Microsoft Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 1975

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Public

  • Employees
  • 228,000

Employees

  • Stock Symbol
  • MSFT

Stock Symbol

  • Investments
  • 650

  • Share Price
  • $367.78
  • (As of Thursday Closing)

Microsoft General Information

Description

Microsoft develops and licenses consumer and enterprise software. It is known for its Windows operating systems and Office productivity suite. The company is organized into three equally sized broad segments: productivity and business processes (legacy Microsoft Office, cloud-based Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Skype, LinkedIn, Dynamics), intelligence cloud (infrastructure- and platform-as-a-service offerings Azure, Windows Server OS, SQL Server), and more personal computing (Windows Client, Xbox, Bing search, display advertising, and Surface laptops, tablets, and desktops).

Contact Information

Website
www.microsoft.com
Ownership Status
Publicly Held
Financing Status
Corporation
Corporate Office
  • One Microsoft Way
  • Redmond, WA 98052-6399
  • United States
+1 (800)
Primary Industry
Operating Systems Software
Stock Exchange
NAS
Vertical(s)
CloudTech & DevOps, SaaS, TMT, Internet of Things
Corporate Office
  • One Microsoft Way
  • Redmond, WA 98052-6399
  • United States
+1 (800)

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Microsoft Stock Performance

As of 17-Apr-2025, Microsoft’s stock price is $367.78. Its current market cap is $2.73T with 7.43B shares.

(As of Thursday Closing)

Stock Price Previous Close 52 wk Range Market Cap Shares Average Volume EPS
$367.78 $371.61 $344.79 - $468.35 $2.73T 7.43B 25.4M $12.47

Microsoft Financials Summary

As of 31-Dec-2024, Microsoft has a trailing 12-month revenue of $262B.

In Thousands,
USD 		TTM 31-Dec-2024 FY 2024 30-Jun-2024 FY 2023 30-Jun-2023 FY 2022 30-Jun-2022
EV 3,116,851,247 3,321,767,075 2,488,183,939 1,877,463,080
Revenue 261,802,000 245,122,000 211,915,000 198,270,000
EBITDA 140,367,000 127,565,000 101,785,000 98,285,000
Net Income 92,750,000 88,136,000 72,361,000 72,738,000
Total Assets 533,898,000 512,163,000 411,976,000 364,840,000
Total Debt 62,224,000 67,127,000 59,965,000 61,270,000
Public Fundamental Data provided by Morningstar, Inc. disclaimer

Microsoft Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA		 Post-Val Status Debt

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Microsoft Comparisons

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Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
Microsoft develops and licenses consumer and enterprise software. It is known for its Windows operating systems and Offi
Operating Systems Software
Redmond, WA
228,000 As of 2024

Santa Clara, CA
 

Mountain View, CA
 
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Microsoft Competitors (11)

One of Microsoft’s 11 competitors is ServiceNow, a Formerly VC-backed company based in Santa Clara, CA.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
ServiceNow Formerly VC-backed Santa Clara, CA
Alphabet Formerly PE-Backed Mountain View, CA
Nextiva Venture Capital-Backed Scottsdale, AZ
Teamwork Private Equity-Backed Blackpool, Ireland
Xentral Venture Capital-Backed Augsburg, Germany
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Microsoft Patents

  • 176,274

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • Total Patents Families

  • 108,749

    Granted

  • 8,963

    Pending

  • Expiring in next 12 mo

Microsoft Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20250124227-A1 Personalized natural language processing system Pending 23-Dec-2024
US-20250124034-A1 Federated graph queries across heterogeneous data stores Pending 20-Dec-2024
US-20250123999-A1 Incrementally improving clustering of cross partition data in a distributed data system Pending 20-Dec-2024
US-20250123661-A1 3-d structured two-phase microfluidic cooling with nano structured boiling enhancement coating Pending 21-Nov-2024
US-20250126184-A1 Application programming interface proxy with behavior simulation Pending 31-Oct-2024 H04L67/56
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Microsoft Signals

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Microsoft Investments & Acquisitions (650)

Microsoft’s most recent deal was a Later Stage VC with OpenAI for . The deal was made on 31-Mar-2025.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
OpenAI 31-Mar-2025 Later Stage VC Business/Productivity Software
Waste Recycling (Montgomery) 31-Mar-2025 Buyout/LBO Environmental Services (B2B)
Microsoft (157 Hectares Land in Uusimaa, Finland) 06-Mar-2025 Corporate Asset Purchase Buildings and Property
Veeam 25-Feb-2025 Corporate Business/Productivity Software
AICA 18-Feb-2025 Accelerator/Incubator Software Development Applications
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Microsoft ESG

Risk Overview

Risk Rating

Updated April, 01, 2025

17.34 | Low Risk

Risk Scale

A lower score indicates better sustainability

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0-10

Low

10-20

Med

20-30

High

30-40

Severe

40+

Exposure

Exposure refers to the extent to which a company is exposed to different material ESG issues

Management

Management is related to actions taken to manage ESG issues

Peers Analysis

Peer performance insights compare the company’s ESG performance to the performance of selected peers to help inform future ESG decisions and drive internal performance improvements.

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Subindustry

of 379

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Microsoft Exits (156)

Microsoft’s most recent exit was on 19-Jun-2024 from Centresoft (Distributors/Wholesale). The exit was categorized as with 2 buyers.

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
Centresoft (Distributors/Wholesale) 19-Jun-2024 Completed
  • 2 buyers
Humane 27-Jul-2023 Completed
  • 20 buyers
Volocopter 04-Mar-2023 Completed
  • 14 buyers
AiFlux 30-Mar-2022 Completed
Cress Health 01-Jan-2022 Seed Round Completed
  • 4 buyers
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Microsoft Affiliates

Subsidiaries (62)

Name Industry Location Year Founded
Bluesky (Business/Productivity Software) Menlo Park, CA 2022
Microsoft Climate Fund Redmond, WA 2020
Agoric Orinda, CA 2018
M12 San Francisco, CA 2016
The Marsden Group Houston, TX 2016
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Microsoft FAQs

  • When was Microsoft founded?

    Microsoft was founded in 1975.

  • Where is Microsoft headquartered?

    Microsoft is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

  • What is the size of Microsoft?

    Microsoft has 228,000 total employees.

  • What industry is Microsoft in?

    Microsoft’s primary industry is Operating Systems Software.

  • Is Microsoft a private or public company?

    Microsoft is a Public company.

  • What is Microsoft’s stock symbol?

    The ticker symbol for Microsoft is MSFT.

  • What is the current stock price of Microsoft?

    As of 17-Apr-2025 the stock price of Microsoft is $367.78.

  • What is the current market cap of Microsoft?

    The current market capitalization of Microsoft is $2.73T.

  • What is Microsoft’s current revenue?

    The trailing twelve month revenue for Microsoft is $262B.

  • Who are Microsoft’s competitors?

    ServiceNow, Alphabet, Nextiva, Teamwork, and Xentral are some of the 11 competitors of Microsoft.

  • What is Microsoft’s annual earnings per share (EPS)?

    Microsoft’s EPS for 12 months was $12.47.

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