Financing
Share Buybacks
Microsoft Share Buybacks decreased by 37.6% to $4.63B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 3.2%, from $4.78B to $4.63B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Share Buybacks shows a downward trend with a -9.4% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionFinancing
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityVolatile
First reportedQ1 2014
Last reportedQ3 2026Apr 29, 2026
How to read this metric
High repurchases often signal management's confidence in the company's valuation or a strategy to improve earnings per share.
Detailed definition
The cash outflow associated with the company buying back its own shares from the open market. This is a primary method f...
Peer comparison
Common among mature, cash-generative companies; peers in the healthcare sector often balance this with R&D investment.
Metric ID:
share_repurchasesHistorical Data
20 periods
| Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q3 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $7.18B | $7.68B | $7.43B | $8.82B | $8.76B | $5.57B | $5.46B | $5.51B | $5.70B | $4.83B | $4.00B | $4.21B | $4.21B | $4.11B | $4.99B | $4.78B | $4.55B | $5.65B | $7.42B | $4.63B |
| QoQ Change | — | +7.1% | -3.3% | +18.7% | -0.7% | -36.4% | -2.0% | +0.9% | +3.5% | -15.3% | -17.2% | +5.3% | -0.1% | -2.4% | +21.4% | -4.1% | -4.9% | +24.3% | +31.2% | -37.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +22.0% | -27.5% | -26.6% | -37.6% | -34.9% | -13.3% | -26.7% | -23.5% | -26.2% | -15.0% | +24.6% | +13.5% | +8.0% | +37.6% | +48.7% | -3.2% |
Range$4.00B – $8.82B
CAGR-8.8%
Avg YoY Growth-5.0%
Median YoY Growth-14.2%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Microsoft's share buybacks?
- Microsoft (MSFT) reported share buybacks of $4.63B in Q1 2026.
- How has Microsoft's share buybacks changed year-over-year?
- Microsoft's share buybacks decreased by 3.2% year-over-year, from $4.78B to $4.63B.
- What is the long-term trend for Microsoft's share buybacks?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Microsoft's share buybacks has grown at a -9.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $27.39B to $18.42B.
- What does share buybacks mean?
- Cash spent by the company to buy back its own stock.