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

Microsoft's Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.59% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 25.0% year-over-year to 0.59%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.46%, up 35.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.46%, 35.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.59% at Microsoft, up from 0.36% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.59% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.63% in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.36% (2024), against an average of 0.3%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales crashed -107bps in 2024 before it surged 108bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.3% in 2021, then grew by 6bps to 0.32% in 2022, then increased by 13bps to 0.36% in 2023, then dropped by -3bps to 0.35% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 71bps to 0.59% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MSFT's Return on Sales are 0.59% (Q4 2025), 0.36% (Q3 2025), and 0.45% (Q2 2025).