International Business Machines Corp (IBM) recent quarterly performance of 13.41% is not showing the real picture

As on Thursday, International Business Machines Corp (NYSE: IBM) got off with the flyer as it spiked 3.63% to $222.40, before settling in for the price of $214.60 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, IBM posted a 52-week range of $153.51-$237.37.

The company of the Technology sector’s yearbook sales growth during the past 5- year span was recorded -3.97%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was -3.09%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 6.12%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $924.64 million, simultaneously with a float of $923.77 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $205.64 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $219.29, while the 200-day Moving Average is $192.32.

International Business Machines Corp (IBM) Ownership Facts and Figures

Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Information Technology Services industry. International Business Machines Corp’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.09%, in contrast to 62.10% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Nov 13 ’24, this organization’s Director bought 936 shares at the rate of 210.62, making the entire transaction reach 197,139 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 936. Preceding that transaction, on Nov 08 ’24, Company’s Senior Vice President sold 3,600 for 215.20, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 774,727. This particular insider is now the holder of 25,390 in total.

International Business Machines Corp (IBM) Earnings and Revenue Records

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.58 per share during the current fiscal year.

International Business Machines Corp’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 6.12% and is forecasted to reach 10.73 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 5.00% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the -3.09% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.

International Business Machines Corp (NYSE: IBM) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for International Business Machines Corp (IBM). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.98. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 4.35. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $32.37, and its Beta score is 0.71. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 3.29. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 16.41.

In the same vein, IBM’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 6.87, a figure that is expected to reach 3.80 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 10.73 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of International Business Machines Corp (IBM)

Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [International Business Machines Corp, IBM], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 4.01 million was lower the volume of 4.23 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 77.02% While, its Average True Range was 4.53.

Raw Stochastic average of International Business Machines Corp (IBM) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 76.40%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 98.76% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 24.12% that was higher than 21.85% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.