Microsoft (MSFT) Shares Outstanding (2009 - 2026)

Microsoft's (MSFT) quarterly Shares Outstanding came in at $7.4 billion in Q1 2026, little changed year-on-year from $7.4 billion in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $7.4 billion in Q4 2025.

Microsoft (MSFT) Shares Outstanding (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Microsoft has disclosed Shares Outstanding across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $7.4 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Shares Outstanding for Q1 2026 came in at $7.4 billion, changed 0.07% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $7.4 billion (changed 0.07% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $7.4 billion, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Shares Outstanding came in at $7.4 billion for Q1 2026 at Microsoft, roughly flat from $7.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Shares Outstanding ranged from a high of $7.5 billion in Q1 2022 to a low of $7.4 billion in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Shares Outstanding is $7.4 billion (2024), against an average of $7.4 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Shares Outstanding declined 0.73% in 2022 and grew 0.07% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Microsoft's Shares Outstanding stood at $7.4 billion in 2022, then dropped by 0.2% to $7.4 billion in 2023, then grew by 0.04% to $7.4 billion in 2024, then fell by 0.08% to $7.4 billion in 2025, then changed by 0.0% to $7.4 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Shares Outstanding figures came in at $7.4 billion (Q1 2026), $7.4 billion (Q4 2025), and $7.4 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Shares Outstanding (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 3,064.95 Bn 2,986.68 Bn 56.06 Bn 7.43 Bn
2 Alarum Technologies 1,117.04 Bn 1,102.89 Bn 7.23 Mn -
3 Oracle 608.54 Bn 569.96 Bn 15.14 Bn 2.88 Bn
4 Palantir Technologies 326.97 Bn 319.05 Bn 1.42 Bn 2.40 Bn
5 Palo Alto Networks 185.10 Bn 180.56 Bn 1.91 Bn 703.00 Mn
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 165.31 Bn 162.25 Bn 993.68 Mn 253.36 Mn
7 Fortinet 105.66 Bn 102.37 Bn 1.49 Bn 734.00 Mn
8 Synopsys 89.71 Bn 89.60 Bn 1.77 Bn 191.45 Mn
9 Cloudflare 87.54 Bn 86.60 Bn 455.60 Mn 34.10 Mn
10 CoreWeave 53.90 Bn 51.63 Bn 2.01 Bn 104.00 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 7.43 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 7.43 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 7.43 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 7.43 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 7.43 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 7.43 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 7.43 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 7.43 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 7.43 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 7.43 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 7.43 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 7.43 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 7.43 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 7.43 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 7.43 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 7.43 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 7.43 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 7.43 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 7.43 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 7.43 Bn