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IBM · NYSE

International Business Machines Corporation

Information Technology Services · United States

USD 223.520.9% daily changeQuote 2026-10-06 · USD
Market cap (USD)
US$210.59B
Trailing P/E
19.87x
Forward P/E
17.00x
Quarterly revenue growth
1.1%
Trailing net margin
15.5%
Indicated dividend yield
3.0%

Snapshot 2026-10-06 · Latest financial period 2026-06-30 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.

Next earnings: 2026-10-21 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).

Company background

International Business Machines Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated solutions and services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through Software, Consulting, Infrastructure, and Financing segments. The Software segment offers hybrid cloud and AI platforms that allow clients to realize their digital and AI transformations across the applications, data, and environments in which they operate. The Consulting segment delivers strategy and technology services and intelligent operations, providing business transformation, technology implementation, managed services, application modernization, and AI-powered solutions. The Infrastructure segment provides on-premises and cloud-based server, and storage solutions, as well as life-cycle services for hybrid cloud infrastructure deployment. The Financing segment offers client and commercial financing, and facilitates IBM clients' acquisition of hardware, software, and services. It operates a data streaming platform. The company has strategic partnerships with various companies, including hyperscalers, service providers, global system integrators, and software and hardware vendors that include Adobe, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Samsung Electronics and SAP, and others. It also has a strategic collaboration with Arm Holdings plc for the development of new dual-architecture hardware that helps enterprises run future AI and data intensive workloads; strategic partnership with three.ws to advance ai-powered 3d agent technology; and collaboration with Lightwell to help strengthen open source software supply chain. Additionally, it offers operational resilience, logistics, and future-ready technology to the UK Ministry of Defence through Team ORION. The company was formerly known as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. and changed its name to International Business Machines Corporation in 1924. International Business Machines Corporation was incorporated in 1911 and is headquartered in Armonk, New York.

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Q2 2026

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MetricIBMInternational Business Machines CorporationSnapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30
Market capMarket value, converted to USDUS$210.59B
Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate17.00x
EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA16.15x
Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter1.1%
Operating marginLatest reported quarter16.5%
Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap5.7%
Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA3.47x
Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity1.89x
Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings19.87x
Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share6.11x
EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue3.85x
Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter-1.8%
Gross marginTrailing twelve months58.1%
Net marginTrailing twelve months15.5%
Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only34.5%
Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue17.4%
Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price3.0%
Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout59.8%
Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities0.79x
BetaProvider historical market sensitivity0.72

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