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IBM (NYSE:IBM) released preliminary financial results for the second quarter of 2026, reporting revenue of $17. 2 billion, up 1% from a year earlier but below the company’s expectations as weaker performance in its Infrastructure and Software divisions weighed on results.
IBM struggled over the past three months as customers scrambled to get their hands on components that AI datacenters are gobbling up, its CEO said.
Every record-breaking chip sale and soaring data center budget is quietly starving another corner of the tech economy, and corporate earnings are starting to expose which companies are caught on the wrong side of that divide.
Investing.com -- HSBC downgraded IBM to Reduce from Hold and cut its price target to $191 from $231 in a note on Tuesday, arguing that a basket of IBM's peers offers superior earnings potential for the same investment.
CPI inflation was far below views, lowering Fed rate hike odds. Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh said he'll "get monetary policy right."
IBM just logged its worst single-session collapse in nearly four decades, and the shockwaves are already hitting Microsoft, ServiceNow, and the broader software sector in ways that raise an uncomfortable question about where enterprise spending is actually going.
Investing.com - U.S. stock index futures pared early losses to trade near the flatline on Tuesday as investors shifted their focus from geopolitical tensions in the Middle East to the start of the second-quarter earnings season, led by major Wall Street banks.
IBM stock was heading for its largest same-day plunge in nearly 40 years on Tuesday after the company’s preliminary second-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue missed analysts’ targets. In a letter to shareholders, CEO Arvind Krishna explained that the shortfall was largely driven by the company’s infrastructure business. “What played out was worse than our expectations,” Krishna wrote.
FEATURE The artificial-intelligence trade appeared to be reignited Tuesday as investors digested a slew of bank earnings reports ahead of the consumer-price index inflation report for June. International Business Machines sank 23% after the company’s preliminary second-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue missed analysts’ targets.
Tech stocks faced downward pressure Tuesday as disappointing preliminary results from IBM (NYSE:IBM) rippled across the sector, pulling shares of major software companies lower. Following IBM’s update, investors reacted sharply to the cooling sentiment in the broader software space: Accenture (NYSE:ACN): Fell 8% ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW): Dropped 6% Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY): Declined 5% Salesforce (NYSE:CRM): Slipped 5% The decline is rooted in a fundamental shift in enterprise capital expenditure (cap
Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index dropped Tuesday ahead of the June CPI inflation report. IBM stock plunged 23% on earnings.
Shares of IBM are sliding before the market open on Tuesday as the company provided preliminary second-quarter results that are below Wall Street's expectations. International Business Machines said that it anticipates a quarterly adjusted profit of $2.93 per share on revenue of $17.2 billion. CEO Arvind Krishna said in a letter to investors that the company's software and infrastructure performance shortfall during the quarter was due to clients shifting their spending toward servers, storage, and memory purchases before anticipated price increases.
Iran fired on ships, Trump answered with missiles and seized the Strait of Hormuz, and Wall Street spent Tuesday sorting out who gets hurt and who benefits. Analysts at KeyBanc, HSBC, and Mizuho made some bold calls you may not see coming.
Wall Street looked set for a mixed open as investors digested a 23% plunge in IBM shares, another jump in oil prices and the start of the second-quarter earnings season. Dow Jones futures were down 281 points, or 0.5%, while S&P 500 futures were 0.1% lower. Nasdaq futures were pointing...
IBM reported preliminary Q2 revenue of $17.2 billion, well below analyst expectations, as large deals failed to close on time
By Ragini Mathur and Avinash P July 14 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Dow futures fell on Tuesday in choppy trading as investors sifted through earnings reports from Wall Street's biggest banks, while IBM
Investing.com --IBM’s preliminary second-quarter results delivered a gut punch to investors, sending the stock down 19% on Tuesday morning as a massive, industry-wide shift in hardware capital expenditure (capex) cannibalized the company’s high-margin software business.
IBM stock plunged after an unexpected pre-earnings warning.
IBM stock plunged after an unexpected pre-earnings warning.
IBM stock plunged after an unexpected pre-earnings warning.
IBM stock tumbled after the company published its earnings ahead of schedule and acknowledged a "disappointing" quarter.
IBM said on Tuesday it expects second-quarter revenue of $17.2 billion, according to preliminary results. Analysts expect the company to report revenue of $17.86 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG. Shares of the company fell 14% in premarket trading.
Fresh inflation data, Fed rate hike bets, a shaky AI trade, and a reescalating US-Iran war factored into Tuesday's stock market moves.
Oracle and IBM are both gaining market share in the cloud computing industry, but one of them appears to be the clear winner.
Shares of quantum computing leader IonQ on Monday were on pace to close down for a ninth straight day, a streak not seen since September 2023.
At $292.59, International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) is a Buy, echoing Jim Cramer’s call on Mad Money after a viewer asked for a verdict on the stock. Cramer called IBM inexpensive, praised CEO Arvind Krishna’s execution, and told viewers to buy some now and add on any panic dips. IBM sits at the intersection of enterprise ... Jim Cramer Says Buy IBM Right Now: Here Is Why Arvind Krishna Has This Stock Undervalued
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