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

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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.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 14 pieces · newest: Weekly Signal, “Cybersecurity — Sold on Price, Bought on Flow” (2026-09-13)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where IBM appears in the diary — 14 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

Dailies

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

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 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.47 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 0.47 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), International Business Machines moved 0.47% on average · correlation 0.09 · higher than 49% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.50 about the same as 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 Information Technology Services · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Information Technology Services · US

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

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 software for hybrid cloud and AI platforms, consulting for enterprise technology projects, infrastructure such as servers and storage, and financing that helps clients pay for its hardware and software. It works with hyperscalers and software vendors including Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce and SAP, and has a partnership with Arm on new chip architectures. It is based in Armonk, New York, and lists on the New York Stock Exchange.
Where it sits in the stack
IBM carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, so it sits outside that index rather than inside one of its layers. Within our broader universe it belongs to the technology sector, in information-technology services alongside the large enterprise-software and consulting names.
Who it is priced against
The diary has not set a fixed peer group for IBM. The comparison the market draws most often is with Accenture on the consulting side and with the large cloud platforms it partners with rather than competes against directly.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
IBM sits in the Dow Jones Industrial Average among our tracked indices and has appeared repeatedly across the diary's editions, including the Weekly Signal and a report on forward-deployed engineers. It does not carry a Closelooknet score, so no module has yet been built for it.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether IBM's model partnerships and its commitment of engineers to install AI inside client businesses show up in revenue, given how far the shares have drifted from their high.

International Business Machines (IBM) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. 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 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Susquehanna, 2026-08-31

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 Susquehanna — target 235 from 225 Target raised to $235 from $225 (+0.6% to spot) 2026-08-31
  • Initiation Craig-Hallum — at Buy Initiated to Buy 2026-08-19

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.99%, quarterly · last 1.69 USD on 2026-08-10

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 2.99% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • 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

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 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is International Business Machines (IBM)?

International Business Machines trades as IBM on the US exchange (US) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

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 2026-09-26.

What is International Business Machines's earnings print record?

Across the 10 prints Closelooknet covers, International Business Machines beat EPS estimates 10 times and revenue estimates 6 times; the three-day reactions split 5 up, 0 flat and 5 down (moves beyond ±3%), as of the 2026-07-21 card. The full print-record card carries the per-print history.

Where does IBM trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -2.1% vs the 50-day and -12.3% vs the 200-day average, 32.2% below the 52-week high and +13.2% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does International Business Machines trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year International Business Machines had a beta of 0.47 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 49% 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. 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 14 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Weekly Signal: Cybersecurity — Sold on Price, Bought on Flow (2026-09-13); Daily Pulse: Software Earnings — Beat, Raise, Down 18%: The Punishment Phase Is Back (2026-08-06); Report: Enterprise AI — The Control Point (2026-08-04). What Closelooknet said most recently: IBM (243.29, +3.6%), named in the digest for its models partnership, is −18% on the year and −26% off its June high; the flow scan does not cover it. (Weekly Signal, 2026-09-13). 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 software for hybrid cloud and AI platforms, consulting for enterprise technology projects, infrastructure such as servers and storage, and financing that helps clients pay for its hardware and software. It works with hyperscalers and software vendors including Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce and SAP, and has a partnership with Arm on new chip architectures. It is based in Armonk, New York, and lists on the New York Stock Exchange. The diary has not set a fixed peer group for IBM. The comparison the market draws most often is with Accenture on the consulting side and with the large cloud platforms it partners with rather than competes against directly.

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

IBM carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, so it sits outside that index rather than inside one of its layers. Within our broader universe it belongs to the technology sector, in information-technology services alongside the large enterprise-software and consulting names. IBM sits in the Dow Jones Industrial Average among our tracked indices and has appeared repeatedly across the diary's editions, including the Weekly Signal and a report on forward-deployed engineers. It does not carry a Closelooknet score, so no module has yet been built for it.

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 2.99% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.69 USD on 2026-08-10. 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 Susquehanna on 2026-08-31 (target 235 from 225). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation, 1 target change. 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.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for IBM, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Information Technology Services. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.