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MICROSOFT CORPORATION against its own record and its peers
Operating marginPeer median 0.9%46.8%Revenue, on the yearPeer median 13.0%17.8%Equity of assetsPeer median 50.0%58.3%Return on equityPeer median 2.3%30.2%Payout of profitPeer median 30.6%19.8%Gold tick: the median of 11–136 peers with $50M+ revenue in services-prepackaged software
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Handed back now, or kept to compound
Of each dollar of profit19.8% paid out80.2% keptHanded back per share$3.64up 16 years runningGrowth its own profit can fund24.3%retained x return on equityRevenue growth it managed17.8%last year, for comparison

Gold is paid out to shareholders; navy is kept in the business. Retained profit times return on equity is the pace a company can fund from itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.

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