AI Tokens
Stock Analysis on Net

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

Microsoft Corp., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

US$ in millions

Microsoft Excel
3 months ended: Sep 30, 2026 Jun 30, 2026 Mar 31, 2026 Dec 31, 2025 Sep 30, 2025 Jun 30, 2025 Mar 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020
Net income 36,629 35,766 31,778 38,458 27,747 27,233 25,824 24,108 24,667 22,036 21,939 21,870 22,291 20,081 18,299 16,425 17,556 16,740 16,728 18,765 20,505 16,458 15,457 15,463 13,893
Depreciation, amortization, and other 11,744 11,022 10,167 4,284 13,061 11,203 8,740 6,827 7,383 6,380 6,027 5,959 3,921 3,874 3,549 3,648 2,790 3,979 3,773 3,496 3,212 3,344 2,936 2,761 2,645
Stock-based compensation expense 3,134 3,122 3,081 3,219 2,983 3,073 2,980 3,089 2,832 2,696 2,703 2,828 2,507 2,416 2,465 2,538 2,192 1,997 1,906 1,897 1,702 1,571 1,525 1,566 1,456
Net recognized (gains) losses on investments and derivatives (231) (3,743) (1,280) (5,017) (1,007) 56 (298) 976 (125) 44 49 198 14 44 (40) 214 (22) 157 105 (307) (364) (416) (351) (354) (128)
Deferred income taxes 4,609 4,650 2,602 4,446 2,491 (2,221) (2,244) (1,158) (1,433) (1,145) (1,323) (1,702) (568) (1,888) (1,675) (1,305) (1,191) 283 (198) 183 (5,970) (34) (88) (17) (11)
Accounts receivable 17,104 (21,084) (4,707) (3,436) 16,490 (16,179) (2,461) (5,978) 14,037 (13,246) (2,028) (2,951) 11,034 (11,244) (1,408) (3,164) 11,729 (12,634) 857 (5,543) 10,486 (11,606) 290 (4,008) 8,843
Inventories (436) (178) (161) 70 (192) (81) 52 711 (373) 55 260 1,474 (505) 374 106 1,305 (543) (461) (279) 394 (777) (388) (329) 788 (808)
Other current assets (1,903) (2,842) 758 619 (1,162) (3,686) 1,077 (353) (82) (2,528) 951 725 (796) (2,419) 1,152 (392) (332) (2,570) 91 830 940 (2,086) 478 730 (54)
Other long-term assets (6,389) (1,350) (932) (1,288) (394) 418 (518) (1,089) (1,761) (1,240) (2,137) (1,427) (2,013) (1,548) (554) (65) (666) (575) (724) (908) (598) (1,013) (885) (1,499) (62)
Accounts payable 525 2,365 2,320 1,197 (614) (652) 1,179 958 (916) 4,204 648 (2,521) 1,214 1,311 (407) (2,058) (1,567) 2,659 520 235 (471) 1,617 833 33 315
Unearned revenue (5,942) 22,428 (166) (7,483) (5,418) 18,361 (1,032) (6,338) (5,553) 15,657 (645) (5,538) (4,126) 14,224 (181) (5,186) (3,322) 12,546 (209) (4,343) (2,885) 11,397 (473) (3,227) (3,064)
Income taxes (556) (307) 2,296 (920) (2,944) 1,043 1,298 (3,395) 1,016 (806) 2,622 (1,554) 1,425 681 1,414 (2,863) 410 (991) 1,091 (2,057) 2,653 (32) 1,074 (2,368) (983)
Other current liabilities (4,528) 7,013 2,539 2,802 (5,507) 5,346 2,838 3,217 (5,479) 4,652 2,803 1,518 (4,106) 2,762 1,715 1,819 (4,024) 3,455 1,287 1,745 (4,143) 3,755 1,590 1,755 (2,951)
Other long-term liabilities 4,240 (1,421) (1,616) (1,193) (477) (1,267) (391) 716 (33) 436 48 (26) 291 102 6 257 188 44 438 93 250 143 122 893 244
Changes in operating assets and liabilities 2,115 4,624 331 (9,632) (218) 3,303 2,042 (11,551) 856 7,184 2,522 (10,300) 2,418 4,243 1,843 (10,347) 1,873 1,473 3,072 (9,554) 5,455 1,787 2,700 (6,903) 1,480
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operations 21,371 19,675 14,901 (2,700) 17,310 15,414 11,220 (1,817) 9,513 15,159 9,978 (3,017) 8,292 8,689 6,142 (5,252) 5,642 7,889 8,658 (4,285) 4,035 6,252 6,722 (2,947) 5,442
Net cash from operations 58,000 55,441 46,679 35,758 45,057 42,647 37,044 22,291 34,180 37,195 31,917 18,853 30,583 28,770 24,441 11,173 23,198 24,629 25,386 14,480 24,540 22,710 22,179 12,516 19,335
Proceeds from issuance (repayments) of debt, maturities of 90 days or less, net — — — — — — — — (5,746) (1,142) (3,810) (8,490) 18,692 — — — — — — — — — — — —
Proceeds from issuance of debt — — — — — — — — — 197 6,352 10,773 7,073 — — — — — — — — — — — —
Cash premium on debt exchange — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (1,754) — —
Repayments of debt (4,850) — — (3,000) — — (2,250) — (966) (13,065) (11,589) (2,916) (1,500) (1,000) — (750) (1,000) — (4,197) — (4,826) — (500) (3,250) —
Common stock issued 598 520 541 259 689 548 546 256 706 534 522 261 685 512 536 243 575 461 477 291 612 450 396 302 545
Common stock repurchased (4,379) (4,579) (4,627) (7,415) (5,650) (4,546) (4,781) (4,986) (4,107) (4,210) (4,213) (4,000) (4,831) (5,704) (5,509) (5,459) (5,573) (8,757) (8,822) (7,433) (7,684) (7,177) (6,930) (6,535) (6,743)
Common stock cash dividends paid (6,757) (6,758) (6,756) (6,762) (6,169) (6,169) (6,169) (6,170) (5,574) (5,574) (5,572) (5,574) (5,051) (5,054) (5,059) (5,066) (4,621) (4,632) (4,645) (4,652) (4,206) (4,214) (4,221) (4,230) (3,856)
Other, net (1,252) (962) (509) (699) (669) (677) (382) (343) (889) (303) (498) (201) (307) (167) (258) (317) (264) (341) (158) (192) (172) (430) (183) 79 (235)
Net cash from (used in) financing (16,640) (11,779) (11,351) (17,617) (11,799) (10,844) (13,036) (11,243) (16,576) (23,563) (18,808) (10,147) 14,761 (11,413) (10,290) (11,349) (10,883) (13,269) (17,345) (11,986) (16,276) (11,371) (13,192) (13,634) (10,289)
Additions to property and equipment (39,367) (35,802) (30,876) (29,876) (19,394) (17,079) (16,745) (15,804) (14,923) (13,873) (10,952) (9,735) (9,917) (8,943) (6,607) (6,274) (6,283) (6,871) (5,340) (5,865) (5,810) (6,452) (5,089) (4,174) (4,907)
Acquisition of companies, net of cash acquired and divestitures, and purchases of intangible and other assets (397) (452) (258) (455) (578) (1,743) (981) (1,405) (1,849) (1,342) (1,575) (65,029) (1,186) (341) (301) (679) (349) (1,263) (18,719) (850) (1,206) (501) (7,512) (415) (481)
Purchases of investments (5,394) (18,829) (12,006) (9,845) (17,671) (21,631) (4,474) (2,050) (1,620) (2,831) (2,183) (4,258) (8,460) (11,976) (9,063) (11,599) (5,013) (4,919) (8,723) (2,505) (10,309) (14,877) (18,375) (15,092) (14,580)
Maturities of investments 5,672 4,181 11,976 12,417 6,031 4,618 6,721 2,604 2,136 1,557 3,350 4,150 15,718 6,766 13,154 6,928 6,662 1,237 1,099 5,253 8,862 7,246 15,016 15,264 14,266
Sales of investments 10,470 6,487 6,358 5,691 3,262 2,621 2,161 2,559 1,968 2,023 1,941 1,600 5,330 5,629 1,239 4,775 2,711 3,225 16,693 2,895 5,630 3,297 5,876 2,421 2,414
Other, net (12,949) (10,416) (2,599) (637) (6,209) 2,642 604 (16) (913) (382) (1,281) 1,347 (982) (269) (1,686) (301) (860) (1,138) (1,181) (89) (417) 434 400 327 (2,083)
Net cash (used in) from investing (41,965) (54,831) (27,405) (22,705) (34,559) (30,572) (12,714) (14,112) (15,201) (14,848) (10,700) (71,925) 503 (9,134) (3,264) (7,150) (3,132) (9,729) (16,171) (1,161) (3,250) (10,853) (9,684) (1,669) (5,371)
Effect of foreign exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents (49) (1) (114) 11 (92) 183 52 (294) 122 (103) (80) 72 (99) (81) 29 88 (230) (198) 24 106 (73) 36 (33) 14 (46)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents (654) (11,170) 7,809 (4,553) (1,393) 1,414 11,346 (3,358) 2,525 (1,319) 2,329 (63,147) 45,748 8,142 10,916 (7,238) 8,953 1,433 (8,106) 1,439 4,941 522 (730) (2,773) 3,629

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2026-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30).


The financial trajectory exhibits a significant expansion in both profitability and cash generation over the analyzed period. Net income demonstrates a consistent upward trend, rising from 13,893 million US dollars in September 2020 to 36,629 million US dollars by September 2026. This growth is mirrored by net cash from operations, which scaled from 19,335 million US dollars to 58,000 million US dollars, indicating a strong capacity to convert earnings into liquid capital.

Operating Cash Flow Dynamics
Cash flow from operations shows a robust long-term growth pattern, although it is subject to quarterly volatility driven by changes in operating assets and liabilities. Significant fluctuations are observed in accounts receivable and unearned revenue, the latter of which shows periodic large inflows, particularly in June of each year, characteristic of software licensing and cloud service prepayment cycles.
Capital Expenditure and Investment Strategy
There is a marked acceleration in capital intensity. Additions to property and equipment increased from 4,907 million US dollars in September 2020 to 39,367 million US dollars in September 2026. This suggests a strategic pivot toward massive infrastructure expansion. Additionally, investment activity is punctuated by a major acquisition in December 2023, totaling 65,029 million US dollars, which represents the single largest cash outflow in the investing category.
Shareholder Remuneration and Financing
Financing activities are dominated by consistent returns to shareholders. Common stock cash dividends have steadily increased from approximately 3,856 million US dollars per quarter to 6,757 million US dollars. Stock repurchases have remained a primary use of cash, though they exhibit more volatility than dividend payments. Debt management appears opportunistic, with periods of significant issuance followed by aggressive repayments, such as the 13,065 million US dollars repaid in June 2024.
Asset and Liability Adjustments
Depreciation and amortization expenses have grown substantially, moving from 2,645 million US dollars to 11,744 million US dollars, correlating with the increase in property and equipment investments. Stock-based compensation has also trended upward, doubling over the period to support talent retention and acquisition.

The overall financial profile reveals a transition toward a high-investment growth phase. While operating cash flows have increased significantly, a larger proportion of this cash is now being redirected into capital expenditures. Despite this increased spending, the entity maintains a strong liquidity position, continuing to fund both aggressive infrastructure growth and increasing shareholder distributions without compromising operational stability.

AI Ask an analyst for more

Hi, I’m an AI-powered financial analyst at Stock Analysis on Net.
Without a user account, I tend to respond rather slowly.

How can I help you?