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Microsoft Corporation

Quarterly revenue, EPS, free cash flow, valuation, and Rule of 40 scores for Microsoft Corporation.

R40: 39 · 2026 Q2 $3.59T
$481.15
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In-Depth

The Non-Linear Rise of AI Tokens: Why Cheaper Intelligence Creates More Demand

Token prices are collapsing while usage is exploding. The reason is a sequence of demand regimes—from chat to coding agents to persistent multi-agent systems—enabled by waves of new inference capacity.

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GitHub Was Microsoft's Best Acquisition. SpaceX Just Shipped Cursor's First Gem At It.

Microsoft paid $7.5B for GitHub in 2018 and got the default home of the world's code. Eight years later it is a division of CoreAI running 30 hours of declared incidents in a single month, and Cursor — bought by SpaceX for $60B four days earlier — shipped Origin during the outage. GitHub is under 1% of Microsoft's revenue and roughly half of SpaceX's.

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The AI Capex Bet, Six Months In: What the Mag 7 Actually Spent (and What the Market Learned)

Our February call was a $700B AI capex arms race. Six months and a full Q2 earnings season later, actual guidance has blown past that number, free cash flow is cratering at multiple hyperscalers, and the market has started rewarding capex very differently depending on who's spending it. Here's what changed.

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Microsoft Q4 FY2026: Azure Hits 43% Growth, Stock Jumps 8.9% — the Hyperscaler That Got It Right

Microsoft beat on every major line, Azure grew 43% and crossed $100B in annual revenue, and the stock rose nearly 9% the same week Alphabet and Meta fell on their own capex numbers. We unpack the real beat, the accounting nuance behind 'lower' capex, and why the market treated Microsoft differently.

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The $700B AI Bet: Inside the Mag 7's Record 2026 CapEx Arms Race

The Magnificent Seven are set to spend $700B+ on AI infrastructure in 2026, up 60% from 2025. We break down who's spending what, the supply chain winners, and why the market is spooked.

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Microsoft Neutral Bias

Lower highs/lows, counter-trend bounces failing; momentum weak; loss of 420 opens deeper downside.

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Rule of 40 2026 Q2
39.6
✗ Below 40
Revenue Growth YoY +17.7%
+
FCF Margin +21.8%
History
45
Q3
22
Q4
2024 R40 +42
42
Q1
52
Q2
51
Q3
24
Q4
2025 R40 +42
37
Q1
39
Q2
ANALYST RATINGS
Strong Buy $570
Consensus as of Aug 19, 2026
MSFT
J.P. Morgan Overweight $625
Reiterated
2026-08-17
Wells Fargo Overweight $650
Reiterated
2026-08-12
Morgan Stanley Overweight $600
Reiterated
2026-08-10
Tigress Financial Buy $680
Reiterated
2026-08-05
Phillip Securities Buy $485
Reiterated
2026-08-03

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Revenue

Latest: $90.01B (2026Q2)

Period Value
2020Q3 $37.15B
2020Q4 $43.08B
2021Q1 $41.71B
2021Q2 $46.15B
2021Q3 $45.32B
2021Q4 $51.73B
2022Q1 $49.36B
2022Q2 $51.87B
2022Q3 $50.12B
2022Q4 $52.75B
2023Q1 $52.86B
2023Q2 $56.19B
2023Q3 $56.52B
2023Q4 $62.02B
2024Q1 $61.86B
2024Q2 $64.73B
2024Q3 $65.58B
2024Q4 $69.63B
2025Q1 $70.07B
2025Q2 $76.44B
2025Q3 $77.67B
2025Q4 $81.27B
2026Q1 $82.89B
2026Q2 $90.01B
EPS

Latest: $4.81 (2026Q2)

Period Value
2020Q3 $1.82
2020Q4 $2.03
2021Q1 $2.03
2021Q2 $2.17
2021Q3 $2.71
2021Q4 $2.48
2022Q1 $2.22
2022Q2 $2.24
2022Q3 $2.35
2022Q4 $2.20
2023Q1 $2.45
2023Q2 $2.68
2023Q3 $2.99
2023Q4 $2.93
2024Q1 $2.94
2024Q2 $2.94
2024Q3 $3.30
2024Q4 $3.23
2025Q1 $3.46
2025Q2 $3.65
2025Q3 $3.72
2025Q4 $5.16
2026Q1 $4.27
2026Q2 $4.81
P/E Ratio

Latest: 22.0 (2026Q1)

Period Value
2020Q2 33.8
2020Q3 32.5
2020Q4 31.8
2021Q1 30.9
2021Q2 32.4
2021Q3 30.5
2021Q4 34.7
2022Q1 31.2
2022Q2 25.9
2022Q3 24.4
2022Q4 26.0
2023Q1 30.6
2023Q2 34.5
2023Q3 30.1
2023Q4 33.5
2024Q1 36.0
2024Q2 37.4
2024Q3 35.2
2024Q4 33.7
2025Q1 28.9
2025Q2 36.3
2025Q3 36.8
2025Q4 30.2
2026Q1 22.0
Free Cash Flow

Latest: $19.64B (2026Q2)

Period Value
2020Q3 $14.43B
2020Q4 $8.34B
2021Q1 $17.09B
2021Q2 $16.26B
2021Q3 $18.73B
2021Q4 $8.62B
2022Q1 $20.05B
2022Q2 $17.76B
2022Q3 $16.91B
2022Q4 $4.90B
2023Q1 $17.83B
2023Q2 $19.83B
2023Q3 $20.67B
2023Q4 $9.12B
2024Q1 $20.96B
2024Q2 $23.32B
2024Q3 $19.26B
2024Q4 $6.49B
2025Q1 $20.30B
2025Q2 $25.57B
2025Q3 $25.66B
2025Q4 $5.88B
2026Q1 $15.80B
2026Q2 $19.64B
Shares

Latest: $7,425,629,076.00 (2026Q2)

Period Value
2018Q3 $7,683,197,503.00
2019Q1 $7,676,218,736.00
2019Q2 $7,672,213,446.00
2019Q3 $7,662,817,920.00
2020Q1 $7,628,805,618.00
2020Q2 $7,606,047,010.00
2020Q3 $7,583,440,247.00
2021Q1 $7,560,495,969.00
2021Q2 $7,542,215,767.00
2021Q3 $7,531,574,551.00
2022Q1 $7,507,980,444.00
2022Q2 $7,496,866,428.00
2022Q3 $7,479,033,135.00
2023Q1 $7,454,473,144.00
2023Q2 $7,443,803,533.00
2023Q3 $7,435,487,575.00
2024Q1 $7,432,262,329.00
2024Q2 $7,430,436,229.00
2024Q3 $7,432,305,794.00
2025Q1 $7,434,880,776.00
2025Q2 $7,433,982,235.00
2025Q3 $7,432,543,865.00
2026Q1 $7,432,377,655.00
2026Q2 $7,425,629,076.00
Cumulative FCF

Latest: $675.46B (2026Q2)

Period Value
2020Q3 $296.47B
2020Q4 $304.81B
2021Q1 $321.90B
2021Q2 $338.16B
2021Q3 $356.89B
2021Q4 $365.51B
2022Q1 $385.55B
2022Q2 $403.31B
2022Q3 $420.23B
2022Q4 $425.12B
2023Q1 $442.96B
2023Q2 $462.79B
2023Q3 $483.45B
2023Q4 $492.57B
2024Q1 $513.53B
2024Q2 $536.86B
2024Q3 $556.11B
2024Q4 $562.60B
2025Q1 $582.90B
2025Q2 $608.47B
2025Q3 $634.13B
2025Q4 $640.01B
2026Q1 $655.82B
2026Q2 $675.46B
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Background

Company History

Exchange
NASDAQ
IPO Date
Mar 13, 1986
IPO Price
$21.00
as issued; not split-adjusted, so not comparable to the current price
Shares Outstanding
7.46B
1975
Founding of Microsoft

Bill Gates and Paul Allen established Microsoft on April 4, 1975, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to market BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.

1985
Launch of Windows 1.0

Released Windows 1.0 as graphical extension for MS-DOS, establishing Windows line.

1986
Initial Public Offering

Went public on March 13, 1986, with IPO on NASDAQ, raising capital and creating billionaires/millionaires.

1995
Release of Windows 95

Launched Windows 95 with multitasking, new interface, and 32-bit compatibility—massive success.

2000
Leadership Change to Steve Ballmer

Bill Gates stepped down as CEO, handing to Steve Ballmer; Gates became Chief Software Architect.

2011
Acquisition of Skype

Acquired Skype Technologies for largest corporate deal at the time, enhancing communication.

2014
Satya Nadella Becomes CEO

Nadella succeeded Ballmer, redirecting toward cloud and enterprise.

2016
Acquisition of LinkedIn

Purchased LinkedIn for $26.2 billion, expanding professional networking.

2023
Acquisition of Activision Blizzard

Completed $68.7 billion acquisition, bolstering gaming division.

2023
OpenAI Partnership Expansion

Deepened partnership with OpenAI, integrating GPT into Bing, Office, and Azure.

Leadership

Key Players

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Satya Nadella
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Satya Nadella
CEO since 2014, Chairman since 2021. Led Microsoft's transformation to cloud-first, AI-first strategy. Oversaw Azure growth, OpenAI partnership, and Activision Blizzard acquisition.

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Amy Hood
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
CFO since 2013. Architected Microsoft's financial strategy through cloud transition. Key driver behind LinkedIn, Nuance, and Activision Blizzard acquisitions.
Brad Smith
Vice Chair & President
@BradSmi
Top legal and policy executive. Manages government relations, cybersecurity policy, sustainability, and digital rights. Co-author of "Tools and Weapons."
Carolina Dybeck Happe
Executive Vice President & Chief Operations Officer
Joined Microsoft in 2024 as COO. Previously CFO of GE and Maersk. Leads internal operations, supply chain, procurement, and AI transformation across business processes.
Judson Althoff
Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer
Leads global commercial business, enterprise sales, partner ecosystem, and solution delivery across all industry verticals.
Scott Guthrie
Executive Vice President, Cloud + AI Group
@scottgu
Leads Azure, developer tools, AI infrastructure, GitHub, and Visual Studio. One of the original architects behind Microsoft Azure.

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