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International Business Machines (IBM) Competitors

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IBM vs. AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, INTC, META, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA, KD, and ORCL

Should you be buying International Business Machines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Business Machines include Amazon.com (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Intel (INTC), Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Kyndryl (KD), and Oracle (ORCL).

International Business Machines vs. Its Competitors

International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

International Business Machines presently has a consensus target price of $275.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.09%. Amazon.com has a consensus target price of $263.30, suggesting a potential upside of 11.74%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than International Business Machines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
International Business Machines
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
46 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

International Business Machines has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.54% compared to International Business Machines' net margin of 9.11%. International Business Machines' return on equity of 37.62% beat Amazon.com's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
International Business Machines9.11% 37.62% 7.08%
Amazon.com 10.54%23.84%11.14%

Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than International Business Machines. Amazon.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Business Machines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
International Business Machines$64.04B3.73$6.02B$6.1641.69
Amazon.com$637.96B3.94$59.25B$6.5635.92

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 190 more articles in the media than International Business Machines. MarketBeat recorded 260 mentions for Amazon.com and 70 mentions for International Business Machines. International Business Machines' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Amazon.com's score of 1.15 indicating that International Business Machines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
International Business Machines
62 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amazon.com
190 Very Positive mention(s)
30 Positive mention(s)
20 Neutral mention(s)
16 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

59.0% of International Business Machines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of International Business Machines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Amazon.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Amazon.com beats International Business Machines on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IBM vs. The Competition

MetricInternational Business MachinesCOMP IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$238.66B$55.57B$31.71B$21.38B
Dividend Yield2.61%1.63%3.16%3.50%
P/E Ratio41.6936.55447.7229.74
Price / Sales3.7332.131,678.4469.32
Price / Cash16.3351.3834.5918.13
Price / Book8.677.137.404.60
Net Income$6.02B$941.07M$808.30M$998.80M
7 Day Performance-0.87%6.06%2.14%0.76%
1 Month Performance7.11%10.58%5.38%4.17%
1 Year Performance18.24%66.34%24,368.63%13.87%

International Business Machines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IBM
International Business Machines
4.638 of 5 stars
$257.30
+0.4%
$275.00
+6.9%
+19.3%$239.12B$64.04B41.77293,400Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.8491 of 5 stars
$237.40
+0.7%
$262.87
+10.7%
+24.1%$2.53T$637.96B36.161,556,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
GOOG
Alphabet
4.6459 of 5 stars
$237.41
+1.4%
$227.56
-4.1%
+59.0%$2.87T$350.02B25.27190,200Trending News
Short Interest ↓
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.8906 of 5 stars
$237.09
+1.3%
$221.44
-6.6%
+59.8%$2.87T$350.02B25.24183,323Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
INTC
Intel
3.1713 of 5 stars
$24.48
0.0%
$22.17
-9.4%
+26.0%$107.17B$53.10B-5.13108,900Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
META
Meta Platforms
4.3592 of 5 stars
$761.45
+1.2%
$822.41
+8.0%
+45.8%$1.91T$164.50B27.5474,067Trending News
Dividend Announcement
MSFT
Microsoft
4.9284 of 5 stars
$498.52
+0.1%
$612.54
+22.9%
+19.7%$3.71T$281.72B36.55228,000Trending News
Dividend Increase
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.9341 of 5 stars
$168.63
+0.2%
$207.42
+23.0%
+49.2%$4.10T$130.50B48.0836,000Trending News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
TSLA
Tesla
4.2556 of 5 stars
$347.47
+0.3%
$303.00
-12.8%
+78.1%$1.12T$97.69B200.75125,665Trending News
Analyst Forecast
KD
Kyndryl
3.7546 of 5 stars
$33.02
-0.4%
$46.00
+39.3%
+39.6%$7.63B$15.06B27.2973,000Positive News
ORCL
Oracle
4.676 of 5 stars
$238.21
-0.1%
$235.61
-1.1%
+86.4%$668.78B$57.40B54.86162,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Up

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