Motorola Solutions (MSI) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $4.69
- Estimate
- $4.43
- Surprise
- +5.8%
- Revenue (period 2026-10-03)
- $3.38B
- Score today
- 5.7/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Motorola Solutions (MSI) beat the $4.43 estimate with adjusted EPS of $4.69 — a clear 5.8% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- Motorola Solutions Sees Q4 Adj EPS $5.47-$5.52 vs $5.48 Est; Sees Sales $3.400B vs $3.888B Est — benzinga, 2026-11-04
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates MSI Sell at 5.7/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +5.8% surprise compares with a +7.4% four-quarter average.
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
- Near 52-week high (0.4% away)
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
- $496.99
- Stop
- $479.77
The stock trades at 38.6× trailing but 25.6× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 82 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum; trading volume is running 1.8× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-05 — 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
- $82.25B
- P/E (fwd)
- 25.6
- P/E (ttm)
- 38.6
- 52-week range
- $359.36–$499.00
- Off 52-week high
- 0.4%
- RSI (14)
- 82
- Volume vs avg
- 1.78×
- Score today
- 5.7/10