Microsoft Corporation
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Microsoft Corporation
Financial Performance
Last reviewed: June 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Revenue
$281.7B
Market Cap
$3.13T
Net Income
$101.8B
Employees
228,000
When Satya Nadella took over as CEO in February 2014, Microsoft's market cap was around $300 billion. Twelve years later, it's worth $3.1 trillion. FY2025 revenue hit $281.7 billion with $101.8 billion in net income. FY2025 revenue was $281.7B (up 15%) with $101.8B net income (36% margin). Q3 FY2026 showed accelerating growth: revenue $82.9B (up 18%), Microsoft Cloud $54.5B (up 29%), AI business up 123% YoY, and commercial remaining performance obligation of $627B (up 99%). Intelligent Cloud pulled in $28.5 billion in Q3 FY2026 alone (up 21%). Productivity and Business Processes generated $31.4 billion that same quarter (up 14%). More Personal Computing brought in $23.0 billion (up 18%), covering Windows OEM licensing, Xbox gaming (now including Activision Blizzard after the $69 billion acquisition closed in January 2024), Surface hardware, and Bing search advertising. $281.7 billion in FY2025 revenue produced $101.8 billion in net income — a 36.1% net margin with 228,000 employees. Revenue per employee sits around $1.24 million. But the number that should genuinely alarm competitors is the commercial remaining performance obligation: $627 billion as of Q3 FY2026, up 99% year-over-year. Microsoft Cloud (the aggregate of Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics, LinkedIn, and security services) hit $54.5 billion in quarterly revenue, annualizing to roughly $218 billion. Microsoft reported $281.7B in FY2025 revenue (up 15%) with $101.8B net income (36% margin). Q3 FY2026 showed accelerating growth: revenue $82.9B (up 18%), Microsoft Cloud $54.5B (up 29%), AI business up 123% YoY, EPS $4.27 (up 23%). Trailing twelve-month revenue is $318.3B. Commercial remaining performance obligation reached $627B (up 99% YoY). Market capitalization is approximately $3.13 trillion (NASDAQ: MSFT). The number that defines Microsoft's financial position is $627 billion in commercial remaining performance obligation — contracted future revenue, up 99% year-over-year. FY2025 (ended June 2025) delivered $281.7 billion in revenue, up 15% from $245.1 billion the prior year. Net income was $101.8 billion — a 36.1% net margin that would be remarkable for a $50 billion company, let alone one approaching $300 billion in sales. Operating cash flow exceeded $100 billion. Q3 FY2026 (March 2026) showed the growth actually accelerating at scale: $82.9 billion in revenue (up 18%), beating consensus by $1.5 billion. Net income hit $31.8 billion (up 23%), with EPS of $4.27 versus the $4.04 analysts expected. Microsoft Cloud surged 29% to $54.5 billion quarterly — annualizing to $218 billion. Trailing twelve-month revenue is $318.3 billion. Market cap hovers around $3.13 trillion at roughly $421 per share. Revenue per employee: $1.24 million across 228,000 people. The $80 billion question — literally. Microsoft is spending over $80 billion annually on capital expenditures, mostly data centers and AI chips. The $627 billion commercial backlog represents something more than future revenue. Microsoft's security business generating over $20 billion annually is itself a competitive weapon. If even 25% of those seats adopt Copilot, that's $36 billion in incremental annual revenue at software margins. The $69 billion Activision Blizzard acquisition makes Microsoft one of the world's largest gaming companies, but the connection to the enterprise AI thesis is tenuous. Whether this justifies $69 billion remains an open question. If Fortune 500 companies move Copilot from pilot programs to company-wide rollouts within the next 18 months, Microsoft's $80 billion annual capex becomes the smartest infrastructure bet since AWS built data centers ahead of demand in 2006. The $627 billion commercial backlog suggests enterprises are committing capital. When he acquired LinkedIn for $26.2 billion, analysts called it overpriced. But at $3.1 trillion, the market has already priced in success. Revenue hit $2.5 million. By 1984, revenue exceeded $100 million. By 1986, the IPO valued the company at $777 million. He acquired LinkedIn for $26.2 billion, GitHub for $7.5 billion, and eventually Activision Blizzard for $69 billion. Whether that bet pays off at the scale the $80 billion annual capex implies — that's the question the next five years will answer.
Revenue Trend Analysis
YoY Change
+14.9%
6-Year CAGR
+14.4%
Peak Year
2025
Trend
Consistent Growth
Microsoft Corporation has reported revenue across 7 fiscal years, compounding at +14.4% annually over 6 years. The most recent year saw a 14.9% increase versus the prior year. Revenue peaked in 2025 at $281.7B. Out of 6 reported periods, 6 showed growth and 0 showed a decline.
| Fiscal Year | Revenue | Net Income | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $281.7B | $101.8B | +14.9% |
| FY2024 | $245.1B | $88.1B | +15.7% |
| FY2023 | $211.9B | $72.4B | +6.9% |
| FY2022 | $198.3B | $72.7B | +18.0% |
| FY2021 | $168.1B | $61.3B | +17.5% |
| FY2020 | $143.0B | $44.3B | +13.6% |
| FY2019 | $125.8B | $39.2B | — |
Source: SEC EDGAR filings, annual earnings releases, and verified financial disclosures.
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Microsoft's revenue trajectory over the past five fiscal years reflects its accelerating cloud and AI transformation. In FY2020 (ended June 2020), Microsoft reported $143.0 billion in revenue. FY2021 saw revenue jump to $168.1 billion, driven by pandemic-accelerated cloud adoption and Microsoft 365 subscription growth. FY2022 revenue reached $198.3 billion as Azure continued rapid expansion and LinkedIn and Dynamics 365 scaled. FY2023 brought $211.9 billion despite macroeconomic headwinds, with cloud services offsetting slower Windows and Surface sales. FY2024 revenue rose to $245.1 billion (up 16%) as Azure AI services began contributing meaningfully. FY2025 (ended June 2025) delivered $281.7 billion, up 15% year-over-year, with net income of $101.8 billion — a 36.1% net margin. The compound annual growth rate from FY2020 to FY2025 is approximately 14.5%. Trailing twelve-month revenue as of Q3 FY2026 (March 2026) has reached $318.3 billion, with quarterly growth accelerating to 18% year-over-year. Microsoft Cloud — the aggregate of Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics, LinkedIn, and security — hit $54.5 billion in Q3 FY2026 alone, annualizing to roughly $218 billion.
Microsoft's market capitalization has compounded approximately ten-fold since Satya Nadella became CEO in February 2014. When Nadella took over, the company's market cap stood at roughly $300 billion — reflecting a stock that had gone essentially nowhere for the prior 14 years under Steve Ballmer. By 2018, the cloud transformation had pushed the market cap past $1 trillion, making Microsoft one of only a handful of companies to reach that threshold. Microsoft briefly surpassed Apple to become the world's most valuable company in 2021. As of 2025, Microsoft's market capitalization is approximately $3.13 trillion (NASDAQ: MSFT), with shares trading at roughly $421. The valuation reflects a price-to-earnings multiple of approximately 31x on FY2025 earnings of $101.8 billion. Investors are paying a premium for the quality of Microsoft's recurring revenue base — a $627 billion commercial remaining performance obligation as of Q3 FY2026 (up 99% year-over-year) that represents contracted future revenue, not a forecast. The ten-year total shareholder return from 2014 to 2024 exceeded 1,000%, compounding at roughly 27% annually — an extraordinary return for a company of this scale.
Microsoft is among the most profitable large companies in the world by absolute dollars and margin percentage. FY2025 results: $281.7 billion in revenue, $101.8 billion in net income, 36.1% net margin. Gross margin stands at approximately 68% across the business, with operating margin at approximately 46%. These figures reflect the economics of a predominantly software and cloud business where incremental revenue carries very high margins. The Intelligent Cloud segment (Azure, Windows Server, GitHub) operates at high margins because infrastructure costs are largely fixed and incremental workloads add revenue with minimal additional expense. The Productivity segment (Microsoft 365, LinkedIn, Dynamics) benefits from subscription economics where renewal costs are near zero. The More Personal Computing segment carries lower margins due to gaming hardware (Xbox consoles, Surface devices) and content costs from Activision Blizzard. Microsoft's operating cash flow exceeded $100 billion in FY2025 — enabling $80+ billion in annual capital expenditure on AI data centers while still returning substantial capital to shareholders through dividends and buybacks. Revenue per employee across 228,000 staff is approximately $1.24 million, roughly four times the productivity of a typical large technology company.
The commercial remaining performance obligation (RPO) is the total value of contracted but not-yet-recognized revenue from enterprise customers — essentially signed deals where Microsoft will deliver services and recognize revenue in future periods. As of Q3 FY2026 (March 2026), Microsoft's commercial RPO stood at $627 billion, up 99% year-over-year. This figure is arguably the most important leading indicator of Microsoft's future financial performance. Unlike a sales forecast, RPO represents money enterprises have already committed via signed multi-year contracts for Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and other services. The 99% year-over-year growth means enterprises doubled their committed future spend with Microsoft in a single year — reflecting large-scale AI infrastructure commitments as companies lock in Azure capacity for AI workloads. For context, $627 billion in contracted backlog is larger than the annual GDP of most countries and substantially exceeds Microsoft's $318 billion trailing twelve-month revenue. Approximately half of RPO is expected to be recognized within the next 12 months. The RPO's growth rate is the clearest signal available that enterprise AI spending is real, contracted, and accruing predominantly to Microsoft's cloud platform.
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CorpDigest. "Microsoft Corporation Revenue & Financials." CorpDigest, https://corpdigest.com/company/microsoft/financials.<div style="font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;border:1px solid #e2e8f0;border-radius:8px;padding:12px 16px;max-width:520px"><strong>Microsoft Corporation reported $282B in revenue (FY2025).</strong><br>Source: <a href="https://corpdigest.com/company/microsoft/financials" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CorpDigest — Microsoft Corporation financials</a></div>