Motorola Solutions (MSI) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Motorola Solutions' (MSI) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 21.43% in Q2 2026, down 725.0% year-on-year from 3.43% in Q2 2025, and down 6.64% quarter-over-quarter from 22.96% in Q4 2025.

Motorola Solutions (MSI) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Motorola Solutions has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 21.43% for Q2 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q2 2026 came in at 21.43%, down 725.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 21.43% (down 725.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 27.38%, down 279.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 21.43% for Q2 2026 at Motorola Solutions, down from 22.96% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 32.08% in Q4 2023 to a low of 19.28% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 23.92% (2025), against an average of 25.15%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 1257 bps in 2023 and slumped 725 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Motorola Solutions' Return on Capital Employed stood at 21.69% in 2022, then soared by 48 bps to 32.08% in 2023, then declined by 9 bps to 29.26% in 2024, then slipped by 22 bps to 22.96% in 2025, then retreated by 7 bps to 21.43% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 21.43% (Q2 2026), 22.96% (Q4 2025), and 23.92% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 16.71%
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 6.63%
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 21.43%
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn -0.78%
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 11.56%
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 87.31%
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -10.70%
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn -1.25%
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 10.82%
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn 2.95%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 21.43%
Dec 31, 2025 22.96%
Sep 27, 2025 23.92%
Jun 28, 2025 25.54%
Mar 29, 2025 28.68%
Dec 31, 2024 29.26%
Sep 28, 2024 29.18%
Jun 29, 2024 29.22%
Mar 30, 2024 27.73%
Dec 31, 2023 32.08%
Sep 30, 2023 31.85%
Jul 1, 2023 23.21%
Apr 1, 2023 21.13%
Dec 31, 2022 21.69%
Oct 1, 2022 19.28%
Jul 2, 2022 20.32%
Apr 2, 2022 20.03%
Dec 31, 2021 21.54%
Oct 2, 2021 21.33%
Jul 3, 2021 20.74%