MSFT
MICROSOFT CORPSector: Technology · Industry: Software - Application · Data as of 2025-07-30
MICROSOFT CORP is questionable — not because of its finances, but because of what it sells.
It clears the financial screens: debt vs. market cap is 1.32% against a 33% limit, and interest income vs. revenue is 0.24% against a 5% limit. Nothing in the arithmetic is close to a threshold.
Flagged questionable by first-party editorial review: Curated gray-area review: gaming/interactive-entertainment content (incl. Activision Blizzard titles) includes mature/gambling-adjacent elements that raise business-activity concerns beyond what our quantitative screen captures. Interest income ~0.94% of revenue, so not ratio-driven. Passes our quantitative screen but downgraded to 'questionable'. Reasonable people may disagree, which is why it is labelled rather than folded silently into the score.
Screening standard
The evidence
| Test | Figure | Limit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passed: Business activityBusiness activity is compliant. | compliant | ||
| Passed: Debt vs. market capinterest-bearing debt / market cap = 1.32% (< 33% limit). | 1.32% | < 33.00% | |
| Passed: Interest income vs. revenueinterest income / total revenue = 0.24% (< 5% limit). | 0.24% | < 5.00% | |
| Passed: Cash & interest-bearing assets vs. market cap(cash + interest-bearing securities) / market cap = 2.88% (< 33% limit). | 2.88% | < 33.00% |
Every number, sourced
Figures read directly from SEC EDGAR XBRL facts. Don't trust us — verify.
| Figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Total revenueRevenue from contract with customer excluding assessed tax | $281.7B | |
| Interest-bearing debtLong term debt | $43.2B | |
| Cash & interest-bearing securities2 components | $94.6B | |
| Interest incomeInvestment income interest and dividend | $677.0M | |
| Total assetsAssets | $619.0B | |
| ReceivablesAccounts receivable net current | $69.9B | |
| Shares outstandingEntity common stock shares outstanding | 7.4B shares | |
| Priceyahoo:24mo-trailing-avg | $441.671 |
Price
Values & Controversies
Separate from the shariah verdict above — always.
Flagged. Official BNC priority target. BDS Movement's official "Consumer boycott priority targets" list (bdsmovement.net), listed as "Microsoft".
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