International Business Machines Corporation

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International Business Machines Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $67.5 billion, up 7.62% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 1.09%, EPS fell 2.54%, free cash flow grew 56.5% and total debt fell 3.39%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for five; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

232.56 1.56 −0.67%
Market cap
$220.6B
P/E
20.3×
Fwd P/E
27.7×
Dividend yield
2.90%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.49
Beneish M
−2.41
Dividend safety
64/100

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) Free cash flow margin

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International Business Machines Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 20.0%, up 1.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (18.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.2% (fiscal 2022) to 28.6% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Information Technology Services industry median of 1.51% and above the Technology sector median of 1.72%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 18.1% (2.54)
FY2024 20.6% (0.39)
FY2023 21.0% 5.83
FY2022 15.2% (4.19)
FY2021 19.4% (9.18)
FY2020 28.6% 6.01
FY2019 22.6% 7.36
FY2018 15.2% (2.43)
FY2017 17.6% 0.19
FY2016 17.4% 0.26

Against its own ten years

Low 15.2% High 28.6%
Ten-year median 18.1%
Current reading's percentile 55

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
IBM International Business Machines Corporation 20.0%
FISV Fiserv, Inc. compare 19.7%
INFY American Noble Gas Inc. compare 18.7%
BR Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. compare 16.5%
FIS Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. compare 15.7%
ACN Accenture PLC compare 15.7%
WIT Wipro Limited compare 13.1%
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation compare 12.0%
CDW CDW Corporation compare 3.66%
Information Technology Services industry median 1.51%
Technology sector median 1.72%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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