Microsoft MSFT Ratios & Valuation
| Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 68.3%-0.3pp | 68.6%-0.2pp | 68.8%-0.1pp | 68.8%-0.3pp | 69.1%-0.3pp | |
| Operating margin | 46.8%+0.1pp | 46.7%+0.4pp | 46.3%+0.6pp | 45.6%+0.4pp | 45.2%+0.3pp | |
| Net margin | 39.3%+0.3pp | 39%+3.3pp | 35.7%-0.4pp | 36.1%+0.4pp | 35.8%+0.4pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 61.4%+0.3pp | 61.1%+1.0pp | 60.1%+2.1pp | 58%+2.7pp | 55.3%+0.6pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 22.9%-2.4pp | 25.3%-1.2pp | 26.6%+1.1pp | 25.4%-0.3pp | 25.7%-1.1pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 34%-0.4pp | 34.4%+2.1pp | 32.2%-1.0pp | 33.3%-0.3pp | 33.6%-0.7pp | |
| Return on assets | 19.9%0.0pp | 19.9%+1.8pp | 18.1%+0.1pp | 18%-0.5pp | 18.5%0.0pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 26.7%+0.2pp | 26.4%-0.9pp | 27.3%-0.3pp | 27.6%-0.2pp | 27.8%+0.1pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | |
| Inventory turnover | 97.6×+0.1× | 97.5×+30.9× | 66.6×-13.8× | 80.4×+2.8× | 77.6×+14.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.4×0.0× | 1.4×0.0× | 1.4×0.0× | 1.4×0.0× | |
| Quick ratio | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.4×0.0× | 1.4×0.0× | 1.3×0.0× | 1.4×0.0× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.3×+0.1× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.5×-0.1× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×-0.1× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $55.66+6.2% | $52.40+7.7% | $48.63+5.7% | $46.01+6.6% | $43.14+6.4% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $2.75T-23.5% | $3.59T-6.6% | $3.85T+5.7% | $3.64T+30.5% | $2.79T-11.0% | |
| Enterprise value | $2.84T-23.1% | $3.69T-6.3% | $3.94T+5.8% | $3.72T+29.9% | $2.87T-10.9% | |
| Price / earnings | 22×-8.2× | 30.1×-6.6× | 36.7×+0.9× | 35.8×+6.9× | 28.9×-4.9× | |
| Price / sales | 8.6×-3.1× | 11.8×-1.3× | 13.1×+0.2× | 12.9×+2.6× | 10.3×-1.6× | |
| Price / book | 6.6×-2.6× | 9.2×-1.4× | 10.6×0.0× | 10.6×+1.9× | 8.7×-1.7× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.5×-5.3× | 19.8×-2.5× | 22.3×-0.5× | 22.8×+3.6× | 19.2×-3.3× | |
| EV / sales | 8.9×-3.2× | 12.1×-1.3× | 13.4×+0.2× | 13.2×+2.6× | 10.6×-1.7× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 2.7%+0.5pp | 2.2%+0.1pp | 2%+0.1pp | 2%-0.5pp | 2.5%+0.3pp | |
| Earnings yield | 4.6%+1.2pp | 3.3%+0.6pp | 2.7%-0.1pp | 2.8%-0.7pp | 3.5%+0.5pp | |
| Dividend yield | 0.9%+0.2pp | 0.7%+0.1pp | 0.6%0.0pp | 0.7%-0.2pp | 0.8%+0.1pp | |
| PEG ratio | 0.7×-0.3× | 1.1×-1.3× | 2.3×0.0× | 2.3×-0.1× | 2.4×-0.4× |
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Compare these in charts →Questions, answered.
- What are Microsoft's profit margins?
- Microsoft (MSFT) runs a 68.3% gross margin and a 46.8% operating margin, with a 39.3% net margin.
- Where do Microsoft's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Microsoft's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
