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

Microsoft's Return on Capital Employed history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.27% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.27%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.27%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.3%, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.27% at Microsoft, down from 0.28% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.32% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.27% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.29% (2022), against an average of 0.29%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed grew 6bps in 2021 before it dropped -3bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.3% in 2021, then decreased by -2bps to 0.3% in 2022, then grew by 1bps to 0.3% in 2023, then decreased by -6bps to 0.28% in 2024, then decreased by -2bps to 0.27% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MSFT's Return on Capital Employed are 0.27% (Q4 2025), 0.28% (Q3 2025), and 0.29% (Q2 2025).