Motorola Solutions (MSI) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Motorola Solutions' (MSI) quarterly Research & Development came in at $252.0 million in Q2 2026, up 8.15% year-on-year from $233.0 million in Q2 2025, and down 6.67% quarter-over-quarter from $270.0 million in Q4 2025.

Motorola Solutions (MSI) Research & Development (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Motorola Solutions has disclosed Research & Development across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $252.0 million for Q2 2026.

  • Research & Development for Q2 2026 came in at $252.0 million, up 8.15% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was $990.0 million (up 6.11% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $970.0 million, up 5.78% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development came in at $252.0 million for Q2 2026 at Motorola Solutions, down from $270.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $270.0 million in Q4 2025 to a low of $188.0 million in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $218.0 million (2023), against an average of $222.2 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development climbed 12.84% in 2024 and advanced 1.28% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Motorola Solutions' Research & Development stood at $202.0 million in 2022, then increased by 7.92% to $218.0 million in 2023, then grew by 12.84% to $246.0 million in 2024, then gained by 9.76% to $270.0 million in 2025, then retreated by 6.67% to $252.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Research & Development figures came in at $252.0 million (Q2 2026), $270.0 million (Q4 2025), and $237.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 2.38 Bn
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 221.46 Mn
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 252.00 Mn
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn 744.00 Mn
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 90.60 Mn
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 51.81 Mn
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn 7.13 Mn
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn 25.66 Mn
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 165.00 Mn
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn 71.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 252.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 270.00 Mn
Sep 27, 2025 237.00 Mn
Jun 28, 2025 231.00 Mn
Mar 29, 2025 233.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 246.00 Mn
Sep 28, 2024 234.00 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 220.00 Mn
Mar 30, 2024 218.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 218.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 215.00 Mn
Jul 1, 2023 215.00 Mn
Apr 1, 2023 210.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 202.00 Mn
Oct 1, 2022 197.00 Mn
Jul 2, 2022 191.00 Mn
Apr 2, 2022 188.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 189.00 Mn
Oct 2, 2021 183.00 Mn
Jul 3, 2021 181.00 Mn