Microsoft (MSFT) Acquisitions (2009 - 2026)
Microsoft (MSFT) posted Acquisitions of $397 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), down 31.3% from $578 million a year earlier and down 12.2% from the prior quarter.
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Microsoft (MSFT) Acquisitions (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Sep 30, 2026, Acquisitions at Microsoft was $1.56 billion, down 66.8% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), it came in at $1.74 billion, down 70.8% from FY2025.
- Annual Acquisitions shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -27.8% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Microsoft's Acquisitions was $5.98 billion in FY2025 (-91.4%), $69.13 billion in FY2024, $1.67 billion in FY2023 (-92.4%) and $22.04 billion in FY2022 (+147.4%).
- Quarterly Acquisitions has run from a low of $258 million in fiscal Q3 2026 to a high of $65.03 billion in fiscal Q2 2024 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Acquisitions has declined in each of the last five quarters, with an average decline of 52.6% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Acquisitions in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2024, with growth of 423.3%; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2023, with a decline of 98.4%.
- According to Business Quant data, Acquisitions for the three prior fiscal quarters was $452 million (Q4 2026), $258 million (Q3 2026) and $455 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Acquisitions (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,978.22 Bn | 3,913.71 Bn | 62.56 Bn | 397.00 Mn |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 234.30 Bn | 188.91 Bn | 9.71 Bn | 884.00 Mn |
| 3 | Equinix | 98.75 Bn | 86.64 Bn | 1.31 Bn | - |
| 4 | Cloudflare | 87.20 Bn | 70.73 Bn | 499.52 Mn | - |
| 5 | Nebius | 29.33 Bn | 2.76 Bn | 448.70 Mn | -81.40 Mn |
| 6 | Verisign | 28.15 Bn | 25.50 Bn | 393.20 Mn | - |
| 7 | CoreWeave | 24.27 Bn | 11.36 Bn | 1.70 Bn | - |
| 8 | Nutanix | 15.78 Bn | 7.47 Bn | 651.35 Mn | - |
| 9 | GoDaddy | 15.07 Bn | 10.45 Bn | 843.00 Mn | - |
| 10 | Akamai Technologies | 11.38 Bn | 4.78 Bn | 613.75 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 397.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 452.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 258.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 455.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 578.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.74 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 981.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.41 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.85 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.34 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.58 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 65.03 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.19 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 341.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 301.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 679.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 349.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.26 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 18.72 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 850.00 Mn |
API Access
Microsoft Acquisitions API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=acquisitions&ticker=MSFT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "acquisitions", "ticker": "MSFT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=acquisitions&ticker=MSFT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();