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International Business Machines (IBM) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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IBM sells integrated technology and services across four segments: software, consulting, infrastructure and financing. Its Software arm builds hybrid-cloud and AI platforms that help clients manage data and applications across different environments.

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The desk on IBM

What this diary said about International Business Machines, what it holds and what would change its view — in its own words, dated. Investment diary, not advice.

What we said

Our record on IBM

Every scored call, pick and trade this diary has made on International Business Machines, with the outcome where it is known.

Charts from the desk on IBM

The charts this diary drew or picked on International Business Machines, as published — each dated and linked to the piece that explains it.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for IBM, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Versus its index AI Users — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

AI Users · as of 2026-11-06

DayWeekMonth3 months
IBM−0.9%−5.0%+8.1%+3.7%
Implementation & Service Delivery−0.6%+0.5%+17.8%—
AI Users−0.7%+0.7%+6.6%—

Against the index: 5.7 pts behind on the week, 1.5 pts ahead on the month; against its Implementation & Service Delivery sleeve 9.7 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 34 pieces · newest: Daily Pulse, “AI Fade — Health and IT Services Lead” (2026-11-05)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where IBM appears in the diary — 34 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

101 and glossary

Dailies

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 47/100 · S&P 500 fund at 48, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-06
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 60th percentile of the window, -22.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-06
  • Sector × region Technology in US: −8.2% week · −16.7% month · −11.5% quarter · +6.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLK.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-11-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.91 · down 2.45 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.67 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How IBM has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.67 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), International Business Machines moved 0.67% on average · correlation 0.13 · higher than 60% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.97 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.28% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −2.45% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against AI Users · Implementation & Service Delivery · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

AI Users · Implementation & Service Delivery

Compared against IBM on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — International Business Machines

IBM in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
IBM sells integrated technology and services across four segments: software, consulting, infrastructure and financing. Its Software arm builds hybrid-cloud and AI platforms that help clients manage data and applications across different environments. Consulting delivers strategy, technology implementation and managed services, including AI-powered business transformation for clients. Infrastructure supplies on-premises and cloud server and storage systems and the life-cycle services that keep them running. Financing arranges the leases and loans that let IBM's own clients buy its hardware, software and services. It partners with major cloud providers and software makers, and works with Arm on new chip architectures meant for AI workloads. It is headquartered in Armonk, New York.
Where it sits in the stack
IBM sits in the AI Users index, in the Implementation & Service Delivery section, where companies use AI inside their own business rather than supply the build-out. By October 2025 it had documented more than 200 consulting projects run with digital workers that act as agents, inside a generative-AI consulting book above $1.5bn for that quarter. Disclosed in July 2025, AI and automation across its own finance, HR, sales, procurement and IT functions reached a run-rate of $3.5bn in savings exiting 2024, with $4.5bn expected by the end of 2025; this work assists staff rather than deciding on its own. By February 2025 its AskHR tool resolved 94% of low-level HR enquiries without a person, an example of an agent acting on its own inside one process.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet groups it with the other implementers in the AI Users index — Accenture, Capgemini, Cognizant, Genpact, Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services — as firms deploying AI through consulting and service delivery; Wipro is the added comparison the market often draws.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
IBM is a Dow Jones Industrial Average constituent and holds a seat in the AI Users index under Implementation & Service Delivery; it carries one scored module, still being built out, so no strongest or weakest can yet be named. The diary has listed it among the implementer group in an AI Users report, flagged it in a cybersecurity signal tied to a models partnership, and noted it among the reporters whose post-print trading window moved an AI Capex read.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether IBM reaches its stated target of a $4.5bn run-rate in AI and automation savings by the end of 2025, as the test of whether its internal AI use is paying off.

International Business Machines (IBM) trades on US exchanges, classified under Technology.

The Closelooknet company score reads 49/100 composite (momentum 53, quality 72, valuation 43) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-10-25. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: IBM news on the tape · index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 4 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by BMO Capital, 2026-10-22

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for IBM from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target BMO Capital — target 265 from 230 Target raised to $265 from $230 (+6.5% to spot) 2026-10-22
  • Price target Truist — target 260 from 240 Target raised to $260 from $240 (+5.4% to spot) 2026-10-22
  • Price target Susquehanna — target 235 from 225 Target raised to $235 from $225 (+0.6% to spot) 2026-08-31

4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation, 3 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.75%, quarterly · buybacks 1.02 bn USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What IBM pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 6.74 USD per share · a 2.75% yield on the 2026-11-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-11-06
  • Change on the year +0.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 6.70 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.69 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-10
  • By calendar year 2023: 1.66 USD (partial) · 2024: 6.67 USD · 2025: 6.71 USD · 2026: 5.06 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-09
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 6.26 bn USD 55% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 1.02 bn USD 0.4% of today's market value
  • Share count +1.2% in FY2025 1.72 bn USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 7.27 bn USD · 60% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-07

Quick answers

What is International Business Machines (IBM)?

International Business Machines trades as IBM on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Technology in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-07.

Is IBM in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — International Business Machines is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-07.

What is International Business Machines's Closelooknet composite score?

49 out of 100, with momentum 53, quality 72 and valuation 43 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

What is International Business Machines's earnings print record?

Across the 11 prints Closelooknet covers, International Business Machines beat EPS estimates 10 times and revenue estimates 7 times; the three-day reactions split 5 up, 1 flat and 5 down (moves beyond ±3%), as of the 2026-10-13 card. The full print-record card carries the per-print history.

Where does IBM trade against its moving averages?

International Business Machines trades 3.5% above its 50-day and 1.1% below its 200-day moving average (0.2% below its 20-day). As of 2026-11-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is IBM doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month International Business Machines is +8.1% against +6.6% for the AI Users — 1.5 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-11-06. Its Implementation & Service Delivery sleeve is +17.8% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

How does International Business Machines compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (AI Users · Implementation & Service Delivery), International Business Machines (IBM) sits 26.3% below its 52-week high, 3.5% above its 50-day average; Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH) is 25.3% below, Accenture plc (ACN) is 9.7% below, Genpact Limited (G) is 12.7% below, as of 2026-11-06. Put any of them next to IBM in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does International Business Machines trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year International Business Machines had a beta of 0.67 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 60% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.28% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-06; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about International Business Machines?

International Business Machines appears in 34 Closelooknet pieces as of 2026-11-07, most recently Daily Pulse: AI Fade — Health and IT Services Lead (2026-11-05); Daily Pulse: Alphabet — Sold on the Cash Line (2026-10-29); Morning 10: Earnings — five big-tech beats, none rewarded; Celestica +17% after hours, Kospi +3.1% into the Fed (2026-10-27). What Closelooknet said most recently: Implementation & Service Delivery — Accenture, Capgemini, Cognizant, IBM, Genpact, Infosys and Tata Consultancy — is the strongest group since June, up 40.5%. (Daily Pulse, 2026-11-05). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does International Business Machines do?

IBM sells integrated technology and services across four segments: software, consulting, infrastructure and financing. Its Software arm builds hybrid-cloud and AI platforms that help clients manage data and applications across different environments. Consulting delivers strategy, technology implementation and managed services, including AI-powered business transformation for clients. Closelooknet groups it with the other implementers in the AI Users index — Accenture, Capgemini, Cognizant, Genpact, Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services — as firms deploying AI through consulting and service delivery; Wipro is the added comparison the market often draws. (Company snapshot of 2026-10-25.)

Where does International Business Machines sit in the AI build-out?

IBM sits in the AI Users index, in the Implementation & Service Delivery section, where companies use AI inside their own business rather than supply the build-out. By October 2025 it had documented more than 200 consulting projects run with digital workers that act as agents, inside a generative-AI consulting book above $1.5bn for that quarter. Disclosed in July 2025, AI and automation across its own finance, HR, sales, procurement and IT functions reached a run-rate of $3.5bn in savings exiting 2024, with $4.5bn expected by the end of 2025; this work assists staff rather than deciding on its own. By February 2025 its AskHR tool resolved 94% of low-level HR enquiries without a person, an example of an agent acting on its own inside one process. IBM is a Dow Jones Industrial Average constituent and holds a seat in the AI Users index under Implementation & Service Delivery; it carries one scored module, still being built out, so no strongest or weakest can yet be named. The diary has listed it among the implementer group in an AI Users report, flagged it in a cybersecurity signal tied to a models partnership, and noted it among the reporters whose post-print trading window moved an AI Capex read. (Company snapshot of 2026-10-25.)

Does International Business Machines pay a dividend?

International Business Machines has paid 6.74 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.75% on the 2026-11-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.69 USD on 2026-08-10. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 6.26 bn USD in dividends and bought back 1.02 bn USD of its own shares, 60% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 1.2% over the fiscal year. As of 2026-11-06; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on International Business Machines recently?

The most recent analyst action on International Business Machines on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by BMO Capital on 2026-10-22 (target 265 from 230). 4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation, 3 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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