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Microsoft (MSFT) Return on Capital Employed: 2009-2025

Historic Return on Capital Employed for Microsoft (MSFT) over the last 16 years, with Sep 2025 value amounting to 0.28%.

  • Microsoft's Return on Capital Employed fell 1.00% to 0.28% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.28%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 1.00%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.30% for FY2025, which is 2.00% down from last year.
  • Per Microsoft's latest filing, its Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.28% for Q3 2025, which was down 3.48% from 0.29% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Microsoft's Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.32% in Q2 2022 and a low of 0.27% during Q1 2021.
  • Its 3-year average for Return on Capital Employed is 0.29%, with a median of 0.29% in 2024.
  • Its Return on Capital Employed has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first grew by 6bps in 2021, then declined by 3bps in 2024.
  • Over the past 5 years, Microsoft's Return on Capital Employed (Quarterly) stood at 0.30% in 2021, then fell by 1bps to 0.30% in 2022, then remained steady at 0.30% in 2023, then declined by 2bps to 0.28% in 2024, then declined by 1bps to 0.28% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Capital Employed was 0.28% in Q3 2025, compared to 0.29% in Q2 2025 and 0.28% in Q1 2025.