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IBM

NYQ:IBM US4592001014
45
  • Value
    82
  • Growth
    47
  • Safety
    Safety
    27
  • Combined
    40
  • Sentiment
    51
  • 360° View
    360° View
    45
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Company Description

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) provides global hybrid cloud, AI, and consulting expertise. Its main businesses include Software (hybrid cloud and AI platforms), Consulting (strategy, experience, technology, and operations), Infrastructure (hybrid cloud server and storage solutions, life-cycle services), and Financing. It helps clients in more than 175 countries. In the last fiscal year, the company had 293400 employees, a market cap of $262740 million, profits of $35552 million, and revenue of $62753 million.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 45 (better than 45% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock IBM are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for IBM. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 82, which means that the share price of IBM is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 82% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 51, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 51% of alternative investment opportunities. But the consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 47, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 27, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 73 comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Leverage
Weakest Rank Profit Growth
Country USA
Industry IT Consulting & oth. Services
Size Large
Website ibm.com
Index
Dow Jones
S&P 500
Artificial Intelligence
Renewables Users
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
82 79 91 95
Growth
47 43 21 43
Safety
Safety
27 41 44 18
Sentiment
51 81 68 81
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45 77 67 75
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
26 40 27 9
Opinions Change
43 52 50 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 81 74 95
Market Pulse
94 90 85 84
Sentiment
51 81 68 81
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
82 79 91 95
Growth
47 43 21 43
Safety Safety
27 41 44 18
Combined
40 56 53 48
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
49 50 61 82
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
47 56 75 90
Price vs. Book (P/B)
38 29 45 47
Dividend Yield
95 99 100 100
Value
82 79 91 95
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
27 30 22 1
Profit Growth
96 25 24 55
Capital Growth
30 55 32 50
Stock Returns
53 73 53 73
Growth
47 43 21 43
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
19 23 24 13
Refinancing
35 27 17 5
Liquidity
67 76 80 78
Safety Safety
27 41 44 18

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With good value and positive sentiment, but low growth and risky financing, this combination is generally dangerous as debt requires growth to sustain it. Only investors with a strong belief in future growth potential and a high-risk tolerance should consider this stock.

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