International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) Stock

About International Business Machines Corporation

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) delivers comprehensive technology solutions and services across the globe. The company's operations are structured into four primary segments: Software, Consulting, Infrastructure, and Financing. The Software division provides hybrid cloud platforms and a range of software offerings, including Red Hat's enterprise open-source solutions. It also develops software for business automation, AIOps and management, integration, and application servers, in addition to data and artificial intelligence tools. This segment further supplies security software and services for threat, data, and identity management, and offers critical transaction processing software that supports essential on-premise workloads for industries such as banking, airlines, and retail. The Consulting arm delivers business transformation services, which encompass strategy development, business process design and operational improvements, data and analytics insights, and system integration. It additionally provides technology consulting and specialized application and cloud platform services. IBM's Infrastructure segment offers both on-premises and cloud-based server and storage solutions, specifically tailored for clients' crucial and regulated operations. It also extends support and solutions for hybrid cloud infrastructure, alongside remanufacturing and remarketing services for used equipment. The Financing segment provides various financial services, such as leasing, installment payment plans, loan financing, and short-term working capital solutions. Originally established in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co., the company is now known as International Business Machines Corporation and maintains its headquarters in Armonk, New York.

International Business Machines Corporation is led by CEO Arvind Krishna, employs 270,300 people, headquartered in Armonk, US, publicly traded since 1915.

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) stock trades at $235.92 with a market capitalization of $222.27B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.22, price-to-book of 8.26, price-to-sales of 3.96. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $200.50 and $332.46, and currently trades 29.0% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.33%.

On profitability, International Business Machines Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 35.54% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 9.71%, an operating margin of 16.36%, a net profit margin of 15.61%.

In its most recent fiscal year, International Business Machines Corporation reported annual revenue of $67.5B, net profit of $10.6B, revenue has compounded at 4.1% a year over the last five years, profit at 13.6% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.12 — a leveraged balance sheet worth monitoring, a current ratio of 0.80, total assets of $151.9B, $13.6B in cash and equivalents.

IBM has an average daily trading volume of 11,160,000 shares, a beta of 0.68 (less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.ibm.com