NYSE:IBM - IBM Stock Price, News, & Analysis

IBM trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "IBM."

IBM announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 30th. Investors of record on Friday, November 9th will be given a dividend of $1.57 per share on Monday, December 10th. This represents a $6.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 8th. View IBM's Dividend History.

IBM declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Tuesday, October 30th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $4,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 3.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 16th. The technology company reported $3.42 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.40 by $0.02. The technology company earned $18.76 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.04 billion. IBM had a net margin of 7.12% and a return on equity of 69.98%. IBM's quarterly revenue was down 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.30 EPS. View IBM's Earnings History.

IBM is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for IBM.

IBM updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 16th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of at least $13.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $13.81.

20 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for IBM's shares. Their predictions range from $140.00 to $200.00. On average, they anticipate IBM's share price to reach $164.4706 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 35.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for IBM.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for IBM in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for IBM.

Press coverage about IBM stock has trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. IBM earned a daily sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

IBM saw a decrease in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,474,464 shares, a decrease of 27.7% from the October 15th total of 21,393,155 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 12,206,797 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's stock are sold short. View IBM's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to IBM include Cisco Systems (CSCO), HP (HPQ), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Toshiba (TOSYY), Arista Networks (ANET), F5 Networks (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Electronics For Imaging (EFII), Extreme Networks (EXTR), A10 Networks (ATEN), Digi International (DGII), Silicom (SILC), Allot Communications (ALLT), Lantronix (LTRX) and Intrusion (INTZ).

IBM's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Swedbank (0.12%), Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH (0.06%), Alps Advisors Inc. (0.05%), Glenmede Trust Co. NA (0.05%), Aperio Group LLC (0.05%) and Comerica Bank (0.04%). Company insiders that own IBM stock include David N Farr, Diane J Gherson, Erich Clementi, Frederick H Waddell, James J Kavanaugh, James W Owens, Kralingen Bridget A Van, Sidney Taurel and Virginia M Rometty. View Institutional Ownership Trends for IBM.

IBM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Paragon Capital Management LLC, Ffcm LLC, Comerica Bank, Check Capital Management Inc. CA, Alps Advisors Inc., Bruce & Co. Inc., Gardner Russo & Gardner LLC and Excalibur Management Corp. Company insiders that have sold IBM company stock in the last year include Diane J Gherson and Erich Clementi. View Insider Buying and Selling for IBM.

IBM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Swedbank, Glenmede Trust Co. NA, Aperio Group LLC, Bowen Hanes & Co. Inc., Alpha Omega Wealth Management LLC, Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Baird Financial Group Inc. and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought IBM stock in the last two years include David N Farr, Frederick H Waddell, James W Owens, Sidney Taurel and Virginia M Rometty. View Insider Buying and Selling for IBM.

Shares of IBM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of IBM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $121.57.

IBM has a market capitalization of $109.82 billion and generates $79.14 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $5.75 billion in net income (profit) each year or $13.80 on an earnings per share basis. IBM employs 397,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for IBM is http://www.ibm.com.

IBM's mailing address is 1 NEW ORCHARD ROAD, ARMONK NY, 10504. The technology company can be reached via phone at 914-499-1900 or via email at [email protected]