Microsoft average return on investment for 2022 was 33.56, a 0.94% decline from 2021. Microsoft average return on investment for 2021 was 33.88, a 26.37% decline from 2020.
Microsoft's operated at median return on assets of 19.1% from fiscal years ending June 2020 to 2024. Looking back at the last 5 years, Microsoft's return on assets peaked in June 2022 at 20.8%. Microsoft's return on assets hit its 5-year low in June 2020 of 15.1%.
Dividend Data
Microsoft Corporation's ( MSFT ) dividend yield is 0.79%, which means that for every $100 invested in the company's stock, investors would receive $0.79 in dividends per year. Microsoft Corporation's payout ratio is 24.63% which means that 24.63% of the company's earnings are paid out as dividends.
Microsoft (MSFT) Total Return: 10.27% (TTM)
The 5-year total return is 171.49%, meaning $100 invested in MSFT stock 5 years ago would be worth $271.48 today. Total return includes price appreciation plus reinvesting any dividends paid out.
Last dividend date: 2024-12-03. Current Dividend Yield: 0.74% Annual dollar dividend payment: $3.16.
Currently, Microsoft has a market capitalization of $3.11 trillion. Buying $1000 In MSFT: If an investor had bought $1000 of MSFT stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $15,345.81 today based on a price of $417.96 for MSFT at the time of writing.
Microsoft has a consensus rating of Strong Buy which is based on 27 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings and 0 sell ratings. The average price target for Microsoft is $505.73. This is based on 29 Wall Streets Analysts 12-month price targets, issued in the past 3 months.
Microsoft Stocks Price Target for 2030
We estimate Microsoft's stock price to be $717.00 per share with a sub 10% year-over-year revenue growth. Our estimated stock price will be 71.46% higher than the current stock price of $418.18.
The ROE as of January 2025 (TTM) for Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) is 34.56% According to Microsoft Corporation's latest financial reports and current stock price. The company's current ROE is 34.56%. This represents a change of 299.23% compared to the average of 8.66% of the last 4 quarters.
January 2000 – Gates to Ballmer
A court ruling by Judge Jackson in 2000 would have forced Microsoft to separate into two companies. However, this was rejected by the Court of Appeals and Steve Ballmer, who was Gates' school friend and right-hand-man, replaces him as CEO.
Ten Year Stock Price Total Return for Amazon.com is calculated as follows: Last Close Price [ 218.94 ] / Adj Prior Close Price [ 14.74 ] (-) 1 (=) Total Return [ 1,385.6% ] Prior price dividend adjustment factor is 1.00.
The 10 year average annual return for MSFT stock is 26.59%.
Be wary of commentators or advisors who tell you you should be getting 10% or more each year on your portfolio, especially if you're closer to retirement. A 6% annual increase in your portfolio is a more realistic goal. Some years it will be much higher, other years it may be much lower (even negative).
Microsoft (MSFT 0.52%) is one of the most valuable companies in the world when measured by market capitalization. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Jan. 2, 2025.
Apple's analyst rating consensus is a Moderate Buy. This is based on the ratings of 29 Wall Streets Analysts.
Stock Price Forecast
The 30 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Microsoft stock have an average target of 511.07, with a low estimate of 465 and a high estimate of 600. The average target predicts an increase of 23.36% from the current stock price of 414.30.
Summing up $97,361 and $4,930, we end up with the final value of your investment, which is $102,291. This is how much you could have made if you had invested $10,000 in Microsoft stock 10 years ago. This means a total return of 922.91%. In comparison, S&P 500 total return for the same period is 252.01%.
S&P 500 Investment Time Machine
Imagine you put $1,000 into either fund 10 years ago. You'd be up to roughly 126.4% — or $3,282 — from VOO and 126.9% — or $3,302 — from SPY. That's not exactly wealthy, but it shows how you can more than triple your money by holding an asset with relatively low long-term risk.
For our example, let's say you invest $10,000 in a 401(k) today and you aim to withdraw it in 20 years. While it's invested, you earn a 10% average annual return. After two decades, your $10,000 would be worth $67,275.
on Monday announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.83 per share, reflecting an 8 cent or 10% increase over the previous quarter's dividend. The dividend is payable Dec. 12, 2024, to shareholders of record on Nov. 21, 2024.
We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock.