IBM
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM)
$140.01
Key Stats
$139.31
Day's Range
$141.5
$111.84
52-Week Range
$144.73
| Returns | |
| 1 month return | 1.26% |
| 3 month return | 8.38% |
| 1 year return | 1.74% |
| 5 year return | 2.67% |
Company Information
International Business Machines Corp (IBM) is a New York, US-based company founded by Charles Ranlett Flint. Flint started the company in 1911 as the Computing Tabulating Recording Company. It was renamed IBM in 1924.
The company has operations in 170 countries. It came out with its IPO in January 2015. IBM manufactures and sells computer software and hardware. It also offers application, process design and operations, technology consulting and support, cloud, digital workplace and network services, strategy, and design solutions.
IBM operates in four segments: Cloud & Cognitive Software, Systems, Global Financing and Global Business Services. The Cloud & Cognitive Software segment offers data, artificial intelligence and secure cloud solutions. The Systems segment equips clients with infrastructure platforms for hybrid multi-cloud and enterprise AI workloads. This segment collaborates with IBM Research to design advanced semiconductor and systems technology.
The Global Financing segment is engaged in remanufacturing, remarketing and financing mainly through IBM Credit LLC. The Global Business Services segment offers consulting, business process and application management services.
The company has a strong footprint in the area of research. IBM holds the record for most annual US patents by a business for 28 consecutive years (as of 2020). Some of its notable inventions include the Automated Teller Machine (ATM), the hard disk drive, the floppy disk, the SQL programming language, and the UPC barcode.
IBM is amongst the 30 companies included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company is one of the world's largest employers, with 70% of its employees based overseas. The company is nicknamed Big Blue owing to their blue logo and the blue suits with white shirts dress code followed by the employees.
Currently International Business Machines Corp. has a market cap of $128.44 Billion. It has a P.E ratio of 22.92. The shares of International Business Machines Corp. are trading at $141.19.
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| Organization | International Business Machines Corp. |
| Employees | 345900 |
| CEO | Virginia Rometty |
| Industry | Technology Services |
Analyst Recommendation
based on 27 analysts ratings
Hold
33%
Buy
55%
Hold
11%
Sell
Based on 27 Wall street analysts offering stock ratings for International Business Machines Corp.(by analysts ranked 0 to 5 stars)
Analyst Forecast
What analysts predicted
Upside of 4.28%Current
$141.19
Target
$147.23
Recommendation Trend
Based on 27 analyst
| Current | 1M Ago | 3M Ago | |
| Buy | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Hold | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Sell | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Consensus | HOLD | HOLD | HOLD |
Company Financials
Highlights
| Market Capitalization | 121.1B |
| Book Value | 21.05 |
| Dividend Share | 6.56 |
| Dividend Yield | 6.56 |
| Earnings Share | 6.35 |
| PE Ratio | 21.2726 |
| PEG Ratio | 1.54 |
| Wall Street Target Price | 144.16 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 21.27 |
| Forward PE | 14.06 |
| Price/Sales (ttm) | 2.11 |
| Price/Book (mrq) | 6.57 |
| Enterprise Value | 172.2B |
| Enterprise Value/Revenue | 3.2 |
| Enterprise Value/Ebitda | 14.66 |
Technicals
| Beta | 1.1 |
| 50 Day MA | 128.28 |
| 200 Day MA | 129.75 |
Sustainability
| Rating Date | 2019-01-01 |
| Total Esg | 17.23 |
| Total Esg Percentile | 14.12 |
| Environment Score | 0.91 |
| Environment Score Percentile | 1.0 |
| Social Score | 7.08 |
| Social Score Percentile | 1.0 |
| Governance Score | 5.75 |
| GovernanceScorePercentile | 1.0 |
| Controversy Level | 2.0 |
Institutional Holdings
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5.98%
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1.81%
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1.71%
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1.17%
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IBM Earnings for Q4 (2021): Key Highlights
Revenue
The company reported a revenue of $16.70 billion in Q4 beating street estimates of $15.96 billion. The revenue from operations increased 6.5% year-on-year. In constant currency terms, the revenue was up 8.6%.
Segment Revenue
The revenue from the Hybrid cloud business increased by 16% to $6.2 billion. Software in Q4 brought in revenue of $7.3 billion, an increase of 8.2%. Within Software, Hybrid Platform & Solutions was up 7%. That includes Red Hat(up 19%), Automation (up 13%), Data & AI (up 1%) and Security (down 2%).
Net income rises
The net income increased by 72% from $2.33 billion in Q3. The Earning Per Share was $3.35 (adjusted), which was higher than a street estimate of $3.30. The gross margins decreased from 58.9% to 56.9%.
Target Price
The 16 analysts offering 12-month price forecasts for International Business Machines Corp have a median target of 144.26, with a high estimate of 164.29 and a low estimate of 115.00. IBM's shares closed 1.35% down at $134.26 on Wednesday.