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IBM RELEASES THIRD-QUARTER RESULTS
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ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 25, 2023
Revenue growth led by Software and Consulting; Strong profit and cash generation
ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced third-quarter 2023 earnings results.
"Technology remains a critical source of competitive differentiation and progress for organizations around the world," said Arvind Krishna, IBM chairman and chief executive officer. "Clients are increasingly adopting our watsonx AI and data platform along with our hybrid cloud solutions to unlock productivity and operational efficiency. This is helping drive solid growth in our software and consulting businesses. As a result, we remain confident in our revenue and free cash flow growth expectations for the full year."
Third-Quarter Highlights
- Revenue
- Revenue of $14.8 billion, up 4.6 percent, up 3.5 percent at constant currency
- Software revenue up 8 percent, up 6 percent at constant currency
- Consulting revenue up 6 percent, up 5 percent at constant currency
- Infrastructure revenue down 2 percent, down 3 percent at constant currency
- Profit Margin
- Gross Profit Margin: GAAP: 54.4 percent, up 1.7 points; Operating (Non-GAAP): 55.5 percent, up 1.6 points
- Pre-Tax Income Margin: GAAP: 12.7 percent, up 44.6 points; Operating (Non-GAAP): 15.6 percent, up 1.7 points
- Cash Flow
- Year to date net cash from operating activities of $9.5 billion, up $3.0 billion; free cash flow of $5.1 billion, up $1.0 billion
| | THIRD QUARTER 2023 INCOME STATEMENT SUMMARY | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| | Gross Profit | | | Gross | | | Pre-tax Income | | Pre-tax Income Margin | | Net Income | | Diluted Earnings Per Share | |||||||||||||||||||||
| GAAP from | $ 14.8 B | | | $ 8.0 B | | | 54.4 | % | | $ 1.9 B | | | 12.7 | % | | $ 1.7 B | | | $ 1.86 | | ||||||||||||||||
| Year/Year | 4.6 | %* | | 8 | % | | 1.7 | Pts | | NM | ** | | 44.6 | Pts** | | NM | ** | | NM | ** | ||||||||||||||||
| Operating (Non-GAAP) | | | | $ 8.2 B | | | 55.5 | % | | $ 2.3 B | | | 15.6 | % | | $ 2.0 B | | | $ 2.20 | | ||||||||||||||||
| Year/Year | | | | 8 | % | | 1.6 | Pts | | 17 | % | | 1.7 | Pts | | 23 | % | | 22 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| * 3.5% at constant currency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** GAAP YTY results include the impact of a one-time, non-cash pension settlement charge related to the transfer of a portion of the company's U.S. defined benefit pension obligations and related plan assets to third-party insurers in third quarter 2022. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Our continued focus on the fundamentals of our business is driving solid revenue growth, profit margin expansion, and strong cash generation," said James Kavanaugh, IBM senior vice president and chief financial officer. "That cash generation has enabled us to increase our investment in R&D and acquisitions, strengthening our future AI and hybrid cloud capabilities, while supporting continued shareholder returns through our dividend."
Segment Results for Third Quarter
- Software — revenues of $6.3 billion, up 7.8 percent, up 6.3 percent at constant currency:
- Hybrid Platform & Solutions up 8 percent, up 7 percent at constant currency:
-- Red Hat up 9 percent, up 8 percent at constant currency
-- Automation up 14 percent, up 13 percent at constant currency
-- Data & AI up 6 percent
-- Security down 2 percent, down 3 percent at constant currency
- Transaction Processing up 7 percent, up 5 percent at constant currency
- Consulting — revenues of $5.0 billion, up 5.6 percent, up 5.0 percent at constant currency:
- Business Transformation up 6 percent, up 5 percent at constant currency
- Technology Consulting up 2 percent, up 1 percent at constant currency
- Application Operations up 7 percent
- Infrastructure — revenues of $3.3 billion, down 2.4 percent, down 3.2 percent at constant currency:
- Hybrid Infrastructure up 1 percent, flat at constant currency
-- IBM zSystems up 9 percent
-- Distributed Infrastructure down 4 percent, down 6 percent at constant currency
- Infrastructure Support down 6 percent, down 7 percent at constant currency
- Financing — revenues of $0.2 billion, up 6.9 percent, up 5.1 percent at constant currency
Cash Flow and Balance Sheet
In the third quarter, the company generated net cash from operating activities of $3.1 billion, up $1.2 billion year to year. Net cash from operating activities excluding IBM Financing receivables was $2.0 billion. IBM's free cash flow was $1.7 billion, up $0.9 billion year to year. The company returned $1.5 billion to shareholders in dividends in the third quarter.
For the first nine months of the year, the company generated net cash from operating activities of $9.5 billion, up $3.0 billion year to year. Net cash from operating activities excluding IBM Financing receivables was $6.3 billion. IBM's free cash flow was $5.1 billion, up $1.0 billion year to year.
IBM ended the third quarter with $11.0 billion of cash and marketable securities, up $2.2 billion from year-end 2022. Debt, including IBM Financing debt of $9.9 billion, totaled $55.2 billion, up $4.3 billion since the end of 2022.
Full-Year 2023 Expectations
- Revenue: The company continues to expect constant currency revenue growth of three percent to five percent. At current foreign exchange rates, currency is expected to be about a one-point headwind to revenue growth.
- Free cash flow: The company continues to expect about $10.5 billion in free cash flow, up more than $1 billion year to 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 dispositions, including integration challenges, failure to achieve objectives, the assumption 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 quality issues; impacts of business with government clients; reliance on third party distribution channels and ecosystems; cybersecurity and data privacy considerations; adverse effects related to climate change and 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; potential failure of the separation of Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. to qualify for tax-free treatment; 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
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.
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-3q23. 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
| INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL RESULTS (Unaudited; Dollars in millions except per share amounts) | |||||||||||
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| | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | ||||||
| | 2023 | | | 2022* | | | 2023 | | | 2022* | |
| REVENUE BY SEGMENT | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Software | $ 6,265 | | | $ 5,811 | | | $ 18,794 | | | $ 17,749 Werbung Mehr Nachrichten zur IBM International Business Machines Corp Aktie kostenlos abonnieren
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