---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000068505-26-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSI"
cik: "0000068505"
company_name: "Motorola Solutions, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T22:16:40.373735+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Motorola Solutions Q1 sales up 7% to $2.7B; record backlog $15.7B; raises FY outlook

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $2.18 (down 14% YoY); Non-GAAP EPS $3.37 (up 6% YoY).
- Software and Services sales $1.155B (+18% YoY); Products & Systems Integration $1.559B (+1% YoY).
- Record Q1 ending backlog $15.7B, up 11% YoY, driven by broad-based demand.
- Acquired Exacom and Hyper for ~$90M net; agreed to buy Bell Canada's LMR networks services business.
- Raised full-year 2026 revenue and earnings guidance following strong quarter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000068505-26-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSI
- cik: 0000068505
- company_name: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-07T23:59:59+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/68505/000006850526000018/0000068505-26-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68505/000006850526000018/msi-20260507.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000068505-26-000018.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: cfcd6b58cccf40c8c4163275cdb574b54c56917c
  claim: Motorola Solutions, Inc. reported the first quarter of 2026 results: revenue $2,714, EPS $2.18. Guidance raised.
  evidence_excerpt: our revenue and earnings guidance for the full year 2026.” KEY FINANCIAL RESULTS (presented in millions, except per share data and percentages) Q1 2026 Q1 2025 % Change Sales $2,714 $2,528 7 % GAAP Operating Earnings $525 $582 (10) % % of Sales 19.3 % 23.0 % EPS $2.18 $2.53 (14) % Non-GAAP * Operating Earnings $781 $716 9 % % of Sales 28.8 % 28.3 % EPS $3.37
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68505/000006850526000018/0000068505-26-000018-index.htm

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