IBM · Technology
What a holder would want to know before buying IBM: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 10% above the lowest point of the past year and 31% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 14% of days and more expensive on 86%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 84% of days.
10% below its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more 4 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 48%; the longest took 6.9 years to get back to its peak. 3 of 4 have recovered so far.
It is in one now: 31% below the Jun 2026 peak.
International Business Machines Corporation · Technology · Information Technology Services · a mega-cap worth $213.99B
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…
revenue profit
Sales of $67.54B in 2025, with $10.59B of profit. Sales grew in 3 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 16 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Would need about 5.4 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.
You pay $20 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $17 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 2.98% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Aug 10.
25 analysts: 12 say buy, 11 hold, 2 sell. Their average 12-month target is $240.56 (range $174.00–$297.00).
Insiders made 0 purchases and 1 sale in the last 6 months. Executives routinely sell shares they were paid in; buying with their own money is the rarer signal.
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