IBM RELEASES FIRST-QUARTER RESULTS

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Results exceed expectations driven by strong Software revenue growth, significant gross margin expansion and solid free cash flow

ARMONK, N.Y., April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced first-quarter 2025 earnings results.

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"We exceeded expectations for revenue, profitability and free cash flow in the quarter, led by strength across our Software portfolio. There continues to be strong demand for generative AI and our book of business stands at more than $6 billion inception-to-date, up more than $1 billion in the quarter," said Arvind Krishna, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer. "We remain bullish on the long-term growth opportunities for technology and the global economy. While the macroeconomic environment is fluid, based on what we know today, we are maintaining our full-year expectations for revenue growth and free cash flow." 

First-Quarter Highlights

  • Revenue
    - Revenue of $14.5 billion, up 1 percent, up 2 percent at constant currency
    - Software revenue up 7 percent, up 9 percent at constant currency
    - Consulting revenue down 2 percent, flat at constant currency
    - Infrastructure revenue down 6 percent, down 4 percent at constant currency
  • Profit
    - Gross Profit Margin: GAAP: 55.2 percent, up 170 basis points; Operating (Non-GAAP): 56.6 percent, up 190 basis points
    - Pre-Tax Income Margin: GAAP: 8.0 percent, up 50 basis points; Operating (Non-GAAP): 12.0 percent, up 50 basis points
  • Cash Flow
    - Net cash from operating activities of $4.4 billion; free cash flow of $2.0 billion

FIRST-QUARTER 2025 INCOME STATEMENT SUMMARY


Revenue


Gross

Profit



Gross

Profit

Margin



Pre-tax

Income


Pre-tax

Income

Margin


Net

Income


Diluted

Earnings

Per Share

GAAP from

Continuing

Operations

$   14.5 B



$   8.0 B



55.2

%


$    1.2 B



8.0

%


$     1.1 B



$     1.12


Year/Year

1

%(1)


4

%


1.7

Pts


8

%


0.5

Pts


(33)

%(2)


(34)

%

Operating

(Non-GAAP)




$   8.2 B



56.6

%


$    1.7 B



12.0

%


$     1.5 B



$     1.60


Year/Year




4

%


1.9

Pts


5

%


0.5

Pts


(3)

%


(5)

%

(1)  2% at constant currency.

(2) GAAP 2024 net income includes a benefit from income taxes due to the resolution of certain tax audit matters.

"Revenue growth, once again led by Software, combined with our productivity initiatives, drove significant gross margin expansion and operating leverage in the quarter," said James Kavanaugh, IBM senior vice president and chief financial officer. "With our focus on the fundamentals of our business, we continue to maintain a strong liquidity position and yield solid free cash flow. This enables us to both invest in our business and return value to shareholders through dividends."

Segment Results for First Quarter

  • Software — revenues of $6.3 billion, up 7 percent, up 9 percent at constant currency:
    - Hybrid Cloud (Red Hat) up 12 percent, up 13 percent at constant currency
    - Automation up 14 percent, up 15 percent at constant currency
    - Data up 5 percent, up 7 percent at constant currency
    - Transaction Processing flat, up 2 percent at constant currency

  • Consulting — revenues of $5.1 billion, down 2 percent, flat at constant currency:
    - Strategy and Technology down 3 percent, down 1 percent at constant currency
    - Intelligent Operations down 2 percent, flat at constant currency

  • Infrastructure — revenues of $2.9 billion, down 6 percent, down 4 percent at constant currency:
    - Hybrid Infrastructure down 9 percent, down 7 percent at constant currency
          -- IBM Z down 15 percent, down 14 percent at constant currency
          -- Distributed Infrastructure down 5 percent, down 4 percent at constant currency
    - Infrastructure Support down 3 percent, flat at constant currency

  • Financing — revenues of $0.2 billion, down 1 percent, up 2 percent at constant currency

Cash Flow and Balance Sheet

In the first quarter, the company generated net cash from operating activities of $4.4 billion, up $0.2 billion year to year. IBM's free cash flow was $2.0 billion, up $0.1 billion year to year. The company returned $1.5 billion to shareholders in dividends in the first quarter and invested $7.1 billion in acquisitions, including the acquisition of HashiCorp.

IBM ended the first quarter with $17.6 billion of cash, restricted cash and marketable securities, up $2.8 billion from year-end 2024. Debt, including IBM Financing debt of $10.0 billion, totaled $63.3 billion, up $8.3 billion year to date.

Expectations

  • Revenue: The company continues to expect full-year constant currency revenue growth of at least 5 percent. At current foreign exchange rates, currency is expected to be about a one to one-and-a-half-point tailwind to growth for the year.
    - The company expects second-quarter revenue to be in the range of $16.40 billion to $16.75 billion.
  • Free cash flow: The company continues to expect about $13.5 billion in free cash flow for the full year.

Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements

Except for the historical information and discussions contained herein, statements contained in this release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on the company's current assumptions regarding future business and financial performance. These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, the following: a downturn in economic environment and client spending budgets; a failure of the company's innovation initiatives; damage to the company's reputation; risks from investing in growth opportunities; failure of the company's intellectual property portfolio to prevent competitive offerings and the failure of the company to obtain necessary licenses; the company's ability to successfully manage acquisitions, alliances and divestitures, including integration challenges, failure to achieve objectives, the assumption or retention of liabilities and higher debt levels; fluctuations in financial results; impact of local legal, economic, political, health and other conditions; the company's failure to meet growth and productivity objectives; ineffective internal controls; the company's use of accounting estimates; impairment of the company's goodwill or amortizable intangible assets; the company's ability to attract and retain key employees and its reliance on critical skills; impacts of relationships with critical suppliers; product and service quality issues; the development and use of AI and generative AI, including the company's increased offerings and use of AI-based technologies; impacts of business with government clients; reliance on third party distribution channels and ecosystems; cybersecurity, privacy, and AI considerations; adverse effects related to climate change and other environmental matters; tax matters; legal proceedings and investigatory risks; the company's pension plans; currency fluctuations and customer financing risks; impact of changes in market liquidity conditions and customer credit risk on receivables; risk factors related to IBM securities; and other risks, uncertainties and factors discussed in the company's Form 10-Qs, Form 10-K and in the company's other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or in materials incorporated therein by reference.

Any forward-looking statement in this release speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Except as required by law, the company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

Presentation of Information in this Press Release

For generative AI, book of business includes Software transactional revenue, SaaS Annual Contract Value and Consulting signings. The generative AI book of business is further defined within Exhibit 99.2 in the Form 8-K that includes this press release.

In an effort to provide investors with additional information regarding the company's results as determined by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the company has also disclosed in this press release the following non-GAAP information, which management believes provides useful information to investors:

IBM results —

  • adjusting for currency (i.e., at constant currency);
  • presenting operating (non-GAAP) earnings per share amounts and related income statement items;
  • free cash flow;
  • net cash from operating activities excluding IBM Financing receivables;
  • adjusted EBITDA.

The rationale for management's use of these non-GAAP measures is included in Exhibit 99.2 in the Form 8-K that includes this press release and is being submitted today to the SEC.

Conference Call and Webcast

IBM's regular quarterly earnings conference call is scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m. ET, today. The Webcast may be accessed via a link at https://www.ibm.com/investor/events/earnings-1q25. Presentation charts will be available shortly before the Webcast.

Financial Results Below (certain amounts may not add due to use of rounded numbers; percentages presented are calculated from the underlying whole-dollar amounts).

Contact:       IBM
                    Sarah Meron, 347-891-1770
                    sarah.meron@ibm.com 
    
                    Tim Davidson, 914-844-7847
                    tfdavids@us.ibm.com 

 

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COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL RESULTS

(Unaudited; Dollars in millions except per share amounts)



Three Months Ended
March 31,



2025



2024


REVENUE BY SEGMENT






Software

$                   6,336



$                   5,899


Consulting

5,068



5,186


Infrastructure

2,886



3,076


Financing

191



193


Other

61



108


TOTAL REVENUE

14,541



14,462








GROSS PROFIT

8,031



7,742








GROSS PROFIT MARGIN






Software

83.6

%


82.4

%

Consulting

27.3

%


25.3

%

Infrastructure

52.8

%


54.2

%

Financing

45.8

%


48.5

%







TOTAL GROSS PROFIT MARGIN

55.2

%


53.5

%







EXPENSE AND OTHER INCOME






SG&A

4,886



4,974


R&D

1,950



1,796


Intellectual property and custom development income

(253)



(216)


Other (income) and expense

(165)



(317)


Interest expense

455



432


TOTAL EXPENSE AND OTHER INCOME

6,873



6,669








INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

BEFORE INCOME TAXES

1,158



1,074


Pre-tax margin

8.0

%


7.4

%

Provision for/(Benefit from) income taxes (1)

103



(502)


Effective tax rate (1)

8.9

%


(46.7)

%







INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

$                   1,054



$                   1,575








DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS






Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes

1



30








NET INCOME

$                   1,055



$                   1,605








EARNINGS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK






Assuming Dilution






Continuing Operations

$                      1.12



$                      1.69


Discontinued Operations

$                      0.00



$                      0.03


TOTAL

$                      1.12



$                      1.72








Basic






Continuing Operations

$                      1.14



$                      1.72


Discontinued Operations

$                      0.00



$                      0.03


TOTAL

$                      1.14



$                      1.75








WEIGHTED-AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING (M's)






Assuming Dilution

945.4



933.4


Basic

928.0



917.2


____________________

(1) 2024 includes a benefit from income taxes due to the resolution of certain tax audit matters.

 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

 

(Unaudited)


(Dollars in Millions)


At

March 31,
2025


At

December 31,
2024

ASSETS:





Current Assets:





Cash and cash equivalents


$                   11,035


$                   13,947

Restricted cash


126


214

Marketable securities


6,430


644

Notes and accounts receivable - trade, net


5,857


6,804

Short-term financing receivables, net


5,715


7,159

Other accounts receivable, net


897


947

Inventories


1,431


1,289

Deferred costs


1,074


959

Prepaid expenses and other current assets


2,770


2,520

Total Current Assets


35,336


34,482






Property, plant and equipment, net


5,742


5,731

Operating right-of-use assets, net


3,323


3,197

Long-term financing receivables, net


4,920


5,353

Prepaid pension assets


7,670


7,492

Deferred costs


769


788

Deferred taxes


7,594


6,978

Goodwill


66,065


60,706

Intangibles, net


12,392


10,660

Investments and sundry assets


1,856


1,787

Total Assets


$                145,667


$                137,175






LIABILITIES:





Current Liabilities:





Taxes


$                      1,573


$                      2,033

Short-term debt


6,913


5,089

Accounts payable


3,585


4,032

Deferred income


15,057


13,907

Operating lease liabilities


798


768

Other liabilities


7,179


7,313

Total Current Liabilities


35,106


33,142






Long-term debt


56,371


49,884

Retirement-related obligations


9,536


9,432

Deferred income


3,844


3,622

Operating lease liabilities


2,753


2,655

Other liabilities


11,105


11,048

Total Liabilities


118,714


109,783






EQUITY:





IBM Stockholders' Equity:





Common stock


61,913


61,380

Retained earnings


150,703


151,163

Treasury stock - at cost


(170,160)


(169,968)

Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss)


(15,575)


(15,269)

Total IBM Stockholders' Equity


26,880


27,307






Noncontrolling interests


72


86

Total Equity


26,953


27,393






Total Liabilities and Equity


$                145,667


$                137,175

 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

CASH FLOW

(Unaudited)




Three Months Ended
March 31,

(Dollars in Millions)


2025


2024

Net Income from Operations


$                     1,055


$                     1,605

Depreciation/Amortization of Intangibles (1)


1,177


1,132

Stock-based Compensation


401


320

Operating assets and liabilities/Other, net (2)


(350)


(785)

IBM Financing A/R


2,087


1,897

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities


$                     4,370


$                     4,168






Capital Expenditures, net of payments & proceeds


(321)


(361)

Divestitures, net of cash transferred


(1)


703

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired


(7,098)


(82)

Marketable Securities / Other Investments, net


(5,559)


(4,469)

Net Cash Provided by/(Used in) Investing Activities


$               (12,979)


$                  (4,210)






Debt, net of payments & proceeds


7,092


3,382

Dividends


(1,549)


(1,522)

Financing - Other


(100)


17

Net Cash Provided by/(Used in) Financing Activities


$                     5,443


$                     1,877






Effect of Exchange Rate changes on Cash


167


(159)

Net Change in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash


$                  (2,999)


$                     1,676

____________________

(1)  Includes operating lease right-of-use assets amortization.

(2)  2024 includes the reduction of tax reserves.

 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

GAAP NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED EBITDA RECONCILIATION

(Unaudited)




Three Months Ended

March 31,

(Dollars in Billions)


2025


2024


Yr/Yr

Net Income as reported (GAAP)


$           1.1


$           1.6


$         (0.5)

Less: Income from discontinued operations, net of tax


0.0


0.0


0.0

Income from continuing operations


1.1


1.6


(0.5)

Provision for/(Benefit from) income taxes from continuing ops.


0.1


(0.5)


0.6

Pre-tax income from continuing operations (GAAP)


1.2


1.1


0.1

Non-operating adjustments (before tax)







Acquisition-related charges (1)


0.6


0.5


0.1

Non-operating retirement-related costs/(income)


0.0


0.1


(0.1)








Operating (non-GAAP) pre-tax income from continuing ops.


1.7


1.7


0.1








Net interest expense


0.3


0.2


0.0

Depreciation/Amortization of non-acquired intangible assets


0.7


0.7


0.0

Stock-based compensation


0.4


0.3


0.1

Workforce rebalancing charges


0.3


0.4


(0.1)

Corporate (gains) and charges (2)


0.0


(0.2)


0.2








Adjusted EBITDA


$           3.4


$           3.0


$           0.4

___________________

(1) Primarily consists of amortization of acquired intangible assets.

(2) Corporate (gains) and charges primarily consists of unique corporate actions such as gains on divestitures.

 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

SEGMENT DATA

(Unaudited)




Three Months Ended March 31, 2025















(Dollars in Millions)


Software



Consulting



Infrastructure



Financing


Revenue


$                       6,336



$                        5,068



$                        2,886



$                            191


Segment Profit


$                       1,847



$                           558



$                           248



$                              69


Segment Profit Margin


29.1

%


11.0

%


8.6

%


35.8

%

Change YTY Revenue


7.4

%


(2.3)

%


(6.2)

%


(0.8)

%

Change YTY Revenue - Constant Currency


9.0

%


(0.5)

%


(4.3)

%


2.2

%




Three Months Ended March 31, 2024















(Dollars in Millions)


 Software



Consulting



Infrastructure



Financing


Revenue


$                       5,899



$                        5,186



$                        3,076



$                            193


Segment Profit


$                       1,500



$                           424



$                           311



$                              92


Segment Profit Margin


25.4

%


8.2

%


10.1

%


47.7

%

 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

U.S. GAAP TO OPERATING (Non-GAAP) RESULTS RECONCILIATION

(Unaudited; Dollars in millions except per share amounts)



Three Months Ended March 31, 2025



Continuing Operations



GAAP



Acquisition-

Related

Adjustments (1)



Retirement-

Related

Adjustments (2)



Tax

Reform

Impacts



Operating

(Non-

GAAP)


Gross Profit

$         8,031



$                             201



$                                     —



$                           —



$              8,232


Gross Profit Margin

55.2

%


1.4

pts


pts


pts


56.6

%

SG&A

$         4,886



$                           (353)



$                                     —



$                           —



$              4,533


R&D

1,950



(4)







1,946


Other (Income) & Expense

(165)





(23)





(187)


Total Expense & Other (Income)

6,873



(357)



(23)





6,494


Pre-tax Income from Continuing Operations

1,158



557



23





1,738


Pre-tax Income Margin from Continuing

Operations

8.0

%


3.8

pts


0.2

pts


pts


12.0

%

Provision for/(Benefit from) Income Taxes (3)

$            103



$                             128



$                                   (12)



$                            2



$                 221


Effective Tax Rate

8.9

%


4.5

pts


(0.8)

pts


0.1

pts


12.7

%

Income from Continuing Operations

$         1,054



$                             429



$                                    35



$                           (2)



$              1,517


Income Margin from Continuing Operations

7.3

%


3.0

pts


0.2

pts


0.0

pts


10.4

%

Diluted Earnings Per Share: Continuing

Operations

$           1.12



$                            0.45



$                                 0.04



$                       0.00



$                1.60





Three Months Ended March 31, 2024



Continuing Operations



GAAP



Acquisition-

Related

Adjustments (1)



Retirement-

Related

Adjustments (2)



Tax

Reform

Impacts (4)



Operating

(Non-

GAAP)


Gross Profit

$         7,742



$                             170



$                                     —



$                       —



$              7,913


Gross Profit Margin

53.5

%


1.2

pts


pts


pts


54.7

%

SG&A

$         4,974



$                            (268)



$                                     —



$                       —



$              4,706


R&D

1,796









1,796


Other (Income) & Expense

(317)



(50)



(96)





(463)


Total Expense & Other (Income)

6,669



(318)



(96)





6,255


Pre-tax Income from Continuing Operations

1,074



488



96





1,658


Pre-tax Income Margin from Continuing

Operations

7.4

%


3.4

pts


0.7

pts


pts


11.5

%

Provision for/(Benefit from) Income Taxes (3)

$           (502)



$                            142



$                                      5



$                    448



$                  94


Effective Tax Rate

(46.7)

%


22.3

pts


3.0

pts


27.0

pts


5.6

%

Income from Continuing Operations

$         1,575



$                            346



$                                    91



$                  (448)



$             1,564


Income Margin from Continuing Operations

10.9

%


2.4

pts


0.6

pts


(3.1)

pts


10.8

%

Diluted Earnings Per Share: Continuing

Operations

$           1.69



$                           0.37



$                                 0.10



$                 (0.48)



$               1.68


____________________

(1)   Includes amortization of acquired intangible assets, in-process R&D, transaction costs, applicable retention, restructuring and related expenses, tax charges related to

       acquisition integration and pre-closing charges, such as financing costs. 2024 also includes a loss of $50 million on foreign exchange derivative contracts entered into by the

       company prior to the acquisition of StreamSets and webMethods from Software AG.

(2)   Includes amortization of prior service costs, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, amortized actuarial gains/losses, the impacts of any plan curtailments/settlements and

       pension insolvency costs and other costs.

(3)   The tax impact on operating (non-GAAP) pre-tax income from continuing operations is calculated under the same accounting principles applied to the GAAP pre-tax income.

(4)   2024 includes a benefit from income taxes due to the resolution of certain tax audit matters.

 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

GAAP OPERATING CASH FLOW TO FREE CASH FLOW RECONCILIATION

(Unaudited)




Three Months Ended
March 31,

(Dollars in Millions)


2025


2024

Net Cash from Operations per GAAP


$            4,370


$            4,168






Less: change in IBM Financing receivables


2,087


1,897






Net cash from operating activities excl. IBM Financing receivables


2,283


2,271






Capital Expenditures, net


(321)


(361)






Free Cash Flow


$            1,962


$            1,910

 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

GAAP OPERATING CASH FLOW TO ADJUSTED EBITDA RECONCILIATION

(Unaudited)




Three Months Ended
March 31,

(Dollars in Billions)


2025


2024

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities


$           4.4


$             4.2






Add:





Net interest expense


0.3


0.2

Provision for/(Benefit from) income taxes from continuing operations


0.1


(0.5)






Less change in:





Financing receivables


2.1


1.9

Other assets and liabilities/other, net (1)


(0.7)


(1.0)






Adjusted EBITDA


$           3.4


$             3.0

____________________

(1)    Other assets and liabilities/other, net mainly consists of Operating assets and liabilities/Other, net in the Cash Flow chart, workforce 

         rebalancing charges, non-operating impacts and corporate (gains) and charges.

 

 

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DatumRatingAnalyst
07.04.2025IBM HoldJefferies & Company Inc.
31.03.2025IBM HoldJefferies & Company Inc.
23.03.2025IBM NeutralJP Morgan Chase & Co.
30.01.2025IBM BuyGoldman Sachs Group Inc.
30.01.2025IBM SellUBS AG
DatumRatingAnalyst
30.01.2025IBM BuyGoldman Sachs Group Inc.
21.04.2020IBM OutperformCredit Suisse Group
19.07.2019IBM OutperformCredit Suisse Group
11.04.2019IBM OutperformCredit Suisse Group
10.12.2018Red Hat BuyMonness, Crespi, Hardt & Co.
DatumRatingAnalyst
07.04.2025IBM HoldJefferies & Company Inc.
31.03.2025IBM HoldJefferies & Company Inc.
23.03.2025IBM NeutralJP Morgan Chase & Co.
24.10.2024IBM HoldJefferies & Company Inc.
01.10.2024IBM HaltenDZ BANK
DatumRatingAnalyst
30.01.2025IBM SellUBS AG
24.10.2024IBM SellUBS AG
19.07.2018IBM SellSociété Générale Group S.A. (SG)
12.01.2018IBM SellSociété Générale Group S.A. (SG)
17.07.2017IBM UnderweightBarclays Capital

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