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

Microsoft's Return on Invested Capital history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.0% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.0% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.01%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital was 0.0% for Q1 2026 at Microsoft, down from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 1.75% in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.36% in Q4 2022.
• Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.01% (2024), compared with a mean of 0.14%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital soared 161 bps in 2022 and slumped 175 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.36% in 2022, then jumped by 104 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then soared by 2611 bps to 0.39% in 2024, then slumped by 97 bps to 0.01% in 2025, then sank by 55 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MSFT's Return on Invested Capital at 0.0% in Q1 2026, 0.01% in Q4 2025, and 0.0% in Q3 2025.