Microsoft (MSFT) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026)

Microsoft's Share-based Compensation history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $3.1 billion for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Share-based Compensation rose 3.39% year-over-year to $3.1 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $12.4 billion (up 6.54% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $12.0 billion, up 11.55% from the prior year.
• Share-based Compensation was $3.1 billion for Q1 2026 at Microsoft, down from $3.2 billion in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $3.2 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $1.9 billion in Q1 2022.
• Median Share-based Compensation over the past 5 years was $2.7 billion (2024), compared with a mean of $2.7 billion.
• Across the five-year window, Share-based Compensation jumped 33.79% in 2022 and rose 3.39% in 2026, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Share-based Compensation stood at $2.5 billion in 2022, then rose by 11.43% to $2.8 billion in 2023, then grew by 9.23% to $3.1 billion in 2024, then rose by 4.21% to $3.2 billion in 2025, then dropped by 4.29% to $3.1 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MSFT's Share-based Compensation at $3.1 billion in Q1 2026, $3.2 billion in Q4 2025, and $3.0 billion in Q3 2025.