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Supplier: single-source vendors
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Sector modifier (Technology): -0.8
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $456.28
- Price target
- $458.41
- Stop
- $441.64
- Upside to target
- +0.5%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.1:1
The stock trades at 35.8× trailing but 23.5× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-07 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
MSI at TrendMatrix's latest read
Technology names get repriced on forward expectations more than trailing prints — a quarter here is read through next-year growth and multiple, not the EPS line alone.
- Industry
- Communication Equipment
- Market cap
- $75.51B
- P/E (fwd)
- 23.5
- P/E (ttm)
- 35.8
- 52-week range
- $359.36–$494.85
- Off 52-week high
- 7.8%
- RSI (14)
- 45
- Volume vs avg
- 1.29×
- Score today
- 5.6/10