Microsoft Corporation

NasdaqGS:MSFT Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.8t

Microsoft Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Microsoft's CEO is Satya Nadella, appointed in Feb 2014, has a tenure of 11.5 years. total yearly compensation is $79.11M, comprised of 3.2% salary and 96.8% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.012% of the company’s shares, worth $435.43M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 8.2 years and 8.2 years respectively.

Key information

Satya Nadella

Chief executive officer

US$79.1m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage3.16%
CEO tenure11.5yrs
CEO ownership0.01%
Management average tenure8.2yrs
Board average tenure8.2yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

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Apr 21

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Mar 26

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Mar 20

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Mar 12

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Mar 04

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Feb 26

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Feb 18

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Feb 10

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Feb 04

DeepSeek: Microsoft's Massive Value Catalyst

Jan 28

Stargate: OpenAI's Hard Takeoff And Its Implications On Microsoft

Jan 22

MSFT Market Outlook

Cloud Computing:

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Jan 14

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CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Satya Nadella's remuneration changed compared to Microsoft's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Jun 30 2025n/an/a

US$102b

Mar 31 2025n/an/a

US$97b

Dec 31 2024n/an/a

US$93b

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$91b

Jun 30 2024US$79mUS$3m

US$88b

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$86b

Dec 31 2023n/an/a

US$83b

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$77b

Jun 30 2023US$49mUS$3m

US$72b

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$69b

Dec 31 2022n/an/a

US$67b

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

US$70b

Jun 30 2022US$55mUS$3m

US$73b

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

US$72b

Dec 31 2021n/an/a

US$71b

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$68b

Jun 30 2021US$50mUS$3m

US$61b

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$56b

Dec 31 2020n/an/a

US$51b

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

US$47b

Jun 30 2020US$44mUS$3m

US$44b

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

US$46b

Dec 31 2019n/an/a

US$44b

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

US$41b

Jun 30 2019US$43mUS$2m

US$39b

Compensation vs Market: Satya's total compensation ($USD79.11M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD13.58M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Satya's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.

CEO

Satya Nadella (58 yo)

11.5yrs
Tenure
US$79,106,183
Compensation

Mr. Satya Nadella is Chief Executive Officer and Director of Microsoft Corporation since February 04, 2014 and has been its Chairman since June 2021. Before being named CEO in February 2014, he held leader...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Satya Nadella
Chairman & CEO11.5yrsUS$79.11m0.012%
$ 435.4m
Bradford Smith
President & Vice Chairman9.9yrsUS$23.44m0.0054%
$ 201.9m
Amy Hood
Executive VP & CFO12.3yrsUS$25.80m0.0062%
$ 232.8m
Judson Althoff
Executive VP & Chief Commercial Officerno dataUS$23.05m0.0013%
$ 49.7m
Carolina Dybeck Happe
Executive VP & COOless than a yearno datano data
Alice Jolla
Corporate VP & Chief Accounting Officer5.1yrsno data0.00094%
$ 35.4m
Jonathan Neilson
Vice President of Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Hossein Nowbar
Chief Legal Officerno datano datano data
Frank Shaw
Chief Communications Officer16yrsno datano data
Takeshi Numoto
Executive VP & Chief Marketing Officer1.8yrsno data0.00053%
$ 20.0m
Keith Dolliver
VP, Deputy General Counsel of Corporate8.2yrsno datano data
Amy Coleman
Executive VP & Chief Human Resources Officerless than a yearno data0.00057%
$ 21.5m
8.2yrs
Average Tenure
53.5yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: MSFT's management team is seasoned and experienced (8.2 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Satya Nadella
Chairman & CEO11.5yrsUS$79.11m0.012%
$ 435.4m
Alexander Nygart
Member of Advertising Advisory Board4.3yrsno datano data
Charles Scharf
Independent Director10.8yrsUS$360.00k0.00061%
$ 23.0m
John Stanton
Independent Director11.1yrsUS$375.00k0.0011%
$ 43.3m
Reid Hoffman
Independent Director8.4yrsUS$360.00k0.00021%
$ 7.9m
Penny Pritzker
Independent Director7.8yrsUS$385.00k0.00016%
$ 6.0m
Sandra Peterson
Lead Independent Director9.7yrsUS$440.00k0.000070%
$ 2.6m
Carlos Rodriguez
Independent Director3.8yrsUS$410.00kno data
Mark Mason
Independent Director1.7yrsUS$180.00k0.000020%
$ 753.3k
Hugh Johnston
Independent Director7.9yrsUS$405.00k0.00011%
$ 4.1m
Teri List-Stoll
Independent Director10.8yrsUS$390.00k0.000030%
$ 1.1m
Emma Walmsley
Independent Director5.7yrsUS$360.00k0.00013%
$ 4.9m
8.2yrs
Average Tenure
61yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: MSFT's board of directors are considered experienced (8.2 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/08/28 13:44
End of Day Share Price 2025/08/27 00:00
Earnings2025/06/30
Annual Earnings2025/06/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Microsoft Corporation is covered by 99 analysts. 52 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Harshit GuptaAccountability Research Corporation
Kadambari DaptardarAccountability Research Corporation
Adam ShepherdArete Research Services LLP