Consolidated Investment Analysis for International Business Machines Inc. International Business Machines Inc. (NYSE:IBM) Company Description International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an information technology (IT) company. The Company operates under five segments: Global Technology Services segment (GTS); Global Business Services segment (GBS); Software segment; System and Technology segment, and Global Financing segment. In October 2009, IBM Corporation completed its acquisition of SPSS Inc. In November 2009, IBM acquired Guardium. In January 2010, announced the completion of its acquisition of Lombardi. In February 2010, the Company acquired Intelliden Inc.In March 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of National Interest Security Company, LLC. Share Statistics Symbol IBM Current Price 165.94 52wk Range 116.00- 167.72 Avg Vol (3m) 5,359,650
EPS 11.00 Market Cap 202.37B 52wk Change 26.78% P/E (ttm) 14.40
Financial Summary
On January 18, 2011, International Business Machines Corp reported 4th quarter 2010 earnings of 4.18 per share. This result was in line with the consensus of the 21 analysts following the company and exceeded last year's 4th quarter results by 16.43%. The next earnings announcement is expected on April 18, 2011. International Business Machines Corp reported annual 2010 earnings of 11.52 per share on January 18, 2011. IBM had 4th quarter 2010 revenues of 29.02bn. This bettered the 28.27bn consensus of the 18 analysts covering the company. This was 19.56% above the prior year's 4th quarter results. IBM had revenues for the full year 2010 of 99.87bn. This was 4.29% above the prior year's results.
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The 20 analysts offering 12 month price targets for International Business Machines Corp (IBM:NYQ) have a median target of 179.50, with a high estimate of 190.00 and a low estimate of 144.00. The median estimate represents a 9.48% increase from the last price of 163.95. Technical Analysis Chart
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