International Business Machines
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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14.2 | 16.6 | 26.7 | 25.0 | 18.2 | 26.6 | 35.8 | 23.7 | 21.5 | 16.1 | 15.2 | 14.4 | 9.0 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 13.5 | 12.7 | 12.0 | 12.9 | 9.8 | 12.8 | 23.9 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 19.3 | 21.1 | 78.4 | 20.1 | 34.2 | 26.5 | |
| 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | |
| 3.6 | 5.1 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 7.1 | 8.7 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 8.7 | 13.1 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 8.6 | |
| 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.9 | |
| 5.8 | 7.3 | 12.1 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 15.7 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 5.8 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 8.1 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 20.4 | 19.1 | |
| 18.9 | 57.5 | 67.6 | 52.3 | 47.6 | 23.8 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 15.6 | 12.4 | 14.7 | 14.2 | 8.0 | 10.1 | 12.2 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 12.2 | 9.9 | 11.8 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 7.1 | 11.6 | 15.0 | 11.2 | 17.5 | 23.2 | |
| 5.3% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 4.2% | 6.6% | 6.4% | 6.4% | 8.0% | 6.8% | 7.1% | 12.5% | 9.9% | 8.2% | 7.1% | 7.0% | 6.7% | 8.2% | 10.1% | 8.5% | 9.4% | 11.3% | 10.4% | 14.0% | 8.6% | 6.7% | 8.9% | 5.7% | 4.3% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 38.2% | 39.0% | 37.8% | 36.5% | 36.7% | 38.4% | 37.3% | 36.5% | 36.9% | 40.1% | 41.9% | 42.2% | 44.1% | 45.7% | 46.1% | 46.9% | 49.0% | 49.5% | 50.0% | 49.8% | 48.2% | 46.7% | 46.4% | 54.6% | 48.3% | 54.9% | 54.0% | 55.4% | 56.7% | 58.2% | |
| 8.3% | 11.6% | 11.2% | 13.6% | 13.2% | 11.9% | 8.4% | 9.7% | 10.0% | 10.3% | 13.0% | 13.7% | 15.4% | 17.8% | 20.0% | 20.5% | 22.3% | 21.9% | 21.9% | 20.2% | 18.4% | 16.6% | 16.6% | 13.1% | 9.4% | 11.9% | 13.5% | 12.1% | 16.1% | 18.5% | |
| 7.4% | 7.8% | 7.7% | 8.8% | 9.2% | 9.3% | 4.4% | 7.4% | 7.8% | 8.7% | 10.4% | 10.5% | 11.9% | 14.0% | 14.9% | 14.8% | 16.1% | 16.8% | 13.0% | 16.1% | 14.9% | 7.3% | 11.0% | 16.3% | 7.6% | 10.0% | 2.7% | 12.1% | 9.6% | 15.7% | |
| 5.6% | 2.2% | 3.1% | 4.2% | 3.5% | 10.4% | 10.4% | 11.2% | 10.7% | 11.3% | 10.8% | 10.7% | 13.4% | 17.4% | 14.8% | 14.2% | 14.5% | 13.6% | 13.7% | 16.0% | 16.2% | 16.4% | 14.2% | 20.6% | 20.6% | 18.2% | 14.2% | 21.7% | 18.7% | 17.9% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25.1% | 30.7% | 32.6% | 37.6% | 39.2% | 32.7% | 15.7% | 23.5% | 25.1% | 24.0% | 33.3% | 36.6% | 91.6% | 59.3% | 64.4% | 78.7% | 88.0% | 72.3% | 101.3% | 92.5% | 65.1% | 32.5% | 51.6% | 44.9% | 27.0% | 30.2% | 7.5% | 33.3% | 22.1% | 32.4% | |
| 6.7% | 7.5% | 7.3% | 8.8% | 9.2% | 8.7% | 3.7% | 6.3% | 6.8% | 7.5% | 9.2% | 8.7% | 11.3% | 12.3% | 13.1% | 13.6% | 13.9% | 13.1% | 10.2% | 11.9% | 10.1% | 4.6% | 7.1% | 6.2% | 3.6% | 4.3% | 1.3% | 5.5% | 4.4% | 7.0% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5,270 | 6,124 | 8,530 | 9,187 | 25,013 | 20,821 | 20,635 | 16,342 | 12,874 | 10,073 | 14,660 | 20,283 | 21,184 | 13,917 | 17,963 | 19,400 | 22,858 | 29,003 | 32,328 | 32,203 | 34,342 | 34,851 | 34,433 | 56,107 | 49,683 | 46,027 | 43,937 | 44,299 | 41,794 | 48,419 | |
| 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 2.8 | |
| 26.7% | 24.3% | 22.6% | 23.4% | 23.3% | 26.7% | 23.6% | 26.7% | 27.2% | 31.3% | 27.6% | 23.6% | 12.3% | 20.8% | 20.3% | 17.3% | 15.8% | 18.1% | 10.1% | 12.9% | 15.5% | 14.1% | 13.7% | 13.8% | 13.3% | 14.4% | 17.2% | 16.7% | 19.9% | 21.5% | |
| 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.9 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.55 | 3.01 | 3.30 | 4.12 | 4.47 | 4.36 | 2.07 | 3.73 | 4.38 | 4.87 | 6.11 | 7.18 | 8.93 | 10.01 | 11.52 | 13.06 | 14.37 | 14.94 | 11.90 | 13.42 | 12.38 | 6.14 | 9.53 | 10.56 | 6.23 | 6.35 | 1.80 | 8.14 | 6.43 | 11.17 | |
| 34.42 | 38.83 | 42.53 | 46.79 | 48.78 | 46.85 | 46.90 | 50.76 | 56.35 | 55.99 | 58.85 | 68.10 | 75.00 | 71.39 | 77.58 | 88.08 | 89.04 | 89.18 | 91.87 | 83.18 | 83.36 | 84.42 | 86.86 | 64.64 | 82.11 | 63.40 | 66.35 | 67.09 | 66.96 | 71.19 | |
| 10.14 | 9.80 | 10.12 | 10.96 | 11.38 | 13.32 | 13.16 | 15.87 | 17.41 | 20.34 | 18.35 | 19.63 | 9.74 | 16.88 | 17.90 | 16.59 | 16.32 | 20.66 | 11.75 | 14.51 | 19.03 | 18.91 | 18.48 | 23.50 | 23.12 | 21.00 | 24.05 | 24.44 | 29.14 | 34.41 | |
| 1.92 | 0.87 | 1.30 | 1.97 | 1.71 | 4.86 | 4.87 | 5.70 | 6.06 | 6.32 | 6.34 | 7.30 | 10.08 | 12.45 | 11.49 | 12.51 | 12.87 | 12.10 | 12.56 | 13.33 | 13.49 | 13.82 | 12.31 | 13.29 | 16.90 | 11.51 | 9.40 | 14.57 | 12.55 | 12.76 | |
Data as of: September 17, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.