Microsoft (MSFT) Long-Term Investments (2009 - 2026)

Microsoft's (MSFT) quarterly Long-Term Investments came in at $33.7 billion in Q1 2026, up 110.06% year-on-year from $16.0 billion in Q1 2025, and up 58.87% quarter-over-quarter from $21.2 billion in Q4 2025.

Microsoft (MSFT) Long-Term Investments (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Microsoft has disclosed Long-Term Investments across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $33.7 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Long-Term Investments for Q1 2026 came in at $33.7 billion, up 110.06% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $33.7 billion (up 110.06% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $15.4 billion, up 5.51% from the prior year.
  • Long-Term Investments came in at $33.7 billion for Q1 2026 at Microsoft, up from $21.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Long-Term Investments ranged from a high of $33.7 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of $6.8 billion in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Long-Term Investments is $13.4 billion (2023), against an average of $13.6 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Long-Term Investments slipped 27.34% in 2025 and jumped 110.06% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Microsoft's Long-Term Investments stood at $7.1 billion in 2022, then soared by 88.35% to $13.4 billion in 2023, then gained by 16.56% to $15.6 billion in 2024, then soared by 36.08% to $21.2 billion in 2025, then jumped by 58.87% to $33.7 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Long-Term Investments figures came in at $33.7 billion (Q1 2026), $21.2 billion (Q4 2025), and $11.5 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Long-Term Investments (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,998.30 Bn 2,920.03 Bn 56.06 Bn 33.68 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 -
4 Palantir Technologies 316.31 Bn 308.39 Bn 1.42 Bn -
5 Palo Alto Networks 181.17 Bn 176.63 Bn 1.91 Bn 3.36 Bn
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 161.69 Bn 158.63 Bn 993.68 Mn 76.83 Mn
7 Fortinet 102.35 Bn 99.06 Bn 1.49 Bn 339.70 Mn
8 Synopsys 88.25 Bn 88.13 Bn 1.77 Bn -
9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn -
10 CoreWeave 51.85 Bn 49.58 Bn 2.01 Bn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 33.68 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 21.20 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 11.47 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 15.41 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 16.04 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 15.58 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 15.78 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 14.60 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 14.81 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 13.37 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 11.42 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 9.88 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 9.42 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 7.10 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 6.84 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 6.89 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 6.91 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 6.99 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 6.39 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 5.98 Bn