IBM is a information technology service company located in New York, United States, which is part of the Technology sector, and is traded under the ticker IBM on the NYSE exchange.
IBM stock last closed at $290.14, down 0.1% from the previous day, and has increased 64.4% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Information Technology Services industry by 0.58 percentage points. IBM stock is currently +64.27% from its 52-week low of $176.62, and -2.03% from its 52-week high of $296.16.
At the moment, there are 929.4M IBM shares outstanding. The market capitalization of IBM is $269.66B. In the last 24 hours, 2.97M IBM shares were traded.
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Out of 11 Wall Street analysts who track IBM, the consensus analyst rating on IBM is a Buy
It's important to keep in mind that analyst ratings are not recommendations, nor are they investment advice.
Erik Woodring, a top 14% analyst from Morgan Stanley maintains IBM with a hold rating and lowers their IBM price target from $237.00 to $233.00, on Apr 24, 2025.
Morgan Stanley's Erik Woodring lowered their price target on IBM (NYSE: IBM) by 1.7% from $237 to $233 on 2025/04/24. The analyst maintained their Hold rating on the stock.
IBM reported its Q1 2025 earnings.
Cutting their price target in response, Woodring highlighted that the company's Software segment missed consensus in the quarter after several quarters of outperformance.
Acknowledging that one quarterly miss "doesn't make a trend," the analyst cautioned that execution "will have to be flawless" to maintain IBM's premium valuation.
Free cash flow upside is expected this year if the U.S. dollar remains weak, Woodring added.
For Q1 2025, IBM reported:
Management guided:
For Q2 2025:
For FY 2025:
Chairman, President & CEO Arvind Krishna commented: “We exceeded expectations for revenue, profitability and free cash flow in the quarter, led by strength across our Software portfolio.
"There continues to be strong demand for generative AI and our book of business stands at more than $6 billion inception-to-date, up more than $1 billion in the quarter.
"We remain bullish on the long-term growth opportunities for technology and the global economy.
"While the macroeconomic environment is fluid, based on what we know today, we are maintaining our full-year expectations for revenue growth and free cash flow."
Brent Thill, a top 2% analyst from Jefferies maintains IBM with a hold rating and lowers their IBM price target from $270.00 to $265.00, on Mar 31, 2025.
Param Singh, a top 37% analyst from Oppenheimer initiates coverage on IBM with a buy rating and announces their IBM price target of $320.00, on Feb 11, 2025.
Brian Essex, a top 8% analyst from JP Morgan maintains IBM with a hold rating and raises their IBM price target from $233.00 to $244.00, on Jan 30, 2025.
Keith Bachman, a top 1% analyst from BMO Capital maintains IBM with a hold rating and raises their IBM price target from $260.00 to $280.00, on Jan 30, 2025.
You can dig deeper into what analysts are saying on the IBM stock forecast page.
Last year, IBM earnings were $5.47B. Over the past 5 year, IBM's earnings have increased by -10.23% per year. This was slower than the Information Technology Services industry average of 8.79%.
Last year, IBM revenue was $62.83B. Over the last 5 year, IBM's revenue has increased by 1.93% per year. This was slower than the Information Technology Services industry average of 5.56%.
You can analyze IBM's earnings and revenue performance here.
Over the last 12 months, insiders at IBM have sold more shares than they have bought.
Anne Robinson, Senior Vice President of IBM, was the latest IBM insider to sell. They sold $1,428,156.20 worth of IBM shares on Jul 1, 2025.
Learn more about who owns IBM stock here.
IBM pays a dividend of 2.31%, compared to the Information Technology Services industry's average dividend yield of 2.63%. If you owned $1,000 of IBM stock, you would have received $23.06 last year.
IBM dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
Dig into more analysis about IBM dividend yield and history here.
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