This slideshow breaks down how the software giant spent $91 billion in revenue over the last 12 months.

1. Microsoft's Billions
How the software giant spends its revenue

2. $91billionMicrosoft's revenue (ttm)

3. $100 billion
$91 billion
$78 billion
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If Microsoft were a country...

4. The S&P 500 Companies, Ranked by Revenue
Microsoft:
26th
$500
Billion

5. Not all of this falls to the bottom line.

6. 70%
Where does Microsoft's revenue go?
$91
Billion
Expenses ate up $72.7 billion.$72.7 billion

7. Where does Microsoft's revenue go?
70%
5%
$91
Billion
Taxes accounted for another $5.9 billion.$5.9 billion

8. Where does Microsoft's revenue go?
70%
5%
25%
$91
Billion
Leaving net income of $12.3 billion

9. Where does Microsoft's revenue go?
70%
5%
10%
25%
$91
Billion
From this, it paid dividends totalling $10.1 billion

10. Where does Microsoft's revenue go?
70%
5%
10%
15%
25%
$91
Billion
And bought back common stock worth $15.7 billion
And bought back common stock worth $15.7 billion, yielding
a total payout ratio well over 100%.

11. Interesting
observations3

12. $19.1B
$8.5B
$5.9B
$5.1B $4.5B
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The 10 Biggest Corporate Taxpayers in America
Based on income tax provisions, trailing twelve months
First, Microsoft pays more in taxes than the vast
majority of companies.

13. Second, Microsoft enjoys wider profit
margins than the typical large cap stock.
20%
Microsoft's pretax
operating margin (ttm)
17%
Median pretax operating
margin of the 100 biggest
S&P 500 companies (ttm)

14. 0%
2,000%
4,000%
6,000%
8,000%
10,000%
12,000%
14,000%
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Microsoft's
stock
S&P 500
Which, third,
helps explain…

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