IBM (IBM)

• Market cap: $242B
• 1 day: -1.23%
• 5 days: 0.96%
• 1 month: 16.60%
• 3 months: 17.57%
• 6 months: 32.59%
• Year to date: 18.89%
• 1 year: 45.51%
• 5 years: 82.53%
• 10 years: 67.88%
• Sector: Information Technology
• Industry: Computer & Office Equipment

About: IBM looks to be a part of every aspect of an enterprise's IT needs. The company primarily sells software, IT services, consulting, and hardware. IBM operates in 175 countries and employs approximately 350,000 people. The company has a robust roster of 80,000 business partners to service 5,200 clients, which includes 95% of all Fortune 500. While IBM is a B2B company, IBM's outward impact is substantial. For example, IBM manages 90% of all credit card transactions globally and is responsible for 50% of all wireless connections in the world.

Employees: 282,200

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

180% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 305 | Existing positions closed: 109

49% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $4.82B | Put options by funds: $3.23B

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 2,891 [Q3] → 2,937 (+46) [Q4]

0% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $131B [Q3] → $132B (+$421M) [Q4]

0.47% less ownership

Funds ownership: 62.27% [Q3] → 61.8% (-0.47%) [Q4]

1% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,114 | Existing positions reduced: 1,120

9% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 88 [Q3] → 80 (-8) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

10 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $160 39% downside
• Avg. target: $251 4% downside
• High target: $320 22% upside

10 analyst ratings

• positive: 4 40%
• neutral: 5 50%
• negative: 1 10%

Oppenheimer Param Singh 100% 1-year accuracy 4 / 4 met price target	22% upside $320	Outperform Initiated	11 Feb 2025
JP Morgan Brian Essex 76% 1-year accuracy 22 / 29 met price target	7% downside $244	Neutral Maintained	30 Jan 2025
Jefferies Brent Thill 69% 1-year accuracy 38 / 55 met price target	3% upside $270	Hold Maintained	30 Jan 2025
B of A Securities Wamsi Mohan 82% 1-year accuracy 70 / 85 met price target	3% upside $270	Buy Maintained	30 Jan 2025
BMO Capital Keith Bachman 79% 1-year accuracy 42 / 53 met price target	7% upside $280	Market Perform Maintained	30 Jan 2025