Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): return on equity, 10 filed years
ROE at Microsoft Corporation was 30.2% in FY2026, the newest filed year. Across the 10 computed years from FY2017 it ranged from 20.0% (FY2018) to 43.7% (FY2022), with a median of 34.0%.
Tonight's figure on the company page: 30.2%, recomputed 2026-10-15. The table is each filed year on its own terms, with the formula below; the current figure may use trailing twelve months or, where the explainer says so, a different denominator.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | ROE | Read from |
|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | 29.1% | 10-K, filed 2017-08-02 |
| FY2018 | 20.0% | 10-K, filed 2018-08-03 |
| FY2019 | 38.4% | 10-K, filed 2019-08-01 |
| FY2020 | 37.4% | 10-K, filed 2020-07-30 |
| FY2021 | 43.1% | 10-K, filed 2021-07-29 |
| FY2022 | 43.7% | 10-K, filed 2022-07-28 |
| FY2023 | 35.1% | 10-K, filed 2023-07-27 |
| FY2024 | 32.8% | 10-K, filed 2024-07-30 |
| FY2025 | 29.6% | 10-K, filed 2025-07-30 |
| FY2026 | 30.2% | 10-K, filed 2026-07-29 |
How each year is computed
Net income / shareholders equity x 100
Each year is a ratio of lines in that year's filed annual report, with the nightly recompute's own rules for what counts as a filed line. Nothing is estimated, smoothed or filled in: a year that cannot be computed says why.
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A computation on accounts filed with the SEC, not a recommendation and not advice. Past filings do not indicate future results. Risk disclaimer.