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International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

NYSE / Technology / Information Technology Services

Share price

234.12 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

220.60B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2025, filed Feb 24, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 15, 2026
Filed years
10, FY2016 to FY2025
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on equity

32.5% Computed

From the FY2025 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

20.61x Computed

FY2025 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

5.5% Computed

FY2025 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2016 Revenue: 79.92B USDFY2016 Net income: 11.87B USDFY2017 Revenue: 79.14B USDFY2017 Net income: 5.75B USDFY2018 Revenue: 79.59B USDFY2018 Net income: 8.73B USDFY2019 Revenue: 57.71B USDFY2019 Net income: 9.43B USDFY2020 Revenue: 55.18B USDFY2020 Net income: 5.59B USDFY2021 Revenue: 57.35B USDFY2021 Net income: 5.74B USDFY2022 Revenue: 60.53B USDFY2022 Net income: 1.64B USDFY2023 Revenue: 61.86B USDFY2023 Net income: 7.50B USDFY2024 Revenue: 62.75B USDFY2024 Net income: 6.02B USDFY2025 Revenue: 67.53B USDFY2025 Net income: 10.59B USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
1 of 30 Which tests
The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 20.61x at the close of 2026-10-15 on FY2025 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits between 15.00x and 25.00x.

Today, against the Information Technology Services industry (41 companies), 20.61x sits at the 55th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 13.31x to 25.20x.

Is it good

Return on equity was 32.5% in FY2025, in the band labelled "Exceptional, check the leverage" (25.0% and above), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting high returns on shareholders' money, which leverage can also produce.

Today, against the Information Technology Services industry (73 companies), 32.5% sits at the 93rd percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -27.9% to 17.1%.

Is it safe

Debt to equity was 2.21 in FY2025, in the band labelled "Heavily leveraged" (2.00 and above), on lines anchored on Graham's defensive-investor criteria, suggesting heavy reliance on borrowing.

Today, against the Information Technology Services industry (46 companies), 2.21 sits at the 80th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 0.38 to 1.73.

Year by year against peers
Whether International Business Machines Corporation's return on equity stayed above the median of the Information Technology Services industry, year by year. (FY2016 to FY2025, 10 fiscal years of International Business Machines Corporation with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way International Business Machines Corporation's return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2016 to FY2025, 10 filed years of International Business Machines Corporation)
What could explain it
What in International Business Machines Corporation's filed statements could explain the movements. (10 readings drawn from the statement lines International Business Machines Corporation filed)
What to check next
What to check next on International Business Machines Corporation, and where in its filings. (5 questions for International Business Machines Corporation)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on International Business Machines Corporation's returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (12 of sixteen figures read for International Business Machines Corporation)

These are IBM’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2025 annual report: 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, accession 0000051143-26-000010.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

International Business Machines Corporation: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax
Why n/a

The filed income tax is outside 0 to 100% of pre-tax income (a tax benefit on a profit, a charge on a loss, or a charge above the profit), which is a one-off in the tax line and not a rate operating profit was taxed at, so after-tax operating profit is not computed.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Return on equity32.5% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Return on capital employed, pre-tax
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Return on assets7.0% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Gross margin58.2% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Operating margin
Why n/a

No operating income line is filed for this year.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Net margin15.7% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
IBM 15.7%
CRM 18.0%SAP 19.5%DELL 5.2%CRWD -3.4%PANW 2.7%
-3.4%19.5%
Net margin: IBM against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

International Business Machines Corporation: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity2.21 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Current ratio0.96 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Quick ratio0.92 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Interest coverage
Why n/a

No operating income line is filed for this year.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Altman Z-score
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Net debt58.60B ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Total assets 151.88BTotal liabilities 119.14BShareholders' equity 32.65BOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What International Business Machines Corporation owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2025, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010).

International Business Machines Corporation: balance sheet position
Total assets151.88B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026
Total liabilities119.14B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026
Shareholders' equity32.65B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026
Cash13.59B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026
Total debt72.18B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026
Net debt58.60B
Current ratio0.96
Debt to equity2.21
  • Interest cover: FY2025: No operating income line is filed for this year.

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

International Business Machines Corporation: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings20.61x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
P/E on trailing twelve months20.18x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book6.80x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Price to sales3.29x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Enterprise value to EBIT22.89x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Enterprise value to EBITDA
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Price to earnings over growth1.64 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Diluted earnings per share11.17 USD FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Graham number93.79 USD ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value IBM on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for International Business Machines Corporation today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

International Business Machines Corporation: valuation
Share price234.12 USD
Market capitalisation220.60B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDAn/a
Graham number93.79 USD
Diluted earnings per share, FY202511.17 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Jul 25, 2017: low 8.58x, median 21.81x, high 109.91x, latest 20.18x. 2,319 trading days with a meaningful ratio. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like International Business Machines Corporation

  1. Salesforce, Inc. (CRM)Market cap 203.10B USD
  2. SAP SE (SAP)Market cap 262.20B USD
  3. Dell Technologies Inc. (DELL)Market cap 301.40B USD
  4. CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (CRWD)Market cap 250.40B USD
  5. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW)Market cap 302.90B USD

Same sector (Technology) and size band (Mega, 200B and over), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

International Business Machines Corporation: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield5.5% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Free cash flow12.10B USD ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Free cash flow margin17.9% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Dividend yield2.9% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Payout ratio59.0% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
FY2016 Free cash flow: 13.52B USDFY2016 Net income: 11.87B USDFY2017 Free cash flow: 13.49B USDFY2017 Net income: 5.75B USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 11.85B USDFY2018 Net income: 8.73B USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 12.48B USDFY2019 Net income: 9.43B USDFY2020 Free cash flow: 15.58B USDFY2020 Net income: 5.59B USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 10.73B USDFY2021 Net income: 5.74B USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 9.09B USDFY2022 Net income: 1.64B USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 12.69B USDFY2023 Net income: 7.50B USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 12.40B USDFY2024 Net income: 6.02B USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 12.10B USDFY2025 Net income: 10.59B USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

International Business Machines Corporation: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
20.61xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
6.80xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
22.89xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
5.5%FY2025Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2025Feb 24, 2026
n/a The filed income tax is outside 0 to 100% of pre-tax income (a tax benefit on a profit, a charge on a loss, or a charge above the profit), which is a one-off in the tax line and not a rate operating profit was taxed at, so after-tax operating profit is not computed.
2.9%FY2025Oct 15, 2026
2.21FY2025Feb 24, 2026
0.96FY2025Feb 24, 2026
3.29xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
1.64FY2025Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2025Oct 15, 2026
n/a We hold no figure here and no stored reason for its absence. The gap is ours, not the company's.
-2.47FY2025Feb 24, 2026
6/9FY2025Feb 24, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2025, the newest full year on file. 10 filed fiscal years on record, FY2016 to FY2025, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2016 to FY2025, read from the annual reports International Business Machines Corporation filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

International Business Machines Corporation: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY202567.53B12.26B10.59B11.1712.10Bn/a32.5%10-K, Feb 24, 20260000051143-26-000010
FY202462.75B7.51B6.02B6.4312.40Bn/a22.1%10-K, Feb 25, 20250000051143-25-000015
FY202361.86B10.30B7.50B8.1412.69Bn/a33.3%10-K, Feb 26, 20240000051143-24-000012
FY202260.53B2.37B1.64B1.809.09Bn/a7.5%10-K, Feb 28, 20230001558370-23-002376
FY202157.35B5.99B5.74B6.3510.73Bn/a30.4%10-K, Feb 22, 20220001558370-22-001584
FY202055.18B3.86B5.59B6.2315.58Bn/a27.1%10-K, Feb 23, 20210001558370-21-001489
FY201957.71B8.55B9.43B10.5612.48Bn/a45.3%10-K, Feb 25, 20200001558370-20-001334
FY201879.59B12.06B8.73B9.1011.85Bn/a52.0%10-K, Feb 26, 20190001047469-19-000712
FY201779.14B12.02B5.75B5.8713.49Bn/a32.7%10-K, Feb 27, 20180001047469-18-001117
FY201679.92B12.96B11.87B11.8413.52Bn/a65.1%10-K, Feb 28, 20170001047469-17-001061
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: -1.9%
  • Earnings, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: -1.3%
  • Earnings per share, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: -0.6%
  • Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: -1.2%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

International Business Machines Corporation: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-2.47 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Piotroski F-score6/9 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0000051143-26-000010
Named tests met1 of 30 Computed
Beta0.92 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 1 met, 25 not met, 4 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
Cash-covered dividend
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); High yield, low payout; Dividends and buybacks; Low beta, profitable; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)
Not measured
EV/EBITDA and coverage; ROIC at or above WACC; Near the 52-week low; Cash-flow yield and ROIC. A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(6)
  • Return on Invested Capital: The filed income tax is outside 0 to 100% of pre-tax income (a tax benefit on a profit, a charge on a loss, or a charge above the profit), which is a one-off in the tax line and not a rate operating profit was taxed at, so after-tax operating profit is not computed.
  • Altman Z-Score: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • EV/EBITDA: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Interest Coverage: No operating income line is filed for this year.
  • ROIC-WACC Spread: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Price Tangible Book: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by the founder: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 6 figures could not be read on this company, among them Return on Invested Capital, Altman Z-Score, EV/EBITDA. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 4 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

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