Microsoft (MSFT) Cash from Investing Activities (2009 - 2026)

Microsoft's (MSFT) quarterly Cash from Investing Activities came in at -$27.4 billion in Q1 2026, down 115.55% year-on-year from $176.2 billion in Q1 2025, and down 20.7% quarter-over-quarter from -$22.7 billion in Q4 2025.

Microsoft (MSFT) Cash from Investing Activities (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Microsoft has disclosed Cash from Investing Activities across 18 years of filings, most recently posting -$27.4 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Cash from Investing Activities for Q1 2026 came in at -$27.4 billion, down 115.55% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$115.2 billion (down 102.62% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$72.6 billion, up 25.13% from the prior year.
  • Cash from Investing Activities came in at -$27.4 billion for Q1 2026 at Microsoft, down from -$22.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Cash from Investing Activities ranged from a high of $503.0 million in Q3 2023 to a low of -$71.9 billion in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Cash from Investing Activities is -$14.1 billion (2024), against an average of -$17.8 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Cash from Investing Activities surged 116.06% in 2023 and slumped 3122.07% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Microsoft's Cash from Investing Activities stood at -$7.2 billion in 2022, then slumped by 905.94% to -$71.9 billion in 2023, then soared by 80.38% to -$14.1 billion in 2024, then slumped by 60.89% to -$22.7 billion in 2025, then retreated by 20.7% to -$27.4 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Cash from Investing Activities figures came in at -$27.4 billion (Q1 2026), -$22.7 billion (Q4 2025), and -$34.6 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash from Investing Activities (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,998.30 Bn 2,920.03 Bn 56.06 Bn -27.41 Bn
2 Alarum Technologies 1,040.72 Bn 1,026.57 Bn 7.23 Mn -
3 Oracle 590.32 Bn 551.74 Bn 15.14 Bn -19.54 Bn
4 Palantir Technologies 316.31 Bn 308.39 Bn 1.42 Bn -26.72 Mn
5 Palo Alto Networks 181.17 Bn 176.63 Bn 1.91 Bn 651.00 Mn
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 161.69 Bn 158.63 Bn 993.68 Mn -122.98 Mn
7 Fortinet 102.35 Bn 99.06 Bn 1.49 Bn -5.70 Mn
8 Synopsys 88.25 Bn 88.13 Bn 1.77 Bn -36.51 Mn
9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn -158.81 Mn
10 CoreWeave 51.85 Bn 49.58 Bn 2.01 Bn -7.71 Bn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 -27.41 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 -27.41 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -22.71 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -22.71 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -34.56 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -34.56 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -30.57 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -30.57 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -12.71 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -12.71 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -14.11 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -14.11 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -15.20 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -15.20 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -14.85 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -14.85 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -10.70 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -10.70 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -71.93 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -71.93 Bn