International Business Machines Corporation $IBM Shares Acquired by Foundations Investment Advisors LLC

Foundations Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) by 12.4% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 68,706 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,554 shares during the period. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in International Business Machines were worth $20,351,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of International Business Machines by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 97,216,131 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $28,796,390,000 after acquiring an additional 1,439,824 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of International Business Machines by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 22,605,083 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $6,679,105,000 after acquiring an additional 336,069 shares in the last quarter. Capital World Investors grew its stake in shares of International Business Machines by 13.9% in the third quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 17,045,156 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $4,809,461,000 after acquiring an additional 2,077,506 shares in the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc grew its stake in shares of International Business Machines by 2.5% in the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 7,302,722 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,060,536,000 after acquiring an additional 176,219 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Amundi grew its stake in shares of International Business Machines by 17.9% in the third quarter. Amundi now owns 4,777,516 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,382,695,000 after acquiring an additional 725,191 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 58.96% of the company’s stock.

More International Business Machines News

Here are the key news stories impacting International Business Machines this week:

• Positive Sentiment: IBM announced a five-year global technology modernization agreement with Abertis, a new services deal that should support consulting and infrastructure revenue. IBM and Abertis are Driving the Future of Mobility with a Global Technology Modernization Agreement
• Positive Sentiment: IBM is benefiting from renewed enthusiasm around quantum computing after the U.S. Department of Commerce announced approximately $2.0 billion in planned funding for nine quantum companies, with IBM seen as a key beneficiary because of its quantum chip and foundry partnerships. Trump’s $2 Billion Quantum Bet Lifts IBM, D‑Wave, and Rigetti — and Sends Quantum ETF QTUM Toward $5 Billion in Assets
• Positive Sentiment: One analyst reiterated a Buy rating and raised its price target to $280, citing strong first-quarter results, robust free cash flow, and management’s maintained FY2026 guidance for more than 5% revenue growth and about $1 billion in annual free-cash-flow increases. IBM: Why AI Is An Opportunity Not A Threat, Raising My Price Target
• Neutral Sentiment: Several recent articles highlight IBM as a major name in the fast-growing quantum-computing ETF and infrastructure theme, which reinforces investor interest but does not add a new company-specific catalyst on its own. QTUM ETF Crosses $5 Billion Even As IBM, Rigetti, IonQ, D-Wave Cool Off
• Negative Sentiment: The broader quantum trade appears to be cooling after last week’s surge, which could temper near-term momentum in IBM shares even as the longer-term story stays constructive. QTUM ETF Crosses $5 Billion Even As IBM, Rigetti, IonQ, D-Wave Cool Off

International Business Machines Price Performance

Shares of IBM opened at $255.43 on Thursday. International Business Machines Corporation has a 1-year low of $212.34 and a 1-year high of $324.90. The stock has a market cap of $240.08 billion, a PE ratio of 22.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.60 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.75, a current ratio of 0.80 and a quick ratio of 0.76. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $239.06 and a 200 day moving average price of $271.09.

International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 22nd. The technology company reported $1.91 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.81 by $0.10. International Business Machines had a net margin of 15.61% and a return on equity of 37.23%. The firm had revenue of $15.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $15.60 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.60 earnings per share. International Business Machines’s quarterly revenue was up 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that International Business Machines Corporation will post 12.4 EPS for the current year.

International Business Machines Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Investors of record on Friday, May 8th will be given a $1.69 dividend. This represents a $6.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.6%. This is a boost from International Business Machines’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.68. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 8th. International Business Machines’s dividend payout ratio is presently 59.77%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently commented on IBM. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of International Business Machines from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. DZ Bank upgraded shares of International Business Machines from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $295.00 target price for the company in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Erste Group Bank downgraded shares of International Business Machines from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on shares of International Business Machines from $317.00 to $283.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 18th. Finally, HSBC upgraded shares of International Business Machines from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $218.00 to $231.00 in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $294.41.

International Business Machines Profile

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is a global technology and consulting company headquartered in Armonk, New York. Founded in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) and renamed IBM in 1924, the company has evolved from early electromechanical machines to a diversified technology provider serving enterprises and governments worldwide. IBM is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IBM.

IBM’s principal businesses encompass cloud computing and software, infrastructure and systems, consulting and technology services, and research and development.