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IBM

IBM · Information Technology

Last earnings Oct 21, 2026

Key results

Revenuequarter

$16.3 billion

Revenue of $16.3 billion, up 9 percent, up 7 percent at constant currency

SEC original ↗IBM — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 22, 2025

Growthquarter

up 9 percent

Revenue of $16.3 billion, up 9 percent, up 7 percent at constant currency

SEC original ↗IBM — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 22, 2025

Software revenuequarter

10 percent

Software revenue up 10 percent, up 9 percent at constant currency

SEC original ↗IBM — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 22, 2025

Consulting revenuequarter

3 percent

Consulting revenue up 3 percent, up 2 percent at constant currency

SEC original ↗IBM — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 22, 2025

Infrastructure revenuequarter

17 percent

Infrastructure revenue up 17 percent, up 15 percent at constant currency

SEC original ↗IBM — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 22, 2025

Free cash flowquarter

$7.2 billion

free cash flow of $7.2 billion

SEC original ↗IBM — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 22, 2025

Software revenues of $7.2 billion, up 10 percent, up 9 percent at constant currency

SEC original ↗IBM — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 22, 2025

Consulting revenues of $5.3 billion, up 3 percent, up 2 percent at constant currency

SEC original ↗IBM — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 22, 2025

Infrastructure revenues of $3.6 billion, up 17 percent, up 15 percent at constant currency

SEC original ↗IBM — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 22, 2025

AI analysis

Q3 2025 · reported Oct 22, 2025

Based on: Earnings release + parent 8-K — transcript not held

Revenue · Q3 2025
$16.3B
EX-99 · Oct 22, 2025
Free cash flow · Q3 2025
$7.2B
EX-99 · Oct 22, 2025
Growth · Q3 2025
up 9 percent
EX-99 · Oct 22, 2025
Software revenue · Q3 2025
10 percent
EX-99 · Oct 22, 2025

Headline figures

MetricQ3 2025Prior qtrYear ago
Revenue$16.3 billion——
Growthup 9 percent——
Software revenue10 percent——
Consulting revenue3 percent——
Infrastructure revenue17 percent——
Free cash flow$7.2 billion——

EX-99 · Oct 22, 2025

Guidance · company-stated

Direction: Raised

Revenue

“htm EX-99.1 Document Exhibit 99.1 IBM RELEASES THIRD-QUARTER RESULTS Acceleration in revenue growth and profit across all segments Raises outlook for full-year revenue growth and free cash flow ARMONK, N.”

Revenue

“Given the strength of our business, we are raising our full-year outlook for revenue growth and free cash flow.”

Classified from the release's primary full-year outlook statement.

Next earningsNo verified date on fileNo date is estimated or imported

Cash flow & capex

Free cash flow$7.2B

Capital allocation

Dividend$1.6B

The company returned $1.6 billion to shareholders in dividends in the third quarter.

General educational research only — not investment advice.Every figure is as stated in the held documents; values marked “computed from stated figures” are arithmetic on those stated figures. Guidance shown is the company’s own stated guidance. No price targets, no recommendations, no consensus estimates.

Event summary

IBM RELEASES THIRD-QUARTER RESULTS

Based on: Earnings release + parent 8-K — transcript not held

Guidance & outlook

Direction: Raised

Revenue: “htm EX-99.1 Document Exhibit 99.1 IBM RELEASES THIRD-QUARTER RESULTS Acceleration in revenue growth and profit across all segments Raises outlook for full-year revenue growth and free cash flow ARMONK, N.”

Revenue: “Given the strength of our business, we are raising our full-year outlook for revenue growth and free cash flow.”

Revenue — Raised (“Raises”)
“htm EX-99.1 Document Exhibit 99.1 IBM RELEASES THIRD-QUARTER RESULTS Acceleration in revenue growth and profit across all segments Raises outlook for full-year revenue growth and free cash flow ARMONK, N.”

Revenue — Raised (“raising”)
“Given the strength of our business, we are raising our full-year outlook for revenue growth and free cash flow.”

Classified from the release's primary full-year outlook statement.

Capital allocation

The company returned $1.6 billion to shareholders in dividends in the third quarter.

SEC original ↗IBM — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 22, 2025

Debt, including IBM Financing debt of $11.3 billion, totaled $63.1 billion, up $8.1 billion year to date.

SEC original ↗IBM — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 22, 2025

Dividend Declaration On October 22, 2025, the IBM board of directors approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $1.68 per common share, to stockholders of record on November 10, 2025.

SEC original ↗IBM — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 22, 2025

With payment of the December 10, 2025 dividend, IBM will have paid consecutive quarterly dividends every year since 1916.

SEC original ↗IBM — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 22, 2025

Strategy & priorities

Consistent focus on the fundamentals of our business delivered double-digit growth in adjusted EBITDA, and drove another quarter of strong free cash flow, the fuel for our investments and ability to return value to shareholders.

SEC original ↗IBM — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 22, 2025

Documents

Earnings deck slides

7 decks with slide view

IBM — Presentation / slide deck (8-K exhibit) — Slide view unavailable — this deck was filed as a web document, whose text has no page boundaries.

IBM — Presentation / slide deck (8-K exhibit) — Slide view unavailable — this deck was filed as a web document, whose text has no page boundaries.

IBM — Presentation / slide deck (8-K exhibit) — Slide view unavailable — this deck was filed as a web document, whose text has no page boundaries.

IBM — Presentation / slide deck (8-K exhibit) — Slide view unavailable — this deck was filed as a web document, whose text has no page boundaries.

IBM — Presentation / slide deck (8-K exhibit) — Slide view unavailable — this deck was filed as a web document, whose text has no page boundaries.

IBM — Presentation / slide deck (8-K exhibit) — Slide view unavailable — this deck was filed as a web document, whose text has no page boundaries.

IBM — Presentation / slide deck (8-K exhibit) — Slide view unavailable — this deck was filed as a web document, whose text has no page boundaries.

IBM — Presentation / slide deck (8-K exhibit) — Slide view unavailable — this deck was filed as a web document, whose text has no page boundaries.

Slide history — recurring slides by stated title

Slides are matched across this company’s decks by their stated title only; a title listed here appeared in more than one held deck.

CEO perspective — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 4 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 2 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 4 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 2 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 4

Summary — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 9 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 11 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 9 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 12 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 9

Adjusted EBITDA performance — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 13 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 14 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 13

Arvind Krishna — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 3 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 3 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 3

Balance sheet summary — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 19 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 22 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 19

Cash flow and balance sheet highlights — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 14 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 15 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 14

Consulting segment categories — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 23 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 27 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 23

Currency impact on revenue growth — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 15 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 16 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 15

Expense summary — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 18 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 20 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 18

Financial Highlights — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 8 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 7 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 5

Forward-looking statements and non-GAAP information — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 2 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 2 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 2

Free cash flow summary — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 20 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 23 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 20

ibm.com/investor — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 10 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 10 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 10

Infrastructure segment categories — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 24 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 28 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 24

Non-GAAP supplemental materials — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 25 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 29 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 25

Revenue and P&L highlights — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 12 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 12 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 12

Software segment categories — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 22 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 26 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 22

Supplemental material — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 11 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 11 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 11

$5.3B — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 8 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 8

Closing — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 13 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 15

Consulting segment details — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 17 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 17

Introduction — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 1 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 1

Revenue — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 1 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 2

Software & Infrastructure segment details — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 16 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 16

Statement of cash flows — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 21 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 21

Three Months Ended — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 4 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 5

Tim Davidson, 914-844-7847 — Oct 21, 2026 · slide 3 · Oct 21, 2026 · slide 4

Competitors

Competitors & peers

Same GICS sector — classification peers, not declared competitors

Filings

72 documents

Earnings releases

23 documents

Presentations

15 documents

Transcripts

0 documents

No transcripts for IBM are held in this edition of the library.

Mentioned by

20 companies

Other tracked companies whose held documents mention IBM by name or ticker. A mention is counted once per document, from the document text the library holds.

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