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Motorola Solutions (MSI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

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Motorola Solutions Short Interest Overview

As of June 30, 2026, Motorola Solutions (MSI) had a short interest of 3.67 million shares sold short, representing 2.24% of the public float. This marks a 21.24% increase in short interest since the prior report. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.7, meaning it would take 2.7 days of the average trading volume of 1.11 million shares to cover all short positions.

Current Short Interest
3,667,472 shares
Previous Short Interest
3,024,975 shares
Change Vs. Previous Month
21.24%
Dollar Volume Sold Short
$1.53 billion
Short Interest Ratio
2.7 Days to Cover
Last Record Date
June 30, 2026
Outstanding Shares
166,000,000 shares
Short Percent of Float
2.24%
Today's Trading Volume
111,133 shares
Average Trading Volume
1,107,020 shares
Today's Volume Vs. Average
10%
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Motorola Solutions Tesla Short Interest History & Recent Changes

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Report DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date
6/30/20263,667,472 shares $1.53 billion +21.2%2.2%2.68 $416.31
6/15/20263,024,975 shares $1.24 billion -19.8%1.8%3.06 $410.80
5/29/20263,769,587 shares $1.52 billion +11.7%2.3%2.79 $403.01
5/15/20263,375,554 shares $1.33 billion +20.9%2.1%2.46 $393.73
4/30/20262,791,927 shares $1.23 billion +12.8%1.7%3.15 $439.18
4/15/20262,474,299 shares $1.09 billion -0.7%1.5%3.29 $440.79
3/31/20262,490,740 shares $1.08 billion +14.7%1.5%2.14 $433.78
3/13/20262,171,783 shares $1.03 billion -12.2%1.3%2.09 $473.41
2/27/20262,474,782 shares $1.19 billion +6.5%1.5%2.17 $481.37
2/13/20262,322,978 shares $1.07 billion +3.0%1.4%1.69 $462.19
1/30/20262,256,218 shares $908.30 million -9.1%1.4%1.85 $402.58
1/15/20262,482,170 shares $978.56 million -2.2%1.5%2.28 $394.24
12/31/20252,537,488 shares $972.16 million -5.8%1.5%1.59 $383.12
12/15/20252,693,606 shares $982.54 million +18.4%1.6%1.73 $364.77
11/28/20252,274,673 shares $840.90 million +8.2%1.4%1.33 $369.68
11/14/20252,101,660 shares $797.46 million +10.5%1.3%1.32 $379.44
10/31/20251,901,219 shares $773.05 million -6.4%1.2%2.37 $406.61
10/15/20252,030,000 shares $890.80 million -12.5%1.2%2.3 $438.82
9/30/20252,320,000 shares $1.06 billion -10.4%1.4%2.6 $457.70
9/15/20252,590,000 shares $1.25 billion +5.7%1.6%2.8 $483.41
8/31/20252,450,000 shares $1.16 billion -9.6%1.5%2.7 $472.45
8/15/20252,710,000 shares $1.25 billion +17.8%1.6%2.8 $460.41
7/31/20252,300,000 shares $1.01 billion +0.4%1.4%2.4 $439.18
7/15/20252,290,000 shares $936.29 million +9.1%1.4%2.5 $408.86
6/30/20252,100,000 shares $880.32 million -9.9%1.3%2.2 $419.20
6/15/20252,330,000 shares $949.66 million +22.0%1.4%2.4 $407.58
5/31/20251,910,000 shares $793.68 million -8.2%1.2%2 $415.54
5/15/20252,080,000 shares $883.81 million +9.5%1.3%2.3 $424.91
4/30/20251,900,000 shares $837.96 million -3.6%1.1%2 $441.03
4/15/20251,970,000 shares $848.22 million -11.7%1.2%2.2 $430.57
3/31/20252,230,000 shares $976.90 million +13.8%1.3%2.5 $438.07
3/15/20251,960,000 shares $819.42 million +6.5%1.2%2.4 $418.07
2/28/20251,840,000 shares $812.12 million +0.6%1.1%2.1 $441.37
2/15/20251,830,000 shares $800.35 million -6.2%1.1%2.1 $437.35
1/31/20251,950,000 shares $914.34 million -11.4%1.2%2.4 $468.89
1/15/20252,200,000 shares $1.01 billion -3.9%1.3%2.6 $459.72
12/31/20242,290,000 shares $1.06 billion +12.3%1.4%2.9 $462.23
12/15/20242,040,000 shares $958.37 million +37.8%1.2%2.6 $469.79
11/30/20241,480,000 shares $739.56 million +7.3%0.9%2 $499.70
11/15/20241,380,000 shares $674.82 million +3.0%0.8%2 $489.00
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10/31/20241,340,000 shares $602.13 million -15.2%0.8%2 $449.35
10/15/20241,580,000 shares $748.07 million +15.3%1.0%2.3 $473.46
9/30/20241,370,000 shares $615.95 million -9.9%0.8%2 $449.60
9/15/20241,520,000 shares $671.48 million -9.0%0.9%2.2 $441.76
8/31/20241,670,000 shares $738.21 million +7.7%1.0%2.4 $442.04
8/15/20241,550,000 shares $654.01 million -4.3%0.9%2.3 $421.94
7/31/20241,620,000 shares $646.25 million -9.5%1.0%2.4 $398.92
7/15/20241,790,000 shares $705.96 million -7.7%1.1%2.6 $394.39
6/30/20241,940,000 shares $748.94 million +35.7%1.2%2.8 $386.05
6/15/20241,430,000 shares $536.84 million -15.9%0.9%2.1 $375.41
5/31/20241,700,000 shares $620.33 million +3.0%1.0%2.5 $364.90
5/15/20241,650,000 shares $602.27 million -2.9%1.0%2.5 $365.01
4/30/20241,700,000 shares $576.56 million +7.6%1.0%2.5 $339.15
4/15/20241,580,000 shares $534.96 million -3.1%1.0%2.5 $338.58
3/31/20241,630,000 shares $578.62 million +35.8%1.0%2.6 $354.98
3/15/20241,200,000 shares $413.03 million -1.6%0.7%2 $344.19
2/29/20241,220,000 shares $403.08 million +1.7%0.7%1.9 $330.39
2/15/20241,200,000 shares $388.68 million -2.4%0.7%1.8 $323.90
1/31/20241,230,000 shares $392.99 million +2.5%0.7%1.8 $319.50
1/15/20241,200,000 shares $379.57 million +2.6%0.7%1.7 $316.31
12/31/20231,170,000 shares $366.32 million +4.5%0.7%1.7 $313.09
12/15/20231,120,000 shares $347.83 million -11.8%0.7%1.6 $310.56
11/30/20231,270,000 shares $410.04 million +2.4%0.8%1.9 $322.87
11/15/20231,240,000 shares $389.56 million +37.8%0.8%2 $314.16
10/31/2023899,900 shares $250.59 million +5.2%0.5%1.4 $278.46
10/15/2023855,200 shares $246.43 million +0.8%0.5%1.3 $288.15
9/30/2023848,700 shares $231.05 million +3.4%0.5%1.3 $272.24
9/15/2023820,700 shares $232.43 million -1.1%0.5%1.2 $283.21
8/31/2023830,000 shares $235.36 million -27.2%0.5%1.1 $283.57
8/15/20231,140,000 shares $320.83 million +0.9%0.7%1.3 $281.43
7/31/20231,130,000 shares $323.89 million -5.0%0.7%1.3 $286.63
7/15/20231,190,000 shares $346.36 million -0.8%0.7%1.5 $291.06
6/30/20231,200,000 shares $351.94 million +10.1%0.7%1.4 $293.28
6/15/20231,090,000 shares $307.67 million -3.5%0.7%1.3 $282.27
5/31/20231,130,000 shares $318.57 million -8.1%0.7%1.5 $281.92
5/15/20231,230,000 shares $359.01 million -2.4%0.7%1.8 $291.88
4/30/20231,260,000 shares $367.16 million -1.6%0.8%1.7 $291.40
4/15/20231,280,000 shares $373.07 million +4.9%0.8%1.8 $291.46
3/31/20231,220,000 shares $349.08 million -2.4%0.7%1.8 $286.13
3/15/20231,250,000 shares $323.40 million +35.7%0.8%1.9 $258.72
2/28/2023921,200 shares $242.10 million -18.5%0.6%1.5 $262.81
2/15/20231,130,000 shares $307.37 million -14.4%0.7%1.8 $272.01
1/31/20231,320,000 shares $339.25 million +8.2%0.8%2 $257.01
1/15/20231,220,000 shares $324.53 million -3.9%0.7%1.8 $266.01
12/30/20221,270,000 shares $327.29 million -5.9%0.8%1.8 $257.71
12/15/20221,350,000 shares $347.14 million +16.4%0.8%1.8 $257.14
11/30/20221,160,000 shares $315.75 million -11.5%0.7%1.5 $272.20
11/15/20221,310,000 shares $328.04 million +9.2%0.8%1.7 $250.41
10/31/20221,200,000 shares $299.65 million -10.5%0.7%1.7 $249.71
10/15/20221,340,000 shares $285.80 million +3.1%0.8%1.9 $213.28
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9/30/20221,300,000 shares $291.16 million -15.0%0.8%1.9 $223.97
9/15/20221,530,000 shares $364.38 million +28.6%0.9%2.2 $238.16
8/31/20221,190,000 shares $289.66 million -17.4%0.7%1.7 $243.41
8/15/20221,440,000 shares $367.73 million +9.1%0.9%2 $255.37
7/31/20221,320,000 shares $314.94 million +7.3%0.8%1.5 $238.59
7/15/20221,230,000 shares $264.47 million -5.4%0.7%1.4 $215.02
6/30/20221,300,000 shares $272.48 million -13.3%0.8%1.5 $209.60
6/15/20221,500,000 shares $304.67 million +18.1%0.9%1.7 $203.11
5/31/20221,270,000 shares $279.07 million -11.2%0.8%1.4 $219.74
5/15/20221,430,000 shares $307.86 million +8.3%0.9%1.5 $215.29
4/30/20221,320,000 shares $282.07 million -19.5%0.8%1.4 $213.69
4/15/20221,640,000 shares $382.43 million +3.8%1.0%1.7 $233.19
3/31/20221,580,000 shares $382.68 million -22.9%1.0%1.6 $242.20
3/15/20222,050,000 shares $460.70 million +17.8%1.2%2.1 $224.73
2/28/20221,740,000 shares $383.55 million +38.1%1.0%1.9 $220.43
2/15/20221,260,000 shares $280.84 million +5.9%0.8%1.4 $222.89
1/31/20221,190,000 shares $276.01 million -4.0%0.7%1.5 $231.94
1/15/20221,240,000 shares $311.40 million -6.1%0.7%1.8 $251.13
12/31/20211,320,000 shares $358.64 million +9.1%0.8%2 $271.70
12/15/20211,210,000 shares $317.78 million +9.0%0.7%1.8 $262.63
11/30/20211,110,000 shares $281.03 million -4.3%0.7%1.6 $253.18
11/15/20211,160,000 shares $291.45 million -47.5%0.7%1.8 $251.25
10/29/20212,210,000 shares $549.38 million No Change1.3%3.3 $248.59
10/15/20212,210,000 shares $530.02 million +1.4%1.3%3.4 $239.83
9/30/20212,180,000 shares $506.46 million +7.4%1.3%3.4 $232.32
9/15/20212,030,000 shares $495.26 million -2.4%1.2%3.1 $243.97
8/31/20212,080,000 shares $507.98 million +17.5%1.2%3.2 $244.22
8/13/20211,770,000 shares $412.46 million +17.2%1.1%2.8 $233.03
7/30/20211,510,000 shares $338.12 million -16.6%0.9%2.3 $223.92

MSI Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions

Short interest is the volume of Motorola Solutions shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of June 30th, investors have sold 3,667,472 shares of MSI short. 2.24% of Motorola Solutions' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Motorola Solutions' current short interest.

The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. MSI shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.7. Learn More on Motorola Solutions's short interest ratio.

Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 2.24% of Motorola Solutions' floating shares are currently sold short.

Motorola Solutions saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,667,472 shares, an increase of 21.2% from the previous total of 3,024,975 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment.

2.24% of Motorola Solutions' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Motorola Solutions: Clearfield, Inc. (12.49%), InterDigital, Inc. (11.44%), Viasat Inc. (8.85%), Workday, Inc. (14.75%), Arista Networks, Inc. (1.77%), Ubiquiti Inc. (10.72%), Qualcomm Incorporated (3.82%), Ciena Corporation (2.74%), EchoStar Corporation (32.47%), F5, Inc. (2.79%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($82.01 billion), Invesco QQQ ($47.15 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($24.07 billion), Nebius Group N.V. ($16.85 billion), Western Digital Corporation ($14.29 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($11.89 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($11.29 billion), KLA Corporation ($10.37 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($8.78 billion), and Lumentum Holdings Inc. ($8.29 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling MSI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Motorola Solutions as its price is falling. MSI shares are trading down $4.72 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit.

A short squeeze for Motorola Solutions occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of MSI, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including MSI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 30 2026.

Understanding short interest metrics can help you assess how traders are positioning around a stock like MSI:

  • Shares Sold Short: The total number of shares that have been sold by short sellers but have not yet been covered or closed out. A high number may indicate bearish sentiment.
  • Short Float: The percentage of a company’s publicly available shares (or "float") that are sold short. A higher short float suggests a greater portion of the stock is being bet against.
  • Days to Cover (Short Interest Ratio): This estimates how many days it would take short sellers to cover their positions, based on average daily trading volume. Higher values can signal potential for a short squeeze if buying pressure increases.

These metrics are often used by traders to gauge sentiment, volatility risk, and the potential for price movements based on short covering activity.


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This page (NYSE:MSI) was last updated on 7/10/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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