Stock Analysis on Net
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

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3 months ended: 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 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 11,022 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 3,122 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 (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 4,650 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 (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 (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 (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 (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 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 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 (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 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 (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 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 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 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 — — (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 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 (4,579) (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 (6,758) (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 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 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 (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 (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 (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 (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-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).


Operating performance demonstrates a sustained upward trajectory, with net income increasing from 13,893 million USD in September 2020 to 35,766 million USD by June 2026. Net cash from operations has followed a similar growth pattern, rising from 19,335 million USD to 55,441 million USD over the same period. This indicates a strong capacity to generate cash from core business activities, with operating cash flows consistently exceeding net income, suggesting high earnings quality.

Operating Cash Flow Drivers
Growth is supported by substantial non-cash adjustments, particularly in depreciation, amortization, and other expenses, which rose from 2,645 million USD in September 2020 to 11,022 million USD in June 2026. Stock-based compensation has remained relatively stable but trended upward, moving from 1,456 million USD to 3,122 million USD. Working capital movements exhibit significant quarterly volatility, with unearned revenue showing recurring seasonal spikes, particularly in June of each year, reflecting the timing of contract recognitions.
Investing Activity and Capital Expenditure
A sharp increase in capital intensity is observed. Additions to property and equipment grew from 4,907 million USD in September 2020 to 35,802 million USD in June 2026, representing a massive expansion in infrastructure investment. A significant outlier occurred in December 2023, where net cash used in investing reached 71,925 million USD, primarily driven by a 65,029 million USD expenditure on company acquisitions. Investment portfolio activity remains active, with consistent cycles of purchasing and maturing investments to manage liquidity.
Financing and Shareholder Returns
Financing activities are characterized by a consistent net outflow, indicating a priority on returning capital to shareholders. Common stock cash dividends have grown steadily from 3,856 million USD per quarter in September 2020 to 6,758 million USD in June 2026. Share repurchases have remained a primary vehicle for capital distribution, with quarterly outflows typically ranging between 4,000 million USD and 8,800 million USD. Debt management shows a pattern of periodic repayments, with a notable increase in debt repayment activity between December 2023 and June 2024.

The overall financial profile reveals a company in a phase of aggressive infrastructure expansion funded by robust operating cash flows. While the December 2023 acquisition caused a temporary and severe contraction in net cash change, the subsequent recovery in operating cash flows has maintained the organization's ability to fund both its massive capital expenditure program and its consistent shareholder return policy.

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