On January 23rd, the IBM stock price closed the day at $173.94 – the highest closing price, and also an ALH in the same day, in the company’s history of over 100 years.But why? Earnings matterCopy link to sectionLate yesterday, IBM announced triumphal financial results for the 2023 year, with gross profits up six percent YoY for Q4 and revenues up four percent, both well ahead of market expectations.Dividends, too, were significantly higher than anticipated, coming in at $3.87 for Q4, as opposed to the $3.7 ...

New AI-powered solution will accelerate and scale the Recording Academy®'s editorial content capabilities around Music's Biggest Night® ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today introduced AI Stories with IBM watsonx, a generative AI solution co-created alongside the Recording Academy® to generate and scale editorial content around GRAMMY® nominees before and during the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards®. Example of AI Stories with watsonx on GRAMMYs social media channels Example of AI S ...

International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call January 24, 2024 5:00 PM ET Corporate Participants Olympia McNerney - Global Head of Investor Relations Arvind Krishna - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim Kavanaugh - Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Wamsi Mohan - Bank of America Amit Daryanani - Evercore Toni Sacconaghi - Bernstein Ben Reitzes - Melius Research Brent Thill - Jefferies Erik Woodring - Morgan Stanley Ma ...

For the quarter ended December 2023, IBM (IBM) reported revenue of $17.38 billion, up 4.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $3.87, compared to $3.60 in the year-ago quarter.The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $17.28 billion, representing a surprise of +0.59%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +2.38%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $3.78.While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they com ...

IBM (IBM) came out with quarterly earnings of $3.87 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.78 per share. This compares to earnings of $3.60 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 2.38%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this technology and consulting company would post earnings of $2.12 per share when it actually produced earnings of $2.20, delivering a surprise of 3.77%.Over the last four quarters, t ...

International Business Machines Corp.’s stock was riding about 5% higher in Wednesday’s extended session after the technology giant topped profit expectations for the latest quarter and called out an uptick in artificial-intelligence demand. The company posted net income of $3.3 billion, or $3.55 a share, compared with $2.9 billion, or $2.96 a share, in the year-earlier period. On an adjusted basis, IBM IBM, -0.01% earned $3.87 a share from continuing operatings, whereas analysts were modeling $3.79 a share ...

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IBM CEO Arvind Krishna speaks during the Business 20 (B-20) Summit in New Delhi on Aug. 25, 2023.IBM shares rose 6% in extended trading on Wednesday after the tech and services provider announced fourth-quarter results that exceeded Wall Street's expectations.Here's how the company did, compared to the consensus among analysts surveyed by LSEG:Earnings: $3.87 per share, adjusted, vs. $3.78 per share expected.Revenue: $17.38 billion, vs. $17.30 billion expected.IBM's revenue increased 4% year over year for t ...

Today, iconic computing company IBM announced its fourth quarter and year-end 2023 financial results.IBM’s revenue increased, as did its profits, both year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter. Ahead of the announcement, expectations from the market reflected the assumption that IBM would continue to focus on its software in order to better position it for a coming AI cash cow, which is not yet bearing fruit.Great expectations? Copy link to sectionThe reported results were broadly in line with market expectations ...

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