Microsoft (MSFT) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2026)

Microsoft's (MSFT) quarterly Capital Expenditures came in at $30.9 billion in Q1 2026, up 84.39% year-on-year from $16.7 billion in Q1 2025, and up 3.35% quarter-over-quarter from $29.9 billion in Q4 2025.

Microsoft (MSFT) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Microsoft has disclosed Capital Expenditures across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $30.9 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Capital Expenditures for Q1 2026 came in at $30.9 billion, up 84.39% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $97.2 billion (up 58.49% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $64.6 billion, up 45.13% from the prior year.
  • Capital Expenditures came in at $30.9 billion for Q1 2026 at Microsoft, up from $29.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Capital Expenditures ranged from a high of $30.9 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of $5.3 billion in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Capital Expenditures is $11.0 billion (2024), against an average of $13.5 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Capital Expenditures grew 4.93% in 2022 and soared 89.04% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Microsoft's Capital Expenditures stood at $6.3 billion in 2022, then jumped by 55.16% to $9.7 billion in 2023, then surged by 62.34% to $15.8 billion in 2024, then jumped by 89.04% to $29.9 billion in 2025, then climbed by 3.35% to $30.9 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Capital Expenditures figures came in at $30.9 billion (Q1 2026), $29.9 billion (Q4 2025), and $19.4 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Capex (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 3,064.95 Bn 2,986.68 Bn 56.06 Bn 30.88 Bn
2 Alarum Technologies 1,117.04 Bn 1,102.89 Bn 7.23 Mn -
3 Oracle 608.54 Bn 569.96 Bn 15.14 Bn -2.34 Bn
4 Palantir Technologies 326.97 Bn 319.05 Bn 1.42 Bn 7.40 Mn
5 Palo Alto Networks 185.10 Bn 180.56 Bn 1.91 Bn 170.00 Mn
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 165.31 Bn 162.25 Bn 993.68 Mn 102.47 Mn
7 Fortinet 105.66 Bn 102.37 Bn 1.49 Bn 56.00 Mn
8 Synopsys 89.71 Bn 89.60 Bn 1.77 Bn 35.32 Mn
9 Cloudflare 87.54 Bn 86.60 Bn 455.60 Mn 65.23 Mn
10 CoreWeave 53.90 Bn 51.63 Bn 2.01 Bn 7.70 Bn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 30.88 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 30.88 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 29.88 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 29.88 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 19.39 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 19.39 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 17.08 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 17.08 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 16.75 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 16.75 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 15.80 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 15.80 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 14.92 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 14.92 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 13.87 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 13.87 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 10.95 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 10.95 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 9.74 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 9.74 Bn