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

Microsoft has disclosed Share-based Compensation across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $3.1 billion for Q1 2026.

• Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 came in at $3.1 billion, up 3.39% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $12.4 billion (up 6.54% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $12.0 billion, up 11.55% from the prior year.
• Share-based Compensation came in at $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.
• The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $2.7 billion (2024), against an average of $2.7 billion.
• Across the five-year window, Share-based Compensation surged 33.79% in 2022 and gained 3.39% in 2026, its largest moves.
• Microsoft's Share-based Compensation stood at $2.5 billion in 2022, then gained by 11.43% to $2.8 billion in 2023, then increased by 9.23% to $3.1 billion in 2024, then gained by 4.21% to $3.2 billion in 2025, then declined by 4.29% to $3.1 billion in 2026.
• The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $3.1 billion (Q1 2026), $3.2 billion (Q4 2025), and $3.0 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.