XNYS · Information Technology Services
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$229.55-3.45%
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Valuation methods
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TickerWhale Score
36/100
Weak
Score components
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International Business Machines scores 36 out of 100 overall, which we rate weak. Quality & growth is its strongest area and Technical its weakest.
What helps
- Quality & growth
What to watch
- Technical
- Valuation
- Risk
Quality & growth
30%69Positive
- Revenue growth 7.9%
- EPS growth 81.6%
Valuation
25%24Weak
- P/E 20.4
- EV/Sales 4.0
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.
#54 by market cap in our coverage · ~287,000 employees · Listed 1949-01-28 · www.ibm.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#186 / 207sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 36 vs sector average 53.5 (-17.5)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 47%
Gross margin (industry)Top 11%
Return on equity (industry)Top 18%
P/E (industry)Pricier than 69%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
16/100Weak vs universe
Ranks 16th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 27/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
2 buy · 3 sell · 3 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates IBM's technical setup weak — 16th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
0 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day-11.6%
- vs 50-day-1.1%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)44 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rbuy
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength12· weak trend
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.014)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 0 buy vs 9 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 2 buy · 2 sell · 3 neutral.
Result — 2 buy vs 3 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)20.4
- P/S (TTM)3.2
- P/B6.4
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales4.0
- PEG—
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin58.1%
- Net margin15.5%
- ROE31.8%
- Debt/Equity1.80
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)7.9%
- EPS growth (YoY)81.6%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $218.8B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
| Metric | Dec '25 | Dec '24 | Dec '23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $67.5B | $62.8B | $61.9B |
| Gross profit | $39.3B | $35.6B | $34.3B |
| Operating income | $12.3B | $7.5B | $10.3B |
| Net income | $10.6B | $6.0B | $7.5B |
| EPS (diluted) | $11.16 | $6.43 | $8.14 |
| Free cash flow | $11.6B | $12.3B | $12.4B |
| Cash | $13.6B | $14.2B | $13.1B |
| Total debt | $64.6B | $58.4B | $59.9B |
| Equity | $32.6B | $27.3B | $22.5B |
| Net debt | $51.0B | $44.2B | $46.8B |
| Debt / equity | 1.98 | 2.14 | 2.66 |
| Liabilities / assets | 0.78 | 0.80 | 0.83 |
Fundamentals are stored revised/latest (ADR-009): each period reflects the most recent vendor refresh, NOT point-in-time as-reported values. Do not use this series to claim what was known on a past date.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBMCurrentInternational Business Machines | 36 | 27 | 20.4 | — | 6.4 | 4.0 | $229.55 | -3.45% | +7.9% | ||
| MSFTMicrosoft | 79 | 67 | 27.5 | — | 8.3 | 11.1 | $493.78 | -0.80% | +17.8% | ||
| MUMicron Technology | 77 | 57 | 23.0 | — | 11.5 | 12.7 | $1,015.80 | +3.92% | +167.0% | ||
| NVDANVIDIA | 77 | 68 | 28.0 | — | 23.6 | 17.9 | $222.27 | +1.34% | +83.4% | ||
| NTNXNutanix Inc - | 76 | 73 | 13.6 | — | 29.1 | 7.4 | $69.80 | -0.24% | +12.4% | ||
| DUOLDuolingo Inc - | 75 | 50 | 17.3 | — | 5.0 | 5.2 | $141.90 | -3.54% | +29.4% |
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