Microsoft (MSFT) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Microsoft's (MSFT) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at $15.8 billion in Q1 2026, down 22.15% year-on-year from $20.3 billion in Q1 2025, and up 168.67% quarter-over-quarter from $5.9 billion in Q4 2025.

Microsoft (MSFT) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Microsoft has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $15.8 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $15.8 billion, down 22.15% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $72.9 billion (up 5.12% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $71.6 billion, down 3.32% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow came in at $15.8 billion for Q1 2026 at Microsoft, up from $5.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $25.7 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of $4.9 billion in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $19.3 billion (2024), against an average of $17.1 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow slumped 43.13% in 2022 and soared 86.12% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Microsoft's Free Cash Flow stood at $4.9 billion in 2022, then soared by 86.12% to $9.1 billion in 2023, then dropped by 28.86% to $6.5 billion in 2024, then retreated by 9.33% to $5.9 billion in 2025, then surged by 168.67% to $15.8 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $15.8 billion (Q1 2026), $5.9 billion (Q4 2025), and $25.7 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,998.30 Bn 2,920.03 Bn 56.06 Bn 15.80 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 9.49 Bn
4 Palantir Technologies 316.31 Bn 308.39 Bn 1.42 Bn 891.76 Mn
5 Palo Alto Networks 181.17 Bn 176.63 Bn 1.91 Bn 384.00 Mn
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 161.69 Bn 158.63 Bn 993.68 Mn 395.40 Mn
7 Fortinet 102.35 Bn 99.06 Bn 1.49 Bn 1.02 Bn
8 Synopsys 88.25 Bn 88.13 Bn 1.77 Bn 821.51 Mn
9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn 93.10 Mn
10 CoreWeave 51.85 Bn 49.58 Bn 2.01 Bn -4.71 Bn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 15.80 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 15.80 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 5.88 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 5.88 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 25.66 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 25.66 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 25.57 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 25.57 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 20.30 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 20.30 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 6.49 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 6.49 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 19.26 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 19.26 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 23.32 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 23.32 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 20.97 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 20.97 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 9.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 9.12 Bn