Company Analysis

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

Nasdaq: MSFT · Services-Prepackaged Software · Redmond, WA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade6.6
◀ Past 6.0● Present 7.7▶ Future 5.9

The grade of Microsoft Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.6/10
◀ Past6.025% of the headline
● Present7.735% of the headline
▶ Future5.940% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-03-08.

weight 22% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 230 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Microsoft Corporation's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: a material cybersecurity incident (8-K item 1.05, 2 times, the latest 2024-03-08) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+14.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 70th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Microsoft Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $97 billion in fiscal 2017 to $332 billion in fiscal 2026, up 14.7% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span14.7%bottom 39% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 27% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 7% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.1% a year. 30% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 29 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-06-30, Microsoft Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 0.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 30% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 29 sales (19 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12, buying about $2 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 24% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.7/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 30%: 30¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 42%: owes 42¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 217 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-06-30, Microsoft Corporation earned about 30 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 30 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 42 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 45% of its family
  • return on equitytop 10% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 42% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
8.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 13% of 218 in its family; net margin 40.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 87th percentile among 218 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Microsoft Corporation's standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $332 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 1% by size; a net margin of 40.3% ranks in the top 3%; revenue growth of 16.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 36% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$331.8Btop 1% of its family
  • net margin40.3%top 3% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth16.1%top 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
8.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 12% of 139 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2014.

weight 22% of this tense · 88th percentile among 139 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Microsoft Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Nadella, Satya (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2014-09-03, 12.2 years (top 9% of its family); the 21 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9 years (top 11%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 21 people in charge now (top 18%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge6 in three years among 21 peopletop 18% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed9.0 yearstop 11% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record12.2 yearstop 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.9/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 37% of 216 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 37th percentile among 216 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Microsoft Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $21 billion against debt of $31 billion leaves -1.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 19% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 20.2% of revenue (top 34%); a gross margin of 67.9% (bottom 45%); research spending of 10.7% of revenue (bottom 18%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-1.3%bottom 19% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue20.2%top 34% of its family
  • gross margin67.9%bottom 45% of its family
  • research spending against revenue10.7%bottom 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 26% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 74th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Microsoft Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 16.1% a year over the last three filed years against 14.7% over all 10, speeding up (top 13% of its family); the newest year grew 17.8% (top 37%); research spending grew 9.4% a year (top 45%); capital spending grew 60.4% a year (top 10%) (its annual reports). Microsoft Corporation reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2026: Productivity and Business Processes at $140 billion (42%), Intelligent Cloud at $138 billion (42%), More Personal Computing at $54 billion (16%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+1.4 points a yeartop 13% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth17.8%top 37% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending9.4%top 45% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending60.4%top 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 45% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 194 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Microsoft Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $332 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 2.2% above the $325 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 37% of its family); net income of $134 billion against a prior three-year average of $87 billion (top 43%); a net margin of 40.3% against 35.4% before (bottom 44%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace2.2%top 37% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+53%top 43% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+4.9 pointsbottom 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton MSFT · research, not advice