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About IBM

Incorporated in 1911, International Business Machines, or IBM, is one of the oldest technology companies in the world. It provides software, IT consulting services, and hardware to help business customers modernize their technology workflows. IBM operates in 175 countries and employs approximately 300,000 people. The company has a robust roster of business partners to service its clients, which includes 95% of all Fortune 500 companies. IBM's products, including Red Hat, watsonx, and mainframes, handle some of the world's most important data workloads in areas like finance and retail.
Ticker
$IBM
Sector
Business services
Primary listing
NYSE
Employees
264,300
Headquarters
Armonk, United States
Website
www.ibm.com

IBM Metrics

BasicAdvanced
$244B
21.99
$11.72
0.72
$6.74
2.62%

What the Analysts think about IBM

Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for IBM stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of IBM stock.

Bulls say / Bears say

IBM’s third-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings beat analysts’ expectations, and it raised its software growth forecast to 7%–8%. This suggests the software business is recovering from the deal delays that hurt the previous quarter. (Reuters)
IBM’s software growth is being led by businesses with strong momentum: Red Hat’s hybrid-cloud revenue rose 11%, OpenShift annual recurring revenue grew more than 30%, and Data revenue rose 20%. These results support the case that IBM’s software portfolio can outgrow the wider company. (IBM)
IBM raised its full-year free-cash-flow outlook to more than $1 billion of year-on-year growth after third-quarter free cash flow rose by $700 million. Stronger cash generation gives the company more room to invest and return money to shareholders. (IBM)
IBM cut its 2026 revenue-growth forecast from above 5% to 4%–5% in July and left that range unchanged after its third-quarter beat. The outlook points to modest overall growth despite the software recovery. (Reuters, IBM)
Some of the software rebound came from deals deferred from the previous quarter: analysts attributed about $250 million of growth to those deals. IBM’s chief executive also said transaction-processing growth was unlikely to continue at the same pace, raising doubts about how much of the rebound will persist. (Reuters)
IBM spent $11.4 billion on acquisitions year to date, while total debt rose to $63.8 billion and cash and marketable securities fell by $3.4 billion from year-end. That combination increases the financial burden of its acquisition-led growth strategy. (IBM)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 28 Oct 2026.

IBM Financial Performance

Revenues and expenses
Income statement
QuarterlyAnnual
Q3 24
QoQ growth
Revenue
Net income
Profit margin

IBM Earnings Performance

Company profitability
Earnings per share
QuarterlyAnnual
Q4 23
Q1 24
Q2 24
Q3 24
Q4 24
Actual
Expected
Surprise

IBM News

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Approaching Earnings Season, Are Pure Play Quantum Stocks Still a Good Bet?

MarketBeat6 days ago

3 Tech Stocks Suffering Steep Post-Earnings Slides

Schaeffers Research2 weeks ago

IBM maintains full-year outlook as software growth lifts margins

Proactive Investors2 weeks ago

Funds containing IBM

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Funds
Fund name
Fund size
$IBM weighting
iShares Quantum Computing£QANT
$73M9.76%
iShares Blockchain Technology£BLKC
$304M5.20%
VanEck Quantum Computing€QUTM
$812M5.02%
Vaneck Quantum Computing£QNTG
$812M5.02%
iShares AI Infrastructure€AIFS
$1.3B4.12%
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