International Business Machines Corp [NYSE: IBM] closed the trading session at $241.82.
The stocks have a year to date performance of 10.00 percent and weekly performance of -1.49 percent. The stock has been moved at 12.65 percent over the last six months. The stock has performed -2.75 percent around the most recent 30 days and changed 5.77 percent over the most recent 3-months.
If compared to the average trading volume of 5.37M shares, IBM reached to a volume of 5130149 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about International Business Machines Corp [IBM]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for IBM shares is $253.00 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on IBM stock is a recommendation set at 2.32. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Oppenheimer have made an estimate for International Business Machines Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on February 11, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Wedbush raised their target price to Outperform. The new note on the price target was released on February 03, 2025, representing the official price target for International Business Machines Corp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $215, while DZ Bank analysts kept a Hold rating on IBM stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for International Business Machines Corp is set at 8.53, with the Price to Sales ratio for IBM stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 3.58. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 8.36, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 18.93. Price to Free Cash Flow for IBM in the course of the last twelve months was 17.85 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.94.
IBM stock trade performance evaluation
International Business Machines Corp [IBM] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -1.49. With this latest performance, IBM shares dropped by -2.75% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 12.65% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 44.69% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for IBM stock in for the last two-week period is set at 51.80, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 54.77, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 50.60 for International Business Machines Corp [IBM]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 245.81, while it was recorded at 235.82 for the last single week of trading, and 224.29 for the last 200 days.
International Business Machines Corp [IBM]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
International Business Machines Corp’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.94 and a Current Ratio set at 0.98.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for International Business Machines Corp [IBM] stock
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for IBM. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for International Business Machines Corp go to 6.30%.
International Business Machines Corp [IBM]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $64.04%, or 64.11%% of IBM stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of IBM stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 89.13 million shares, which is approximately 9.6855%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 75.37 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$13.04 billion in IBM stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$9.42 billion in IBM stock with ownership which is approximately 5.9189%.
