NYSE:IBM - IBM Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

IBM announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 8th will be paid a dividend of $1.62 per share on Tuesday, December 10th. This represents a $6.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 7th. View IBM's Dividend History.

IBM announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, October 30th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $4,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 3.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 21st. The technology company reported $4.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $4.69 by $0.02. The technology company had revenue of $21.78 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $21.62 billion. IBM had a return on equity of 65.38% and a net margin of 12.23%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $4.87 EPS. View IBM's Earnings History.

IBM is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 21st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for IBM.

IBM updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 21st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of at least $13.35 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $13.29.

16 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for IBM's shares. Their forecasts range from $135.00 to $173.00. On average, they expect IBM's share price to reach $154.86 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for IBM.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for IBM in the last year. There are currently 11 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for IBM.

News stories about IBM stock have been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. IBM earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for IBM.

IBM saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 16,170,000 shares, an increase of 6.9% from the December 15th total of 15,120,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,610,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.5 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View IBM's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to IBM include Accenture (ACN), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Leidos (LDOS), Gartner (IT), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), Amdocs (DOX), Caci International (CACI), Mantech International (MANT), Teradata (TDC), Virtusa (VRTU), Forrester Research (FORR), Unisys (UIS), The Hackett Group (HCKT) and Servicesource International (SREV).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other IBM investors own include AT&T (T), Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Exxon Mobil (XOM), NVIDIA (NVDA), General Electric (GE), Verizon Communications (VZ), Walt Disney (DIS), Boeing (BA) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

IBM's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%), Huntington National Bank (0.01%), DAVENPORT & Co LLC (0.01%), Exane Derivatives (0.01%), Viking Fund Management LLC (0.01%) and Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp (0.00%). Company insiders that own IBM stock include Bene Robert F Del, David N Farr, Diane J Gherson, Erich Clementi, Frederick H Waddell, Kenneth M Keverian, 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 Huntington National Bank, M. Kraus & Co, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Hanson & Doremus Investment Management, Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp, Wendell David Associates Inc., Cozad Asset Management Inc. and First Financial Bank Trust Division. Company insiders that have sold IBM company stock in the last year include Bene Robert F Del, Diane J Gherson, Erich Clementi and Kenneth M Keverian. View Insider Buying and Selling for IBM.

IBM stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Exane Derivatives, DAVENPORT & Co LLC, Baxter Bros Inc., Baxter Bros Inc., First American Bank, Sonora Investment Management LLC, Windward Capital Management Co. CA and Viking Fund Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought IBM stock in the last two years include David N Farr, Frederick H Waddell, 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of IBM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $140.56.

IBM has a market capitalization of $124.49 billion and generates $77.15 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $8.73 billion in net income (profit) each year or $12.81 on an earnings per share basis. IBM employs 381,100 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About IBM.

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]