International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) stock price, quote and key numbers
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:52 ET
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) closed at $225.51 on 25 September 2026, down 0.7%. That leaves it down 1.8% over a week, down 1.9% over a month and down 15.7% over a year. That is 20% of the way up its 52 week range of $199.19 to $332.46. The median analyst price target of $250 sits 10.9% above the close.
The price
Changes compare dividend and split adjusted closes over trading sessions, so the one year figure is the last close against the close 252 sessions earlier. The 52 week range uses the daily highs and lows of the same window. Read the guide: How to read a stock quote.
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Trend and range
IBM trades below both its 50 day average of $230.66 and its 200 day average of $257.71, the shape of a downtrend. The 50 day average sits below the 200 day average. Its beta against the S&P 500 over the last year is 0.87, a stock that moves about as much as the market. It is 32.2% below its 52 week high and 13.2% above its 52 week low.
Moving averages smooth the closes of the last 50 and 200 sessions; being above or below them describes the trend, it does not predict it. Beta is how much the stock moved for each move in the S&P 500 over the year. Read the guide: Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta.
What analysts say
In the last 90 days 15 firms recorded 20 actions on IBM: 17 kept a view, 1 downgrade and 2 new initiations. Price targets: 4 raised and 13 lowered. The most recent targets from 16 firms run from $190 to $350, with a median of $250, 10.9% above the last close.
| Date | Firm | Action | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2026 | Susquehanna | Maintains Neutral | $225.00 to $235.00 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | Citigroup | Maintains Buy | $255.00 to $245.00 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | Susquehanna | Maintains Neutral | $303.00 to $225.00 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Maintains Equal-Weight | $293.00 to $190.00 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | BMO Capital | Maintains Market Perform | $270.00 to $230.00 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | RBC Capital | Reiterates Outperform | $270.00 |
A target is one firm's guess at the price a year out, and the average runs optimistic. The useful reading is the mood: high targets and a wall of buys mean high expectations. Read the guide: What analyst ratings and price targets tell you.
Earnings
The next report is on the calendar for 21 October 2026 for Q3 2026, with earnings per share expected at $2.88. The last report, on 22 July 2026 for Q2 2026, showed EPS of $2.93 against $3.02 expected, a miss of 3.0%, on revenue of $17.2 billion. International Business Machines Corp. beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reported quarters.
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The numbers
Over the trailing twelve months International Business Machines Corp. shows revenue growth of 7.89%, a gross margin of 58.10%, an operating margin of 17.93% and a return on equity of 34.62%.
| Measure | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, TTM | 7.9% | 56th |
| Net income growth, TTM | 83.9% | 79th |
| Gross margin | 58.1% | 71st |
| Operating margin | 17.9% | 78th |
| Free cash flow margin | 20.0% | 82nd |
| Return on equity | 34.6% | 93rd |
| Return on assets | 7.1% | 86th |
| Debt to equity | 2.00 | 89th |
| Current ratio | 0.79 | 38th |
| Effective tax rate | -2.5% | 14th |
The percentile ranks the company against every US company the data covers; a high percentile means most companies score lower.
Margins say how much of each dollar of sales becomes profit, returns say how hard the balance sheet works, and debt to equity says how much of it is borrowed. The valuation ratios, price to earnings and the rest, are in the app on the stock page. Read the guide: The valuation ratios on a stock page.
About International Business Machines Corp.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Information Technology
- Industry
- Computer Hardware
- Headquarters
- Armonk, New York
- Chief executive
- Arvind Krishna
- Employees
- 311,300
- Website
- ibm.com
International Business Machines Corporation provides integrated solutions and services worldwide. The company operates through four business segments: Software, Consulting, Infrastructure, and Financing. The Software segment offers hybrid cloud platform and software solutions, such as Red Hat, an enterprise open-source solutions. The Infrastructure segment provides on-premises and cloud-based server and storage solutions.
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Learn
- How to read a stock quote
- Reading a price chart from one day to one year
- Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta
- What analyst ratings and price targets tell you
- The valuation ratios on a stock page
- Price alerts, targets and percent moves
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