Motorola Solutions management check
MSI · Information Technology · Communications Equipment · CEO Gregory Q. Brown
Filings as of
3 good · 4 to watch · 0 flagged, across the seven questions below.
- Watch
Have owners done well?
Trailed its chosen peers$100 invested at the start of fiscal 2021 grew to $240, against $242 for the peer group the company picked itself.
- Watch
Does pay follow performance?
Pay only loosely tracked returnsOver 5 years, the CEO's pay actually paid (equity valued at the share price) had a correlation of 0.30 with shareholder return. 1 means pay moved in step; below 0, the opposite way.
- Watch
What does the CEO cost owners?
1.6% of net income$34.5m of reported pay in fiscal 2025, against $2.2bn of net income.
- Watch
Do they own the stock?
CEO stake ≈ 1.1 years of payThe CEO holds 80,868.37 shares, directly or through trusts (unvested awards not counted): about 1.1 years of pay. 4 insiders sold $8.5m in the last six months and none bought.
- Good
Are owners being diluted?
Share count shrinkingDiluted shares changed -0.9% a year over the last three fiscal years. Stock-based pay was 2.5% of revenue in the latest year.
- Good
Is leadership stable?
5 leadership filings in 3 yearsCEO in the pay table: Gregory Q. Brown. 5 filings under 8-K item 5.02 (officers or directors leaving or joining, or new pay arrangements) in the last 3 years.
- Good
Are the books clean?
No red flags on fileNo restatements, auditor changes or late filings since 2021.
Against the S&P 500
Each check's score (0–100) and how it compares: the share of ranked S&P 500 companies it matches or beats, and the median in Information Technology.
| Check | Score | At or above | Sector median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner returns | 49 | 33 | |
| Pay for performance | 65 | 87 | |
| CEO cost | 33 | 35 | |
| Skin in the game | 18 | 47 | |
| Dilution | 61 | 56 | |
| Stable leadership | 100 | 85 | |
| Clean books | 100 | 100 |
Closest peers
Others in Communications Equipment, by management score. Motorola Solutions is 37th of 73 in its sector.
- 139CIENCiena73
- 249ANETArista Networks64
- 260CSCOCisco64
- 304MSIMotorola Solutions61
- 349LITELumentum58
- 364FFIVF5, Inc.57
Pay versus performance
From the proxy statement filed April 2, 2026. "Actually paid" values stock awards at the share price, so it rises and falls with the stock.
| Fiscal year | CEO | CEO pay | Actually paid | Other executives (avg) | $100 became | Peers | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Gregory Q. Brown | $34.5m | −$34.9m | $6.8m | $240 | $242 | $2.2bn |
| 2024 | — | $30.9m | $145.5m | $17.5m | $286 | $202 | $1.6bn |
| 2023 | — | $28.2m | $57.8m | $6.2m | $192 | $146 | $1.7bn |
| 2022 | — | $21.0m | $19.8m | $5.7m | $156 | $121 | $1.4bn |
| 2021 | — | $20.0m | $86.4m | $4.9m | $162 | $151 | $1.2bn |
The board says pay is tied most to Relative Total Shareholder Return Percentile Rank. Its other key measures: Relative TSR Percentile Rank, Stock Price, Non-GAAP Operating Earnings.
Insiders and the CEO's stake
Gregory Q Brown (Chairman and CEO) held 80,868.37 shares directly after their latest Form 4 on Sep 2, 2026, roughly $39.1m at that filing's price.
4 insiders sold $8.5m in the last six months and none bought.
- SoldGregory Q BrownChairman and CEO$6.9mSep 2, 2026
- SoldKatherine A MaherCVP and CAO$824kAug 7, 2026
- SoldKathryn A MooreSVP, HUMAN RESOURCES$479kAug 21, 2026
- SoldAyanna HowardDirector$322kAug 12, 2026
Leadership and governance on file
- Mar 12, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Nov 18, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Oct 9, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Aug 26, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Feb 21, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Mar 13, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Feb 1, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- May 20, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Mar 14, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jan 18, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Nov 30, 2021Leadership change8-K 5.02
Latest shareholder vote results: May 20, 2026, including the say-on-pay vote.
Where the money went
Over 2021–2025: $6.5bn returned to owners in buybacks and dividends, 81% of net income, and $1.0bn of pay in stock.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $8.2bn | $9.1bn | $10.0bn | $10.8bn | $11.7bn |
| Net income | $1.2bn | $1.4bn | $1.7bn | $1.6bn | $2.2bn |
| Stock-based pay | $129.0m | $172.0m | $212.0m | $243.0m | $293.0m |
| Buybacks | $528.0m | $836.0m | $804.0m | $244.0m | $1.2bn |
| Dividends | $482.0m | $530.0m | $589.0m | $654.0m | $728.0m |
| Diluted shares | 174m | 172m | 172m | 171m | 169m |
Educational only, not investment advice. Figures are as filed with the SEC: pay from the proxy's pay-versus-performance table, capital allocation from 10-K XBRL data, insider trades from Form 4s over the last six months, events from the last 5 years of filings. The peer group is the one the company chose. See the method.