Stock Research: IBM

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IBM

NYQ:IBM US4592001014
46
  • Value
    63
  • Growth
    69
  • Safety
    Safety
    23
  • Combined
    44
  • Sentiment
    46
  • 360° View
    360° View
    46
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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 46 (better than 46% 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 of the metrics below and half above average for IBM. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 63, 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 the stock price is lower than for 63% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 69, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. But the professional market sentiment is below average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 46. Professional investors are more confident in 54% other stocks. Worryingly, the company has risky financing, with a Safety rank of 23. This means 77% of comparable companies have a safer financing structure than IBM. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
63 79 91 95
Growth
69 43 21 43
Safety
Safety
23 41 44 18
Sentiment
46 81 68 81
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46 77 67 75
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
31 40 27 9
Opinions Change
64 52 50 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 81 74 95
Market Pulse
67 90 85 84
Sentiment
46 81 68 81
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
63 79 91 95
Growth
69 43 21 43
Safety Safety
23 41 44 18
Combined
44 56 53 48
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
43 50 61 82
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
48 56 75 90
Price vs. Book (P/B)
23 29 45 47
Dividend Yield
93 99 100 100
Value
63 79 91 95
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
46 30 22 1
Profit Growth
98 25 24 55
Capital Growth
39 55 32 50
Stock Returns
49 73 53 73
Growth
69 43 21 43
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
19 23 24 13
Refinancing
30 27 17 5
Liquidity
54 76 80 78
Safety Safety
23 41 44 18

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This is a mixed bag with good value and high growth balanced by risky financing and negative sentiment. This is a risky stock that requires conviction; you should only consider it if you are willing to conduct further research into the underlying sentiment and financial risks.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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