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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 margin77.7%67.9%
Net margin18.0%40.3%
Return on equity12.4%34.0%
Diluted EPS$7.80$17.95
Dividend / share$3.64
Payout ratio21.3%19.8%
Free cash flow$14.4B$67.0B
Equity$59.1B$442.4B
Net debt / equity0.12×0.04×
Current ratio0.76×1.23×
Revenue CAGR 5y14.3%14.6%
Profit CAGR 5y12.9%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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