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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP IBM
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP (IBM) earns a Piotroski F-score of 6/9 (mixed financial health). It pays a dividend yielding 2.45% (safety: moderate). FY2025 revenue was $67.5B at a 15.7% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-24 | Citigroup | Buy (main) |
| 2026-07-24 | Susquehanna | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-07-23 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight (main) |
| 2026-07-23 | BMO Capital | Market Perform (main) |
| 2026-07-23 | RBC Capital | Outperform (reit) |
| 2026-07-23 | Barclays | Overweight (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 6/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP | 6/9 | — | 24.1 | +7.6% |
| HPQ | HP INC | 6/9 | -0.72 | 8.3 | +3.2% |
| HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co | 5/9 | 0.38 | 1015.5 | +13.8% |
| VFS | VinFast Auto Ltd. | 4/9 | -13.01 | — | +57.9% |
| TM | TOYOTA MOTOR CORP/ | 7/9 | 2.55 | — | -1% |
| HMC | HONDA MOTOR CO LTD | 6/9 | 2.79 | — | +19.9% |
| SONY | Sony Group Corp | 6/9 | 0.86 | — | +9% |
About INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP
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.
FAQ
Is IBM financially healthy?
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP's Piotroski F-score is 6/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak).
Does IBM pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP pays a dividend yielding about 2.45% with a 59.0% payout ratio, rated “moderate” for safety.
How profitable is IBM?
In FY2025, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP had a net margin of 15.7% and a return on equity of 32.4%.
Is IBM overvalued or undervalued?
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP trades at about 21.1× trailing earnings — near its 10-year norm (10-year range 13.0×–74.8×, median 22.6×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for IBM?
The average Wall-Street price target for INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP is $244.16, about 3.5% above the recent price, from 23 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is IBM a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP: a Piotroski F-score of 6/9, a P/E of about 24.1×, a dividend yield of 2.45%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.