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Microsoft (MSFT) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Microsoft (MSFT) has disclosed Return on Equity for 17 consecutive years, with 0.33% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Equity rose 21.0% to 0.33% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.33% through Dec 2025, up 21.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.28% for FY2025, 3.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity hit 0.33% in Q4 2025 for Microsoft, up from 0.3% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.88% in Q3 2021 to a low of 2310.74% in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Equity has averaged 116.08% across 5 years, with a median of 0.31% in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Equity: plummeted -231162bps in 2022 and later soared 231114bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Equity stood at 0.53% in 2021, then dropped by -25bps to 0.39% in 2022, then tumbled by -4337bps to 16.73% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 101bps to 0.12% in 2024, then surged by 175bps to 0.33% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Equity for MSFT at 0.33% in Q4 2025, 0.3% in Q3 2025, and 0.14% in Q2 2025.