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Microsoft Corporation
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What Microsoft Corporation is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $332 billion, up 18% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $67.0 billion, down 6.5% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $116 billion, up 80% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to June 30, 2026: $22.3 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (July 29, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Latest annual report (filed July 29, 2026): 3 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $71.4 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 6,259 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+21 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 2,542 (2,916 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
- Headlines in the last 30 days: 91, of which 6 read positive and 13 negative.Palanor headline tone
Risk events (12 months): 1 — latest OSHA inspection, May 22, 2026 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Microsoft Corporation is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Mixed
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending89th pct
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex93rd pct
- Hiring filings31st pct
- Deals and private raises40th pct
- Patent publications39th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Mixed
- Call sentiment55th pct
- Call confidence67th pct
- Guidance changes—
- Risk factors added6th pct
- Insider open-market trades36th pct
- − Risk factors added
- + Call confidence
- − Insider open-market trades
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver97th pct
- Stress filings45th pct
Credit
How these are built →Microsoft Corporation's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$107B
- Due within a year $9.2B
- Longer term $97.7B
- Default point $58.1B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
News
Microsoft Corporation: headline tone
Net share of positive headlines, trailing 28 days, −1 to +1
In the news
Headlines that name Microsoft Corporation, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- NeutralMicrosoft reportedly plans Xbox handheld in 2027, next-gen console in 2028
The Verge · Oct 20, 2026
- NeutralMicrosoft gives data centre hopefuls a pre-IPO reality check
FT Companies · Oct 20, 2026
- NeutralMicrosoft says AI agents are like insider threats as ‘frontier models can’t be trusted’
Microsoft wants enterprises to closely watch the agents employees use with systems not controlled by AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic.
TechCrunch · Oct 19, 2026
- NegativeMicrosoft Exits Nscale UK Data Center Deal Amid Power Delays
gurufocus.com · via Marketaux · Oct 19, 2026
- NeutralMicrosoft pulls plug on Nscale data centre deal
FT Companies · Oct 18, 2026
- Neutral
- NeutralMicrosoft’s new Photos app combines your PC, OneDrive, and iCloud galleries
The Verge · Oct 15, 2026
- NeutralMicrosoft says Windows 11 is now ‘more responsive’ and runs better on 8GB of RAM
The Verge · Oct 15, 2026
- NeutralBig Walk skipped Xbox to boycott Microsoft’s involvement with Israel
The Verge · Oct 15, 2026
- NeutralMicrosoft and Japan took down a cybercrime network behind over a billion scam messages
The Verge · Oct 14, 2026
- NeutralMicrosoft has a new machine learning tool to improve weather forecasts
The Verge · Oct 14, 2026
- NeutralEvery major Nvidia customer is now a competitor as Microsoft reveals new Maia chip
Axios Business · Oct 13, 2026
- NegativeMicrosoft Sues JLL For Protection Against Lawsuit At NYC Office Project
Bisnow · Oct 13, 2026
- NegativeMicrosoft expands in-house AI chips to cut costs
Palanor Wire · Oct 12, 2026
- NeutralMicrosoft president says UK is best placed to drive AI regulation
Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for urgent AI regulation, saying milk and washing machines have more oversight than AI companies.
TechCrunch · Oct 12, 2026
- NeutralMicrosoft’s new AI chip makes it less reliant on Nvidia’s GPUs
The Verge · Oct 12, 2026
- NeutralFormer Microsoft Engineer Left $200K Job to Build AI Startup Solo
businessinsider.com · via Marketaux · Oct 11, 2026
- NeutralMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella calls for 'emergency brake' on advanced AI
business-standard.com · via Marketaux · Oct 11, 2026
- NeutralMicrosoft's Nadella says assume AI models are compromised
Palanor Wire · Oct 10, 2026
- NeutralMicrosoft’s Satya Nadella says AI models need an ‘emergency brake’
In a Saturday morning post, Microsoft's CEO wrote that it’s time “to step back and assess the trust architecture” of AI.
TechCrunch · Oct 10, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (RIVENDELL GROUP LLP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 21, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (TWINLOGIC STRATEGIES, LLP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (MAYNARD NEXSEN PC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (MICROSOFT CORPORATION)third_quarter 2026 · $2.4 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (STEWART STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (PENN HILL GROUP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (TRACTION STRATEGIC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 20, 2026PatentPatent granted: Meeting VisualizerUS 12771734
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 19, 2026Trademark
- Oct 19, 2026Trademark
- Oct 12, 2026Trademark
- Sep 16, 2026Trademark
- Aug 11, 2026Trademark
- Jul 29, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)3 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Jun 5, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 22, 2026Risk event
- May 14, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Dec 8, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Dec 8, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Sep 30, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 30, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 5 removed
- Jan 22, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Dec 11, 20248-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Jul 30, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
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