Microsoft's ROE per quarter

Return on Equity, Quarterly Results, Trends, Rankings, Statistics

What is ROE for Microsoft in the first quarter 2026?
Microsoft Corporation achieved a return on average equity (ROE) of 33.21 % in its first quarter 2026, which is below Microsoft's average return on equity, which stands at 34.96%.

ROE fell compared to the fourth quarter 2026, despite the net income growth of 2.41% from the fourth quarter 2026.

Within the Software & Programming industry 21 other companies had a higher return on equity. While Return on equity, overall ranking has advanced in the quarter, so far to 321, from total ROE ranking in the fourth quarter 2026 at 355.

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Return On Equity	(Sep 30 2026) I. Quarter	(Jun 30 2026) IV. Quarter	(Mar 31 2026) III. Quarter	(Dec 31 2025) II. Quarter	(Sep 30 2025) I. Quarter
Y / Y Equity Change	29.59 %	28.8 %	28.73 %	29.13 %	-
Y / Y Net Income Change	32.01 %	31.33 %	23.06 %	59.52 %	12.49 %
Net Income (TTM) in Millions	142,631	133,749	125,216	119,262	104,912
Return On Equity (TTM)	33.21 %	33.22 %	33.13 %	33.61 %	31.53 %
MSFT's Total Ranking	# 321	# 355	# 333	# 302	# 308
Equity (TTM) in Millions	470,509	442,387	414,367	390,875	363,076
Seq. Equity Change	6.36 %	6.76 %	6.01 %	7.66 %	5.71 %
Seq. Net Income Change	2.41 %	12.55 %	-17.37 %	38.6 %	1.89 %

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Return On Equity Company Ranking
Within:	No.
Industry	# 22
Sector	# 65
Overall	# 321

Return On Equity Statistics
High	Average	Low
51.14 %	34.96 %	13.17 %
(Dec. 31, 2007)		(Mar 31 2016)

MSFT Annual Return On Equity	(Jun 30 2026) 2026	(Jun 30 2025) 2025	(Jun 30 2024) 2024	(Jun 30 2023) 2023	(Jun 30 2022) 2022
Total Equity in Millions	442,387	343,479	268,477	206,223	166,542
Y / Y Equity Change	28.8 %	27.94 %	30.19 %	23.83 %	17.29 %
Net Income in Millions	133,749	101,832	88,136	72,361	72,738
Y / Y Net Income Change	31.34 %	15.54 %	21.8 %	-0.52 %	18.72 %
Return On Equity	30.23 %	29.65 %	32.83 %	35.09 %	43.68 %

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Annual Roe Comment

In 2026 ROE improved to 30.23 % compared to the previous year, due to net income growth.

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Kla Corporation	89.90 %
Commvault Systems Inc	83.26 %
Motorola Solutions inc	77.55 %
Automatic Data Processing Inc	76.51 %
Jabil Inc	71.67 %
Extreme Networks Inc	65.38 %
Adobe Inc	62.88 %
Cargurus Inc	62.43 %
Paycom Software Inc	53.39 %
Vertiv Holdings Co	45.50 %
Pegasystems Inc	45.30 %
Everquote Inc	44.77 %
Oracle Corporation	44.45 %
Alphabet Inc	42.62 %
Teradyne Inc	41.93 %
Texas Instruments Incorporated	40.51 %
Penguin Solutions Inc	40.37 %
Palantir Technologies Inc	39.51 %
Amphenol Corporation	39.48 %
Celestica Inc	38.31 %
Logitech International s a	36.60 %
Qualys Inc	36.47 %
Ul Solutions Inc	35.40 %
Shopify Inc	35.29 %
Lumentum Holdings Inc	34.76 %
Microsoft Corporation	34.15 %
Innodata inc	33.93 %
Iridium Communications Inc	32.93 %
International Business Machines Corporation	32.73 %
Veralto Corporation	32.21 %

Date modified: 2026-10-29T10:05:34+00:00

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