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

Microsoft (MSFT) has disclosed Short-term Investments for 17 consecutive years, with $65.2 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Short-term Investments rose 20.51% to $65.2 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $65.2 billion through Dec 2025, up 20.51% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $64.3 billion for FY2025, 12.4% up from the prior year.
  • Short-term Investments hit $65.2 billion in Q4 2025 for Microsoft, down from $73.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Short-term Investments ranged from a high of $116.1 billion in Q2 2021 to a low of $50.8 billion in Q1 2025.
  • Historically, Short-term Investments has averaged $78.0 billion across 5 years, with a median of $74.9 billion in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Short-term Investments: fell 25.25% in 2024 and later increased 27.05% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Short-term Investments stood at $104.8 billion in 2021, then decreased by 19.95% to $83.9 billion in 2022, then decreased by 24.03% to $63.7 billion in 2023, then dropped by 15.13% to $54.1 billion in 2024, then rose by 20.51% to $65.2 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Short-term Investments for MSFT at $65.2 billion in Q4 2025, $73.2 billion in Q3 2025, and $64.3 billion in Q2 2025.