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

Microsoft's Return on Equity history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.73% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity rose 53.0% year-over-year to 0.73%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.73%, up 53.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.58%, 42.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.73% at Microsoft, up from 0.69% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 2.26% in Q3 2021 and bottomed at 1188.09% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Equity is 0.41% (2023), against an average of 64.52%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Equity tumbled -119026bps in 2022 before it soared 116165bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 2.17% in 2021, then crashed by -54769bps to 1188.09% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 98bps to 26.44% in 2023, then soared by 101bps to 0.2% in 2024, then surged by 262bps to 0.73% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MSFT's Return on Equity are 0.73% (Q4 2025), 0.69% (Q3 2025), and 0.34% (Q2 2025).