IBM

ACCE-researched
International Business Machines Corporation Common Stock
Technology · Information Technology Services · NYSE · United States
$229.55-3.45%
Market cap $216.3BNext earnings 2026-10-21Updated Sep 18, 2026
FAIR VALUE · CONSENSUS
$229.55+0.0%
confidence-weighted across 4 of 6 models
Now $229.55
$229.55
$93.36$344.10
TrimBronze41
Price vs fair value
18.3% above
-15.5% to fair value
ACCE score
48
out of 100
Analysts
45% buy
22 covering
P/E
21.1x
forward 17.9x
1-year return
-13.4%
Dividend yield
2.83%
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Overview

Investor warnings · 3 flags
  • high
    Momentum score collapse
    ACCE score dropped 7 points in 90 days (60→53), with Momentum sub-score at just 17/100, signalling deteriorating price trend.
  • high
    Revenue growth deceleration
    5-year revenue CAGR is only 0.8% despite current YoY +9.5%; QoQ growth crashed -19.1%, raising sustainability concerns.
  • moderate
    Elevated leverage ratio
    Debt/Equity of 1.88 is high for an IT services firm, limiting financial flexibility if growth or margins deteriorate.
Reports in 30 days, last quarter beat by 0.0%.

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Price

-15.4% · 1Y

Valuation

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Wall Street consensus

Mixed45% buy · 22 covering analysts
Strong buy 8 Buy 2 Hold 8 Sell 2 Strong sell 2
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  • +Quarter-over-quarter institutional position changes
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Where it sits vs peers

This stock Peer Peer median weaker → stronger
P/Ebetter than 17% of peers
low 12.8x21.1xhigh 23.7x
ROEbetter than 83% of peers
low 14%34%high 48%
Div yieldbetter than 33% of peers
low 0.8%2.8%high 4.8%

Algorithmic peers (6)

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CTSHCognizant Technology Solutions Corporation Class A Common Stock$27.0B12.814.9%0.042.1%-Compare

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Where IBM ranks against its sector peers on each metric.

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News and Record

Reports in 30 days, last quarter beat by 0.0%.

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Recent performance

1 week
-5.6%
1 month
-3.2%
3 months
-7.8%
6 months
-5.1%
YTD
-22.5%
1 year
-13.4%

SEC filings

40 filings
August 2026
Aug 28
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-08-26
Aug 28
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-08-27
Aug 14
8-KCurrent reportPeriod 2026-08-10
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