Microsoft (MSFT) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Microsoft's Return on Capital Employed history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 27.43% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 71.0% year-over-year to 27.43% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 27.43% (down 71.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 30.29%, down 221.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed was 27.43% for Q1 2026 at Microsoft, roughly flat from 27.37% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 32.11% in Q2 2022 to a low of 27.37% in Q4 2025.
• Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 29.47% (2024), compared with a mean of 29.3%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 350 bps in 2022 and sank 277 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 29.53% in 2022, then gained by 1 bps to 29.82% in 2023, then fell by 6 bps to 28.05% in 2024, then dropped by 2 bps to 27.37% in 2025, then climbed by 0 bps to 27.43% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MSFT's Return on Capital Employed at 27.43% in Q1 2026, 27.37% in Q4 2025, and 27.59% in Q3 2025.