International Business Machines Corp [IBM] stock prices are down -0.88% to $238.57 at the moment. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The IBM shares have gain 1.39% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.39%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
International Business Machines Corp [NYSE: IBM] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 11, 2025, when Oppenheimer initiated its Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $320. On October 02, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold but maintained its price target of $215 on the stock. Goldman started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $200 on June 24, 2024. Exane BNP Paribas initiated its recommendation with a Underperform and recommended $145 as its price target on May 02, 2024. Evercore ISI upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on January 19, 2024, and upped its price target to $200. In a note dated January 05, 2024, Jefferies initiated an Hold rating and provided a target price of $180 on this stock.
The stock price of International Business Machines Corp [IBM] has been fluctuating between $162.62 and $266.45 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $254 within the next 12 months. International Business Machines Corp [NYSE: IBM] shares were valued at $238.57 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 6.47% based on the average IBM price forecast.
Analyzing the IBM fundamentals
The International Business Machines Corp [NYSE:IBM] reported sales of 62.75B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 1.00%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.57% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.06%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.09%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.1%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.24 and Total Capital is 0.03. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 2.14.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 235.21 points at the first support level, and at 231.84 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 242.62, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 246.66.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that International Business Machines Corp [NYSE:IBM]’s Current Ratio is 1.01. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.97, while the Cash Ratio is 0.42. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.53, the price to book ratio is 8.09 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 37.18.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Thomas Robert David, Senior Vice President, that happened on Mar 03 ’25 when 26543.0 shares were sold. Officer, ROBERT D THOMAS completed a deal on Mar 03 ’25 to buy 26543.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director FARR DAVID N bought 1200.0 shares on Feb 28 ’25.
