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Microsoft (MSFT) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Microsoft (MSFT) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 0.27% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 1.0% to 0.27% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.27% through Dec 2025, down 1.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.3% for FY2025, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.27% in Q4 2025 for Microsoft, down from 0.28% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.32% in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.27% in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.29% across 5 years, with a median of 0.29% in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: increased 6bps in 2021 and later decreased -3bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.3% in 2021, then fell by -2bps to 0.3% in 2022, then increased by 1bps to 0.3% in 2023, then fell by -6bps to 0.28% in 2024, then fell by -2bps to 0.27% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for MSFT at 0.27% in Q4 2025, 0.28% in Q3 2025, and 0.29% in Q2 2025.