Statistics of Price Movements of Motorola Solutions (MSI)

The price movements of Motorola Solutions (ticker MSI) are summarized in five ways:

• Table 1. Statistics of daily price changes using the closing prices
• Table 2. Statistics of daily price changes using the closing and opening prices
• Table 3 – 7. Statistics of daily price changes when MSI opened with an increase of 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, or more than 5%
• Table 8 – 10. Statistics of stock price changes in the 20 days after MSI had a big price move
• Table 11. Statistics of daily price changes in the 20 days after MSI moved 5% with twice the 30-day average volume

The statistics are calculated using MSI's price data across 1,549 trading days from 2015 to 2020.

Table 1. Statistics of MSI one-day price changes

In this table, the one-day price change is calculated using the closing price and the previous day's closing price.

In the past 1,549 trading days, 51.9% of the time (803 days), MSI closed above the previous day's closing price. 44.2% of the time (684 days), it closed below the previous day's closing price. 3.9% of the time (61 days), it did not change.

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MSI Price Change (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
14 – 15%	1	0.06%
11 – 12%	2	0.13%
9 – 10%	1	0.06%
6 – 7%	3	0.19%
5 – 6%	2	0.13%
4 – 5%	15	0.97%
3 – 4%	19	1.23%
2 – 3%	62	4.01%
1 – 2%	206	13.31%
0 – 1%	492	31.78%
0%	61	3.94%
0 – -1%	441	28.49%
-1 – -2%	144	9.30%
-2 – -3%	55	3.55%
-3 – -4%	22	1.42%
-4 – -5%	7	0.45%
-5 – -6%	6	0.39%
-6 – -7%	3	0.19%
-8 – -9%	4	0.26%
-9 – -10%	1	0.06%
-12 – -13%	1	0.06%

Table 2. Statistics of MSI: Closing vs. Open

In this table, instead of using the closing price of the previous day, the opening price is used to calculate the one-day price change of MSI.

50.4% of the time (781 days), MSI closed above the opening price. 45.6% of the time (707 days), it closed below the opening price. 3.9% of the time (61 days), it closed where it started.

Closing - Open (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
10 – 11%	1	0.06%
6 – 7%	1	0.06%
4 – 5%	9	0.58%
3 – 4%	9	0.58%
2 – 3%	51	3.29%
1 – 2%	200	12.91%
0 – 1%	510	32.92%
0%	61	3.94%
0 – -1%	492	31.76%
-1 – -2%	144	9.30%
-2 – -3%	42	2.71%
-3 – -4%	16	1.03%
-4 – -5%	5	0.32%
-5 – -6%	2	0.13%
-6 – -7%	4	0.26%
-8 – -9%	2	0.13%

Table 3. One-day performance when MSI opened 5% higher than previous close

In the past 1,549 trading days, MSI opened more than 5% higher than the previous day's closing price 4 times. Of these days, 75.0% (3 days) had closing prices above the opening price, and 25.0% (1 days) had closing prices below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
4 – 5%	1	25.00%
3 – 4%	1	25.00%
0 – 1%	1	25.00%
-3 – -4%	1	25.00%

Table 4. Closing vs. open when MSI opened 4–5% higher

On 3 days, MSI opened 4–5% higher than the previous day's closing price. Of these days, 66.7% (2 days) had closing prices above the opening price, and 33.3% (1 days) had closing prices below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
6 – 7%	1	33.33%
1 – 2%	1	33.33%
0 – -1%	1	33.33%

Table 5. Closing vs. open when MSI open 3 – 4% higher

3 times MSI opened 3 – 4% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 33.3% (1 days) closed above the opening price, 66.7% (2 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
1 – 2%	1	33.33%
0 – -1%	2	66.67%

Table 6. Closing vs. open when MSI open 2 – 3% higher

13 times MSI opened 2 – 3% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 46.2% (6 days) closed above the opening price, 53.8% (7 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
2 – 3%	3	23.08%
0 – 1%	3	23.08%
0 – -1%	1	7.69%
-1 – -2%	2	15.38%
-2 – -3%	3	23.08%
-3 – -4%	1	7.69%

Table 7. Closing vs. open when MSI open 1 – 2% higher

61 times MSI opened 1 – 2% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 68.9% (42 days) closed above the opening price, 31.1% (19 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
10 – 11%	1	1.64%
4 – 5%	2	3.28%
2 – 3%	9	14.75%
1 – 2%	11	18.03%
0 – 1%	19	31.15%
0 – -1%	10	16.39%
-1 – -2%	6	9.84%
-2 – -3%	1	1.64%
-3 – -4%	2	3.28%

Table 8. Periods when MSI moved 15% or more

In this table, we track the price movements in the 20 days after MSI had a one-day price change of at least 15%.

Date	Price Change	Price Change after 15% Move
Days after:		1	4	7	10	13	16	19

Table 9. Periods when MSI moved 10% or more

In this table, we track the price movements in the 20 days after MSI had a one-day price change of at least 10%.

Date	Price Change	Price Change after 10% Move
Days after:		1	4	7	10	13	16	19
20190208	14.1%	-.9	1.3	2.6	3.4	5.6	4.9	3.0
20200326	11.4%	-9.3	-15.4	-5.4	2.6	2.6	5.9	1.7
20200406	11.2%	1.1	8.5	5.5	10.3	9.0	3.2	-1.5
20200312	-12.3%	9.6	4.8	-11.9	5.4	-6.0	-10.4	4.5

Table 9a. MSI average price changes following a 10% up day

Of the 1,549 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 3 days in which MSI was up more than 10%. This table shows the average price changes over the 3 days.

Average Type	Average Price Change
Days after:	1	4	7	10	13	16	19
Avg for Change ≥ 10%	-3.0	-1.8	.9	5.4	5.7	4.7	1.1

Table 9b. MSI average price changes following a 10% down day

Of the 1,549 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 1 days in which MSI was down more than -10%. This table shows the average price changes over the 1 days.

Average Type	Average Price Change
Days after:	1	4	7	10	13	16	19
Avg for Change ≥ -10%	9.6	4.8	-11.9	5.4	-6.0	-10.4	4.5

Table 10. Periods when MSI moved 5% or more

In this table, we track the price movements in the 20 days after MSI had a one-day price change of at least 5%.

Date	Price Change	Price Change after 5% Move
Days after:		1	4	7	10	13	16	19
20190208	14.1%	-.9	1.3	2.6	3.4	5.6	4.9	3.0
20200326	11.4%	-9.3	-15.4	-5.4	2.6	2.6	5.9	1.7
20200406	11.2%	1.1	8.5	5.5	10.3	9.0	3.2	-1.5
20200313	9.6%	-6.3	-3.4	-15.6	-12.8	-18.6	-9.1	-1.3
20161104	6.4%	2.4	4.3	7.8	5.4	5.7	6.5	4.3
20150805	6.3%	-.4	-1.1	1.5	2.0	-5.1	.4	-.3
20160223	6%	2.9	3.8	.7	.5	.6	2.1	3.3
20200603	5.8%	.9	2.6	-4.9	-5.3	-4.6	-5.0	-5.2
20200324	5%	2.2	2.0	-.3	8.9	16.9	13.6	18.8
20200227	-5%	-1.9	8.1	-1.8	-16.3	-11.5	-19.1	-20.8
20200401	-5.1%	3.4	13.0	21.3	17.9	23.2	21.8	15.3
20170207	-5.3%	1.2	1.5	1.7	3.6	3.8	3.4	3.4
20200311	-5.5%	-12.3	-7.4	-15.3	-17.1	-17.3	-19.1	-11.6
20200309	-5.8%	3.0	-6.5	-10.6	-24.8	-10.1	-19.8	-23.6
20200428	-5.8%	2.4	-2.9	-6.3	-9.8	-11.2	-4.7	-7.7
20150402	-6.2%	.0	-.1	-.9	-1.0	-1.7	-3.1	-4.4
20200316	-6.2%	2.8	-5.9	-8.0	-8.2	-10.2	-1.9	5.3
20200421	-6.8%	4.8	6.7	-.6	-2.7	-9.3	-11.3	-6.3
20200611	-8.1%	3.3	2.9	3.7	3.2	3.0	-.1	-3.8
20151104	-8.5%	3.3	4.8	5.8	10.3	10.7	10.1	10.4
20200320	-8.7%	-8.8	9.1	-2.7	-7.3	8.2	7.0	11.8
20200323	-8.8%	5.0	8.4	1.2	13.1	22.7	22.7	26.7
20200327	-9.3%	-1.3	-3.5	5.5	13.2	10.0	15.0	13.7
20200312	-12.3%	9.6	4.8	-11.9	5.4	-6.0	-10.4	4.5

Table 10a. MSI average price changes following a 5% up day

Of the 1,549 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 9 days in which MSI was up more than 5%. This table shows the average price changes over the 9 days.

Average Type	Average Price Change
Days after:	1	4	7	10	13	16	19
Avg for Change ≥ 5%	-.8	.3	-.9	1.7	1.4	2.5	2.5

Table 10b. MSI average price changes following a 5% down day

Of the 1,549 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 15 days in which MSI was down more than -5%. This table shows the average price changes over the 15 days.

Average Type	Average Price Change
Days after:	1	4	7	10	13	16	19
Avg for Change ≥ -5%	1.0	2.2	-1.3	-1.4	.3	-.6	.9

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