IBM IBM
Information Technology · IT Consulting & Other Services · close $232.14 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-06-30
IBM (IBM) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 45/100 (grade D), ranking #106 of 199 in Information Technology. Its strongest pillars are valuation (75) and cash flow (62); its weakest is balance sheet (14). TTM revenue growth is 7.9% and operating margin 17.9%.
Data as of .
Analyst sentiment
weight 7.5% · 17| Consensus score (1–5) (3.8%) | derived | 20 |
| 90-day net rating shift (3.8%) | derived | 18 |
Growth
weight 30.83% · 41| Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 7.9% | 20 |
| EPS growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 82.7% | 77 |
| Revenue acceleration (6.2%) | -8.4% | 11 |
Profitability
weight 18.5% · 61| Operating margin (9.9%) | 17.9% | 68 |
| 4Q gross-margin change (8.6%) | 0.5% | 53 |
Balance sheet
weight 18.5% · 14| Net debt / EBITDA (9.9%) | 3.41× | 8 |
| Current ratio (4.9%) | 0.79 | 7 |
| Interest coverage (3.7%) | 6.39× | 40 |
Cash flow
weight 12.33% · 62| FCF margin (6.2%) | 17.9% | 45 |
| FCF yield (6.2%) | 5.5% | 78 |
Valuation
weight 12.33% · 75| P/E (inverted) (6.2%) | 20.56× | 77 |
| EV/Sales (inverted) (6.2%) | 3.89× | 72 |
Technicals (EOD)
| RSI(14) | 53.8 |
| EMA 9 / 21 | 228.87 / 228.56 · crossed up 1d ago |
| 200-day SMA | 251.69 |
| Volume vs 20d avg | 1.23× |
| 20-day return | -2.4% |
Exit-rule monitor
- EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
- WATCHAnalyst drift: net bullish ratings down ≥2 over ~90 days
- WATCHTrend: close below 200-day average
Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: Revenues · Gross profit: GrossProfit · Operating income: Pretax income + interest expense (EBIT proxy) · Interest expense: InterestExpense · D&A: Depreciation · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).
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FAQ
- What is IBM's House Rating?
- IBM scores 45 out of 100 (grade D) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #106 of 199 Information Technology stocks we cover.
- What do analysts say about IBM?
- ThetaGrade's analyst-sentiment pillar for IBM scores 17/100 against its sector peers, which we read as negative. This is our own derived score; we do not republish individual analyst ratings, counts or targets.
- When does IBM report earnings next?
- We do not have a reliable estimate for IBM's next earnings date (irregular SEC filing history); a rough window is 2026-07-22 to 2027-01-20. Check the company's investor-relations page.
- Is IBM a buy?
- ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.
Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology