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Microsoft (MSFT) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Microsoft has reported Operating Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 46.33% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Operating Margin at 46.33% for Q1 2026, up 66.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Mar 2026 was 46.8% (up 157.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 45.62%, up 98.0%.
  • Operating Margin reached 46.33% in Q1 2026 per MSFT's latest filing, down from 47.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 48.87% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 38.67% in Q4 2022.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 44.59% (2024), compared with a mean of 44.22%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Operating Margin plummeted -433bps in 2022 before it surged 491bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 38.67% in 2022, then increased by 13bps to 43.59% in 2023, then grew by 4bps to 45.46% in 2024, then increased by 4bps to 47.09% in 2025, then decreased by -2bps to 46.33% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for MSFT at 46.33% in Q1 2026, 47.09% in Q4 2025, and 48.87% in Q3 2025.