Motorola Solutions MSI
Motorola Solutions is a global leader in mission-critical safety and security technologies for public safety, government, including defense, and enterprise customers. 10-K, Item 1
- Employees
- 23,000
- Headquarters
- Chicago, IL
- CEO
- Gregory Q. Brown
- Next results
- around Feb 10, 2027
Where each dollar of revenue went, FY2025
Revenue of $11.7B through the costs to a net profit of $2.2B · income statement of the 10-K
MSI among Technology peers
Six ratios from the latest 10-K. Each corner is the share of 74 peers the company is above, not a score.
What changed
7 new risk paragraphs and 2 accounting facts worth reading about. 10-K filed Feb 12, 2026 against Feb 14, 2025.
Each row opens the detail with the quote and the filing. A row is a change worth reading, not a verdict.
Accounting checks
11 checks on the latest 10-K. Checks, not verdicts.
2facts worth reading about the other 9 checks found nothing to note
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Inventory growing faster than revenueInventory +28.3% vs revenue +8.0% (+20.3 pts)
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Critical audit matters changedNew this year: Acquisition of Silvus - Valuation of Certain Customer Relationships and Certain Developed Technology (“As described in Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements, on August 6, 2025, the Company acquired Silvus for a purchase price of $4.4 billion, net of cash acquired, purchase price adjustments, and contingent earnout consideration. Of the acquired identifiable intangible assets, $820 million ”). Same as last year: Revenue Recognition - Estimated Costs to Complete for Certain System Contracts
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Receivables +12.7% vs revenue +8.0% (+4.7 pts)
8 more checks with nothing to note
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Cash from operations $2.8B vs net income $2.2B (FY ending Dec 31, 2025)
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Same auditor in both 10-Ks: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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No statement of substantial doubt about going concern
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No 8-K item 4.02 in the last 2 years
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No NT 10-K or NT 10-Q in the last 2 years
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No sentence in the 10-K concludes that controls were not effective because of a material weakness
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No 8-K item 2.06 in the last 2 years
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No 8-K item 1.03 in the last 2 years
In their words
7 paragraphs in Risk Factors that were not in the 10-K filed Feb 14, 2025. Quoted as filed.
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Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 14, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
Our business with U.S. government customers depends, in part, upon our customers’ continued expenditures on programs in areas we support such as law enforcement and national security. These expenditures have not remained constant over time, have been and in the future may be reduced in certain periods, and have been and in the future…
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Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 14, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
While the 2025 enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) introduced several taxpayer-favorable provisions, such as the restoration of immediate expensing for qualified domestic research and experimental expenditures, it has also added complexity to the U.S. tax code. For example, the interplay between new domestic incentives…
New risk paragraphs, against peers
Latest 10-K of each, Technology companies closest in revenue
Paragraphs in Risk Factors with nothing like them in the company's 10-K the year before. A count of text, not of risk.
Financial performance
Last 4 fiscal years · 10-K XBRL
| Metric | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
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| Revenue | $9.1B | $10.0B | $10.8B | $11.7B |
| Net income | $1.4B | $1.7B | $1.6B | $2.2B |
| Operating cash flow | $1.8B | $2.0B | $2.4B | $2.8B |
| Free cash flow | $1.6B | $1.8B | $2.1B | $2.6B |
Revenue, FY2016 to FY2025
Ten fiscal years, each from its own 10-K · XBRL · USD
$11.7B ▲ 8.0% in FY2025$2.2B ▲ 36.6% in FY2025$2.6B ▲ 20.5% in FY2025
Recent filings
2 filings in the last 30 days · SEC EDGAR
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8-KNov 4, 2026Quarterly results 8-K item 2.02
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10-QNov 4, 2026Quarterly report (10-Q) period ended Oct 3, 2026
About the company
Motorola Solutions, Chicago, IL · from the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2026
Motorola Solutions is a global leader in mission-critical safety and security technologies for public safety, government, including defense, and enterprise customers. Our business is focused on safety and security, driven by our commitment to help create safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Grounded in nearly 100 years of close customer and community collaboration, we design and advance technology for more than 100,000 customers in over 100 countries with the goal of making everywhere safer for all.
- Headquarters
- Chicago, IL
- Country
- United States
- Reports in
- USD
- Listed on
- NYSE
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Last results
- Nov 4, 2026
- Incorporated in
- DE
Employees, at the top of the page: "As of December 31, 2025, we employed approximately 23,000 people globally, with 51% in the North America region and 49% in the International region" (10-K). Address and exchange: SEC's company file.
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Sources
The 10-K filed Feb 12, 2026 (open at SEC), compared with the 10-K filed Feb 14, 2025. Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks; filings from SEC EDGAR.
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