CRM vs MSFT
Salesforce, Inc. and Microsoft Corp., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | CRM | MSFT |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $41.5B | $331.8B |
| Net income | $7.5B | $133.7B |
| Gross margin | 77.7% | 67.9% |
| Net margin | 18.0% | 40.3% |
| Return on equity | 12.4% | 34.0% |
| Diluted EPS | $7.80 | $17.95 |
| Dividend / share | — | $3.64 |
| Payout ratio | 21.3% | 19.8% |
| Free cash flow | $14.4B | $67.0B |
| Equity | $59.1B | $442.4B |
| Net debt / equity | 0.12× | 0.04× |
| Current ratio | 0.76× | 1.23× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 14.3% | 14.6% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | 12.9% | 16.9% |
MSFT bills 8.0× the revenue of CRM, and keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (40.3% against 18.0%).
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
Revenue by year
10 years side by side
| Fiscal year | CRM | MSFT |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $41.5B | $331.8B |
| FY2024 | $37.9B | $281.7B |
| FY2023 | $34.9B | $245.1B |
| FY2022 | $31.4B | $211.9B |
| FY2021 | $26.5B | $198.3B |
| FY2020 | $21.3B | $168.1B |
| FY2019 | $17.1B | $143.0B |
| FY2018 | $13.3B | $125.8B |
| FY2017 | $10.5B | $110.4B |
| FY2016 | $8.4B | $96.6B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | CRM | MSFT |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $7.5B | $133.7B |
| FY2024 | $6.2B | $101.8B |
| FY2023 | $4.1B | $88.1B |
| FY2022 | $208.0M | $72.4B |
| FY2021 | $1.4B | $72.7B |
| FY2020 | $4.1B | $61.3B |
| FY2019 | $126.0M | $44.3B |
| FY2018 | $1.1B | $39.2B |
| FY2017 | $360.0M | $16.6B |
| FY2016 | $323.0M | $25.5B |
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