MICROSOFT CORP financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
MSFT on Nasdaq
Location
Redmond, WA
Fiscal year end
30 June
Latest financial report
28 Jan 2026

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MSFT - MICROSOFT CORP Financial Facts

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Context
Latest metrics period: Q4 2025
Latest reported value
Return On Equity 34%

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open metric pages to inspect the reported history.

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Quick Takeaways

  • MSFT - MICROSOFT CORP financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 34%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+0.29%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 22 Jan 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Source Evidence

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open company facts to inspect the reported metric history.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-01-22) highlights Return On Equity 34.4%, Return On Assets 14.9%, and Operating Margin 47.1%.

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Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

98.5/100

Strong Confidence high

Return On Equity

34%

Metric score 100.0/100

Return On Assets

15%

Metric score 100.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
1.39x
Quick Ratio
1.24x
Debt to Equity
0.32x

Strengths

Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Operating Margin

Watchpoints

No major risk flags from available metrics.

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

34%

YoY: +0.29%

Industry median: 1.8% (n=305)

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Return On Assets

15%

YoY: +7.7%

Industry median: -5.4% (n=303)

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Operating Margin

47%

YoY: +3.8%

Industry median: -8.2% (n=263)

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Current Ratio

1.39x

YoY: +2.6%

Industry median: 1.3x (n=304)

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Quick Ratio

1.24x

YoY: +2.1%

Industry median: 0.94x (n=234)

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Debt-to-equity

0.32x

YoY: -11%

Industry median: 0.51x (n=238)

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Revenues YoY

17%

YoY:

Industry median: 10% (n=265)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

29%

YoY:

Industry median: 6.9% (n=284)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 34% +0.29%
Return On Assets 15% +7.7%
Operating Margin 47% +3.8%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 1.39x +2.6%
Quick Ratio 1.24x +2.1%
Debt-to-equity 0.32x -11%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 17%
NetIncomeLoss YoY 29%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 7,425,629,076 -0.11%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 7,429,000,000 -0.08%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 7,431,000,000 -0.05%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 7,460,000,000 -0.11%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $305,453,000,000 +17%
Research and Development Expense $33,677,000,000 +8%
Selling and Marketing Expense $25,798,000,000 +2.5%
General and Administrative Expense $7,465,000,000 -2.5%
Operating Income (Loss) $142,559,000,000 +21%
Nonoperating Income (Expense) $3,981,000,000
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $146,540,000,000 +29%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $27,278,000,000 +31%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 16.05 +29%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 15.99 +29%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $24,296,000,000 +39%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-term Investments $89,462,000,000 +25%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $56,535,000,000 +17%
Inventory, Net $1,059,000,000 +17%
Other Assets, Current $33,134,000,000 +25%
Assets, Current $180,190,000,000 +23%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $261,126,000,000 +56%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $25,103,000,000 +10%
Goodwill $119,622,000,000 +0.36%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $37,770,000,000 +2.2%
Assets $665,302,000,000 +25%
Accounts Payable, Current $37,328,000,000 +65%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $10,103,000,000 +10%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current $51,376,000,000 +13%
Liabilities, Current $130,005,000,000 +19%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Noncurrent $2,668,000,000 +5.2%
Accrued Income Taxes, Noncurrent $27,256,000,000 +12%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $2,876,000,000 +14%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $17,345,000,000 +0.53%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $58,852,000,000 +64%
Liabilities $274,427,000,000 +19%
Common Stocks, Including Additional Paid in Capital $112,788,000,000 +7.6%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $2,702,000,000 +52%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $280,789,000,000 +38%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $390,875,000,000 +29%
Liabilities and Equity $665,302,000,000 +25%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense $12,255,000,000 +8.3%
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Receivable $5,586,000,000 -23%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities $160,506,000,000 +28%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities $53,296,000,000 +24%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities $100,550,000,000 -83%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 24,000,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 7,429,000,000
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Including Exchange Rate Effect $6,814,000,000 +3750%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $24,296,000,000 +39%
Operating Lease, Liability $22,865,000,000 +4.6%
Depreciation $7,900,000,000 +52%
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment $83,094,000,000 +50%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $122,176,000,000 +33%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $25,581,000,000 +5%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $366,076,000,000
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $4,078,000,000 +0.37%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $5,811,000,000 +18%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.036 +5.9%
Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $2,472,000,000
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $2,716,000,000 +8.3%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $2,891,000,000 -4.4%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $2,361,000,000 +7.2%
Operating Lease, Payments $5,924,000,000 +44%
Amortization of Intangible Assets $5,800,000,000 +0.62%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY