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Ticker

MSFT

Company Name

MICROSOFT CORP

Sector

Technology

Industry

Software - Infrastructure

Exchange

NASDAQ
26.59%Return on Invested Capital
VS
Market
96
Sector
93
Industry
91
History
75
$ 408.96Close
$ 354.56 - $ 542.0752-Week Range

MICROSOFT CORP - Return on Invested Capital Chart Analysis (TTM)

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MSFT - Return on Invested Capital Historical Data
DateInvested CapitalNet Income Common StockReturn on Invested Capital
2025-12-31$ 448.48B$ 119.26B26.59%
2025-09-30$ 423.63B$ 104.91B24.76%
2025-06-30$ 404.07B$ 101.83B25.2%
2025-03-31$ 382.46B$ 96.64B25.27%
2024-12-31$ 364.92B$ 92.75B25.42%
2024-09-30$ 349.2B$ 90.51B25.92%
2024-06-30$ 335.6B$ 88.14B26.26%
2024-03-31$ 333.06B$ 86.18B25.88%
2023-12-31$ 326.64B$ 82.54B25.27%
2023-09-30$ 305.7B$ 77.1B25.22%
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Key Performance Insights, Last 5 Years

  • MICROSOFT CORP's latest trailing twelve months (TTM) ROIC stands at 26.59%.
  • Over the past 5 years, MICROSOFT CORP's average ROIC has been 27.6%.
  • The median ROIC for MICROSOFT CORP during this period was 26.82%
  • MICROSOFT CORP reached its highest ROIC over the past 5 years at 32.32%.
  • The lowest ROIC recorded by MICROSOFT CORP in the same timeframe 24.76%

MICROSOFT CORP's ROIC vs. competitors

We picked the following companies as peers based on multiple factors, including sector, industry, market capitalization and revenue

ROIC Benchmarks
CompanyROIC
AAPL : APPLE INC65.91%
NVDA : NVIDIA CORP71.33%
ORCL : ORACLE CORP9.99%
ADBE : ADOBE INC39.02%
PLTR : PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC21.34%
XYZ : BLOCK INC4.2%
PANW : PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC13.13%
SNPS : SYNOPSYS INC2.66%
AVGO : BROADCOM INC15.79%
CRWD : CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC-3.1%

Definition of Return on Invested Capital

[Calculation] Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) measures how well a company allocates its invested capital to profitable projects and/or investments. It is calculated as net income [NetIncCmn] divided by invested capital [InvCapital].

Net Inc. Cmn. / Inv. Capital
(=) ROIC

ROIC for MICROSOFT CORP is calculated as follows:

Net Inc. Cmn. [ $ 119.26B ] / Inv. Capital [ $ 448.48B ]
(=) ROIC [ 26.59% ]

MSFT - Return on Invested Capital, Last 5 years

24.76%

Minimum

Sep 30, 2025

32.32%

Maximum

Mar 31, 2022

27.6%

Average

26.82%

Median

ROIC Benchmark Analysis

The chart above depicts the distribution of ROIC for companies in the Total Stock Market. The average ROIC of the companies is 1.41% with a standard deviation of 14.75%.

The following table provides additional summary stats:

ROIC in the Market:
filtered constituents3.07K
min-44.49%
max46.76%
average1.41%
median3.72%
std14.75%