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Microsoft (MSFT) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025)

Microsoft (MSFT) has disclosed Share-based Compensation for 17 consecutive years, with $3.2 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Share-based Compensation rose 4.21% to $3.2 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $12.3 billion through Dec 2025, up 8.26% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $12.0 billion for FY2025, 11.55% up from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation hit $3.2 billion in Q4 2025 for Microsoft, up from $3.0 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 $1.5 billion in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, Share-based Compensation has averaged $2.5 billion across 5 years, with a median of $2.5 billion in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Share-based Compensation: skyrocketed 33.79% in 2022 and later rose 4.21% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Share-based Compensation stood at $1.9 billion in 2021, then skyrocketed by 33.79% to $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.
  • Business Quant data shows Share-based Compensation for MSFT at $3.2 billion in Q4 2025, $3.0 billion in Q3 2025, and $3.1 billion in Q2 2025.