International Business Machines (IBM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

International Business Machines Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated solutions and services worldwide. The company operates through Software, Consulting, Infrastructure, and Financing segments. The Software segment offers a hybrid cloud and AI platforms that allows clients to realize their digital and AI transformations across the applications, data, and environments in which they operate. The Consulting segment focuses on skills integration for strategy, experience, technology, and operations by domain and industry. The Infrastructure segment provides on-premises and cloud based server, and storage solutions, as well as life-cycle services for hybrid cloud infrastructure deployment. The Financing segment offers client and commercial financing, facilitates IBM clients' acquisition of hardware, software, and services. The company has a strategic partnership to various companies including hyperscalers, service providers, global system integrators, and software and hardware vendors that includes Adobe, Amazon Web services, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Samsung Electronics and SAP, and others. The company was formerly known as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. International Business Machines Corporation was incorporated in 1911 and is headquartered in Armonk, New York.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $242.00 to $245.96
• 50-Day Range: $234.41 to $294.64
• 52-Week Range: $197.49 to $296.16
• Volume: 3.70 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.72 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $227.88 billion
• P/E Ratio: 39.80
• Dividend Yield: 2.74%
• Price Target: $268.75
• Consensus Rating: Hold

International Business Machines Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

International Business Machines scored higher than 93% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 68th out of 664 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

International Business Machines has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.47, and is based on 8 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

International Business Machines has been the subject of 10 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.61%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for International Business Machines are expected to grow by 7.61% in the coming year, from $10.78 to $11.60 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of International Business Machines is 39.84, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.60.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of International Business Machines is 39.84, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 55.78.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

International Business Machines has a PEG Ratio of 3.69. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

International Business Machines has a P/B Ratio of 8.26. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.68% of the float of International Business Machines has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

International Business Machines has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in International Business Machines has recently decreased by 13.61%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

International Business Machines pays a meaningful dividend of 2.81%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

International Business Machines has been increasing its dividend for 30 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of International Business Machines is 109.09%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, International Business Machines will have a dividend payout ratio of 57.93% next year. This indicates that International Business Machines will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.75

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.68% of the float of International Business Machines has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

International Business Machines has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in International Business Machines has recently decreased by 13.61%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.07

News Sentiment

International Business Machines has a news sentiment score of 1.07. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.94 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 77 news articles for International Business Machines this week, compared to 46 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 160 people have searched for IBM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -5% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

86 people have added International Business Machines to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 56% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, International Business Machines insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.18% of the stock of International Business Machines is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

58.96% of the stock of International Business Machines is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

IBM Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have IBM shares performed this year?

International Business Machines' stock was trading at $219.83 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, IBM shares have increased by 11.5% and is now trading at $245.1580.

How were International Business Machines' earnings last quarter?

International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 23rd. The technology company reported $2.80 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.65 by $0.15. International Business Machines's quarterly revenue was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does International Business Machines have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of International Business Machines: Neudesic, Sentaca, Envizi, SXiQ, ReaQta, McD Tech Labs, Bluetab Solutions, and others.

Who are International Business Machines' major shareholders?

International Business Machines' top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.23%), State Street Corp (5.87%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.36%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.77%). Insiders that own company stock include Robert David Thomas, Nickle Jaclyn Lamoreaux, Bene Robert F Del and David N Farr.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of International Business Machines?

Shares of IBM stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of International Business Machines own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that International Business Machines investors own include Chevron (CVX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Walmart (WMT), Tesla (TSLA) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/10 Dividend: 5/09/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/10/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/23/2025
• Record date for 9/10 Dividend: 8/08/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 9/10 Dividend: 8/08/2025
• Today: 8/27/2025
• Dividend Payable: 9/10/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/22/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: COMP - INTEGT SYS
• Sub-Industry: IT Consulting & Other Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:IBM
• CIK: 51143
• Web: www.ibm.com
• Phone: (914) 499-1900
• Fax: 914-765-6021
• Employees: 293,400
• Year Founded: 1911

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for International Business Machines: $268.75
• High Price Target: $325.00
• Low Price Target: $200.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.47
• Research Coverage: 19 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.16
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 39.35
• Forward P/E Ratio: 22.49
• P/E Growth: 3.69
• Net Income: $6.02 billion
• Net Margins: 9.11%
• Pretax Margin: 9.77%
• Return on Equity: 37.62%
• Return on Assets: 7.08%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.00
• Current Ratio: 0.91
• Quick Ratio: 0.87

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $62.75 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.59
• Cash Flow: $15.71 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.43
• Book Value: $29.68 per share
• Price / Book: 8.17

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 929,400,000
• Free Float: 927,724,000
• Market Cap: $225.28 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.69