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Microsoft (MSFT) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Microsoft (MSFT) has disclosed Retained Earnings for 17 consecutive years, with -$2.7 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings fell 101.33% to -$2.7 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$2.7 billion through Dec 2025, down 101.33% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $237.7 billion for FY2025, 4352.79% up from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings hit -$2.7 billion in Q4 2025 for Microsoft, up from -$2.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $237.7 billion in Q2 2025 to a low of -$6.9 billion in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, Retained Earnings has averaged $63.8 billion across 5 years, with a median of $53.9 billion in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Retained Earnings: soared 7099.84% in 2022 and later plummeted 107.53% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Retained Earnings stood at $75.0 billion in 2021, then soared by 32.41% to $99.4 billion in 2022, then soared by 46.66% to $145.7 billion in 2023, then soared by 39.62% to $203.5 billion in 2024, then crashed by 101.33% to -$2.7 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Retained Earnings for MSFT at -$2.7 billion in Q4 2025, -$2.8 billion in Q3 2025, and $237.7 billion in Q2 2025.