---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000068505-23-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSI"
cik: "0000068505"
company_name: "Motorola Solutions, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T01:17:34.771157+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Motorola Solutions Q3 sales $2.56B up 8% YoY; raises full-year guidance again

## Summary
- Sales $2.56B, up 8% YoY; Software & Services sales up 12%, Products & Systems up 5%.
- GAAP EPS $2.70 (up 66%), Non-GAAP EPS $3.19 (up 6%); operating cash flow $714M.
- Record Q3 ending backlog $14.3B, up 6% YoY.
- Company raises full-year revenue and earnings outlook due to robust demand.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000068505-23-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSI
- cik: 0000068505
- company_name: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68505/000006850523000043/0000068505-23-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68505/000006850523000043/msi-20231102.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000068505-23-000043.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Motorola Solutions, Inc. reported the third quarter of 2023 results: revenue $2,556, net income $639, EPS $2.70. Guidance raised.
  - Period: the third quarter of 2023
  - Revenue: $2,556
  - Net income: $639
  - EPS: $2.70
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: our revenue and earnings expectations for the full year.” KEY FINANCIAL RESULTS (presented in millions, except per share data and percentages) Q3 2023 Q3 2022 % Change Sales $2,556 $2,373 8 % GAAP Operating Earnings $639 $373 71 % % of Sales 25.0 % 15.7 % EPS $2.70 $1.63 66 % Non-GAAP* Operating Earnings $741 $676 10 % % of Sales 29.0 % 28.5 % EPS $3.19
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68505/000006850523000043/0000068505-23-000043-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.