Microsoft (MSFT) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)

Microsoft's (MSFT) quarterly Retained Earnings came in at $302.5 billion in Q1 2026, up 37.66% year-on-year from $219.8 billion in Q1 2025, and up 7.74% quarter-over-quarter from $280.8 billion in Q4 2025.

Microsoft (MSFT) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Microsoft has disclosed Retained Earnings across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $302.5 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Retained Earnings for Q1 2026 came in at $302.5 billion, up 37.66% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $302.5 billion (up 37.66% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $237.7 billion, up 37.3% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings came in at $302.5 billion for Q1 2026 at Microsoft, up from $280.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $302.5 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of -$7.3 billion in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is $132.1 billion (2023), against an average of $121.2 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Retained Earnings sank 672.33% in 2022 and soared 4471.32% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Microsoft's Retained Earnings stood at -$6.5 billion in 2022, then advanced by 23.35% to -$4.9 billion in 2023, then surged by 4211.58% to $203.5 billion in 2024, then surged by 37.99% to $280.8 billion in 2025, then climbed by 7.74% to $302.5 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at $302.5 billion (Q1 2026), $280.8 billion (Q4 2025), and -$2.8 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,998.30 Bn 2,920.03 Bn 56.06 Bn 302.53 Bn
2 Alarum Technologies 1,040.72 Bn 1,026.57 Bn 7.23 Mn 12.73 Bn
3 Oracle 590.32 Bn 551.74 Bn 15.14 Bn -7.09 Bn
4 Palantir Technologies 316.31 Bn 308.39 Bn 1.42 Bn 601,000.00
5 Palo Alto Networks 181.17 Bn 176.63 Bn 1.91 Bn 3.25 Bn
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 161.69 Bn 158.63 Bn 993.68 Mn -1.28 Bn
7 Fortinet 102.35 Bn 99.06 Bn 1.49 Bn -782.00 Mn
8 Synopsys 88.25 Bn 88.13 Bn 1.77 Bn 10.38 Bn
9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn -1.23 Bn
10 CoreWeave 51.85 Bn 49.58 Bn 2.01 Bn -3.38 Bn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 302.53 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 280.79 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -2.76 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 237.73 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 219.76 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 203.48 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 188.93 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 173.14 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 159.39 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -4.95 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 132.14 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -6.34 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 108.23 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -6.46 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -7.34 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 84.28 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -2.48 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 75.05 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.28 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 57.06 Bn