Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

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Microsoft Corporation Return on Invested Capital: 32.21%

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MSFT Return on Invested Capital Rankings

Overall	96th percentile	162 of 4163
Sector	96th percentile	30 of 764 in Technology
Industry	94th percentile	4 of 78 in Application Software

MSFT Return on Invested Capital Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum	32.21%	Mar 2012
Maximum	51.55%	Jun 2008
Average	41.52%

About Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)

ROIC is an acronym for "Return on Invested Capital", and it is a concept that doesn't have a fixed definition. In YCharts, it is the net income that a company earned as a percentage of all of the capital given to a company by shareholders and debt holders. It is a ratio that tries to answer the question: "If I gave $1 to this company, how much money could the company earn by investing that $1?" A ROIC of 5% means that the company can return $0.05 per dollar invested.

ROIC is often considered a more reasonable estimate of managerial performance than Return on Equity (ROE) because it takes into account investments by debt holders, which should be invested to increase net income.

It is also more reasonable than Return on Assets (ROA) because it only assumes that capital which was "invested" into the company can be used to earn income.
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MSFT News

CEO Praise of the Week: Apple
May 30, 7:12PM Fool

Looking to buy Jun calls on $MSFT @ 28.00
about 2 hours ago by Mrode

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James Altucher Article Sends Neonode Soaring
May 30, 1:41PM Benzinga

RT @kodiaq Does anyone have a good source for indicies ex- $AAPL $MSFT or $IBM?//$spy, $qqq
about 7 hours ago by KillerSgt

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May 30, 12:58PM Fool

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CA Technologies' 4% Dividend Yield Leads Tech Sector’s New Emphasis on Income http://stks.co/4286 $CA $MSFT $INTC $IBM $ORCL $VMW $BMC
about 8 hours ago by ycharts

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Still a Bear Market http://stks.co/41w8 $KFT $MCD $MRK $MSFT $PFE $KO
about 11 hours ago by LouisEbner

$msft Good support at 29.20, like to pop to the close for short.
about 11 hours ago by Spus

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I don't see how $AOL gets 1B from $MSFT and goes up 25% and $YHOO gets 7B from Alibaba and stays flat. #AOLmanipulation
about 13 hours ago by dstarsboy

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Current $RIMM issues, Samsung family issues could be great for $NOK . Seems like most obv partner for $FB via $MSFT
about a day ago by hweiss01

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about a day ago by Khaledmrd

RIM Could be a game changer with Microsoft or Google or Apple, imagine Blackberry & BBM on Windows 8 or Android or iOS $AAPL $MSFT $GOOG
about a day ago by Khaledmrd

why doesn't $MSFT buy $rimm already, they could convert people over to windows phone
about a day ago by PeteO

$RIMM seriously who would buy $RIMM??? If i was CEO of $MSFT or $FB I still wouldn't bid in on it at $3........
about a day ago by BiopharmaPro

@MishaMilishka Not even desperate $MSFT or $FB would buy $RIMM.... Just ewwwww at the thought of it!!!
about a day ago by BiopharmaPro

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about a day ago by wsmco

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about a day ago by ScottAdams_Edit

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Gartner Research - Last year was the first time smartphone sales exceeded pc sales 472m vs 353m. $AAPL $HPQ $MSFT $DELL
about a day ago by sld1986

$msft opening into major resistance at 29.50.Looking for pullback to 29.25 to try long.Clears 29.50 and no resistance until 29.88.
about a day ago by Spus

Nomura Securities Maintains a 'Buy' on Microsoft (MSFT); Windows 8 and E3 Preview
May 29, 8:53AM Street Insider

RT @MParekh Tough to kill: As of 4/12, 46% of PCs in the world were running 10-yrs old #WindowsXP vs. 36.67% on http://stks.co/40V4 $MSFT
about 2 days ago by howardlindzon

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about 2 days ago by OspreyFlyer

Validea model portfolios based on Buffett etc are flashing buy right now on these techies $ORCL $GIB.A.CA $MSFT $TECD http://stks.co/40RF
about 2 days ago by eyeonequities

it is one of the reasons why machines have a difficulty interacting with humans in a natural way http://stks.co/40Pd $AAPL $GOOG $MSFT
about 2 days ago by sarfralogy

$RIMM people leaving, layoffs... sale ahead? joint bid by $FB (hardware, OS, messenger) and $MSFT (BBN, enterprise, security) would be ideal
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