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Microsoft (MSFT) Short-term Investments (2016 - 2025)

Microsoft's Short-term Investments history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $65.2 billion for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Short-term Investments rose 20.51% year-over-year to $65.2 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $65.2 billion, up 20.51%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $64.3 billion, 12.4% up from the prior year.
  • Short-term Investments for Q4 2025 was $65.2 billion at Microsoft, down from $73.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Short-term Investments topped out at $116.1 billion in Q2 2021 and bottomed at $50.8 billion in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Short-term Investments is $74.9 billion (2023), against an average of $78.0 billion.
  • The largest annual shift saw Short-term Investments decreased 25.25% in 2024 before it grew 27.05% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Short-term Investments shows it stood at $104.8 billion in 2021, then dropped by 19.95% to $83.9 billion in 2022, then dropped by 24.03% to $63.7 billion in 2023, then fell by 15.13% to $54.1 billion in 2024, then increased by 20.51% to $65.2 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MSFT's Short-term Investments are $65.2 billion (Q4 2025), $73.2 billion (Q3 2025), and $64.3 billion (Q2 2025).