International Business Machines Corp (IBM) is expecting 20.81% growth in the next quarter: What can investors do to maximize their returns?

On Monday International Business Machines Corp (NYSE: IBM) was 1.75% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $289.7. A 52-week range for IBM has been $170.53 – $296.16.

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Over the past five-year period, the drop rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Technology sector was -9.46%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 5.81%. With a float of $928.42 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $929.40 million.

Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 293400 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 57.04%, operating margin of 16.36%, and the pretax margin is 9.36%.

International Business Machines Corp (IBM) Insider Activity

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward International Business Machines Corp stocks. The insider ownership of International Business Machines Corp is 0.11%, while institutional ownership is 63.99%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 03 ’25, was worth 6,715,639. In this transaction Senior Vice President of this company sold 26,543 shares at a rate of $253.01, taking the stock ownership to the 45,007 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 03 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 26,543 for $253.01, making the entire transaction worth $6,715,639.

International Business Machines Corp (IBM) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.45 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 5.81% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 6.30% during the next five years compared to -9.46% drop over the previous five years of trading.

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

You can see what International Business Machines Corp (IBM) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.94. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.36. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 21.75.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.81, a number that is poised to hit 2.65 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 11.61 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of International Business Machines Corp (IBM)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 4.6 million, its volume of 3.75 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 79.28%.

During the past 100 days, International Business Machines Corp’s (IBM) raw stochastic average was set at 98.31%, which indicates a significant increase from 94.15% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 19.61% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 30.42% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $262.73, while its 200-day Moving Average is $239.73. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $296.39 in the near term. At $298.01, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $301.20. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $291.58, it is likely to go to the next support level at $288.39. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $286.77.

International Business Machines Corp (NYSE: IBM) Key Stats

There are 929,397K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 273.97 billion. As of now, sales total 62,753 M while income totals 6,023 M. Its latest quarter income was 14,541 M while its last quarter net income were 1,055 M.

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