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IBM RELEASES THIRD-QUARTER RESULTS
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Exceeded expectations with accelerated revenue growth led by Software and Infrastructure; Raises outlook for full-year free cash flow
ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced third-quarter 2026 earnings results.
“Disciplined execution throughout the quarter drove accelerated revenue growth and strong free cash flow. Our clients are now deploying Super Intelligence in ways that transform entire operating models, instead of simply addressing narrow or novel problems. IBM’s technology and expertise are helping organizations drive growth and serve customers with greater speed, precision and efficiency than ever before,” said Arvind Krishna, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer. “For the full year, we continue to expect constant currency revenue growth in the range of four-to-five percent, and we now expect free cash flow to increase by more than $1 billion year-over-year.”
Third-Quarter Highlights
Revenue
– Revenue of $17.1 billion, up 5 percent, up 6 percent at constant currency
– Software revenue up 8 percent, up 9 percent at constant currency
– Consulting revenue flat, up 2 percent at constant currency
– Infrastructure revenue up 4 percent, up 5 percent at constant currency
Profit
– Gross Profit Margin: GAAP: 56.8 percent, down 50 basis points; Operating (Non-GAAP): 58.5 percent, down 20 basis points
– Pre-Tax Income Margin: GAAP: 14.6 percent, down 30 basis points; Operating (Non-GAAP): 19.3 percent, up 70 basis points
Cash Flow
– Year to date, net cash from operating activities of $11.8 billion; free cash flow of $7.8 billion
THIRD-QUARTER 2026 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
$ 17.1 B
$ 9.7 B
56.8
%
$ 2.5 B
14.6
%
$ 2.2 B
$ 2.31
Year/Year
5
% (1)
4
%
(0.5)
Pts
3
%
(0.3)
Pts
26
%
26
%
Operating
(Non-GAAP)
$ 10.0 B
58.5
%
$ 3.3 B
19.3
%
$ 2.8 B
$ 2.95
Year/Year
4
%
(0.2)
Pts
9
%
0.7
Pts
12
%
11
%
(1) 6% at constant currency.
“Demand across our portfolio combined with strong operational execution led to accelerated growth and solid operating pre-tax margin expansion in the quarter,” said James Kavanaugh, IBM senior vice president and chief financial officer. “Just as we are helping clients extract value from their operations with Super Intelligence, we are driving tangible returns through our productivity initiatives inside IBM. This approach fuels profit and free cash flow growth and enables us to continue to invest in our business while returning value to shareholders through our dividend.”
Segment Results for Third Quarter
Software — revenues of $7.8 billion, up 8 percent, up 9 percent at constant currency
– Hybrid Cloud (Red Hat) up 11 percent
– Automation down 3 percent
– Data up 19 percent, up 20 percent at constant currency
– Transaction Processing up 9 percent, up 10 percent at constant currency
Consulting — revenues of $5.3 billion, flat, up 2 percent at constant currency
– Strategy and Technology up 2 percent, up 4 percent at constant currency
– Intelligent Operations down 2 percent, flat at constant currency
Infrastructure — revenues of $3.7 billion, up 4 percent, up 5 percent at constant currency
– Hybrid Infrastructure up 8 percent, up 9 percent at constant currency
— IBM Z down 20 percent, down 19 percent at constant currency
— Distributed Infrastructure up 31 percent, up 32 percent at constant currency
– Infrastructure Support down 3 percent, down 2 percent at constant currency
Financing — revenues of $0.2 billion, down 4 percent, down 3 percent at constant currency
Cash Flow and Balance Sheet
In the third quarter, the company generated net cash from operating activities of $4.0 billion, up $0.9 billion year to year. IBM’s free cash flow was $3.0 billion, up $0.7 billion year to year. The company returned $1.6 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 $11.8 billion, up $2.6 billion year to year. IBM’s free cash flow was $7.8 billion, up $0.6 billion year to year.
IBM ended the third quarter with $11.1 billion of cash, restricted cash and marketable securities, down $3.4 billion from year-end 2025. The company invested $11.4 billion in acquisitions this year. Debt, including IBM Financing debt of $12.7 billion, totaled $63.8 billion, up $2.6 billion year to date.
Full-Year 2026 Expectations
Revenue: The company continues to expect full-year constant currency revenue growth in the range of four-to-five percent. At current foreign exchange rates, currency is expected to be neutral to growth for the year
Free cash flow: The company now expects full-year free cash flow to increase by more than $1 billion year-over-year
Dividend Declaration
The IBM board of directors approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $1.69 per common share, to stockholders of record on November 10, 2026. With payment of the December 10, 2026 dividend, IBM will have paid consecutive quarterly dividends every year since 1916.
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, including the company’s increased AI solutions and use of AI technologies; impacts of business with government clients; reliance on third party distribution channels and ecosystems; cybersecurity and data protection 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
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:
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;
adjusted EBITDA margin.
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-3q26. 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
Tim Davidson, 914-844-7847
tfdavids@us.ibm.com
Erin McElwee, 347-920-6825
erin.mcelwee@ibm.com
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL RESULTS
(Unaudited; $ in millions except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2026
2025
2026
2025
REVENUE BY SEGMENT
Software
$ 7,804
$ 7,209
$ 22,617
$ 20,932
Consulting
5,335
5,324
15,934
15,706
Infrastructure
3,707
3,559
10,868
10,586
Financing
192
200
598
557
Other
66
38
165
68
TOTAL REVENUE
17,103
16,331
50,182
47,849
GROSS PROFIT
9,714
9,360
28,571
27,369
GROSS PROFIT MARGIN
Software
82.5
%
83.1
%
82.6
%
83.5
%
Consulting
27.4
%
29.3
%
27.9
%
28.0
%
Infrastructure
56.7
%
57.2
%
57.4
%
57.7
%
Financing
40.7
%
45.6
%
42.2
%
45.7
%
TOTAL GROSS PROFIT MARGIN
56.8
%
57.3
%
56.9
%
57.2
%
EXPENSE AND OTHER INCOME
SG&A
4,620
4,748
14,691
14,661
R&D
2,378
2,082
6,863
6,129
Intellectual property and custom development income
(164)
(219)
(501)
(687)
Other (income) and expense
(109)
(173)
(296)
(376)
Interest expense
491
492
1,451
1,457
TOTAL EXPENSE AND OTHER INCOME
7,217
6,931
22,208
21,184
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
BEFORE INCOME TAXES
2,497
2,430
6,363
6,185
Pre-tax income margin
14.6
%
14.9
%
12.7
%
12.9
%
Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes
298
686
782
1,193
Effective tax rate
11.9
%
28.2
%
12.3
%
19.3
%
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
$ 2,199
$ 1,744
$ 5,581
$ 4,992
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes
(10)
0
(10)
1
NET INCOME
$ 2,190
$ 1,744
$ 5,571
$ 4,993
EARNINGS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK
Assuming dilution
Continuing operations
$ 2.31
$ 1.84
$ 5.86
$ 5.27
Discontinued operations
$ (0.01)
$ 0.00
$ (0.01)
$ 0.00
TOTAL
$ 2.30
$ 1.84
$ 5.85
$ 5.27
Basic
Continuing operations
$ 2.33
$ 1.87
$ 5.93
$ 5.36
Discontinued operations
$ (0.01)
$ 0.00
$ (0.01)
$ 0.00
TOTAL
$ 2.32
$ 1.87
$ 5.92
$ 5.36
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES
OUTSTANDING (M’s)
Assuming dilution
953.5
948.9
953.0
947.4
Basic
944.4
933.9
941.4
930.9
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(Unaudited)
($ in millions)
At September 30,
2026
At December 31,
2025
ASSETS:
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 9,233
$ 13,587
Restricted cash
48
54
Marketable securities
1,825
830
Notes and accounts receivable – trade, net
5,794
8,112
Short-term financing receivables
Held for investment, net
5,638
7,344
Held for sale
774
1,131
Other accounts receivable, net
1,673
1,052
Inventories
1,945
1,220
Deferred costs
1,177
1,084
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
3,083
2,530
Total current assets
31,192
36,944
Property, plant and equipment, net
6,043
5,899
Operating right-of-use assets, net
3,114
3,129
Long-term financing receivables, net
6,844
7,708
Prepaid pension assets
7,715
7,544
Deferred costs
808
825
Deferred taxes
8,827
8,610
Goodwill
74,916
67,717
Intangibles, net
13,603
11,391
Investments and sundry assets
1,950
2,112
Total assets
$ 155,011
$ 151,880
LIABILITIES:
Current Liabilities:
Taxes
$ 1,867
$ 2,347
Short-term debt
7,013
6,424
Accounts payable
4,491
4,756
Compensation and benefits
3,668
4,114
Deferred income
15,164
16,101
Operating lease liabilities
749
800
Other liabilities
3,534
4,116
Total current liabilities
36,485
38,658
Long-term debt
56,804
54,836
Retirement-related obligations
8,452
9,018
Deferred income
4,318
4,271
Operating lease liabilities
2,574
2,547
Other liabilities
10,172
9,810
Total liabilities
118,805
119,139
EQUITY:
IBM stockholders’ equity:
Common stock
65,137
63,318
Retained earnings
156,576
155,648
Treasury stock – at cost
(171,191)
(170,605)
Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss)
(14,985)
(15,713)
Total IBM stockholders’ equity
35,537
32,648
Noncontrolling interests
669
93
Total equity
36,206
32,740
Total liabilities and equity
$ 155,011
$ 151,880
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
($ in millions)
2026
2025 (1)
2026
2025 (1)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income
$ 2,190
$ 1,744
$ 5,571
$ 4,993
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating
activities:
Depreciation (2)
550
583
1,638
1,698
Amortization of capitalized software and acquired intangible assets
828
699
2,363
2,027
Stock-based compensation
535
444
1,539
1,285
Net (gain)/loss on divestitures, asset sales and other
(47)
(6)
(124)
(46)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of
acquisitions/divestitures
(31)
(383)
804
(804)
Net cash provided by operating activities
4,025
3,081
11,791
9,153
Cash flows from investing activities:
Payments for property, plant and equipment
(332)
(255)
(793)
(709)
Proceeds from disposition of property, plant and equipment/other
29
7
60
118
Investment in software
(154)
(162)
(467)
(476)
Purchases of marketable securities and other investments
(1,898)
(1,169)
(4,769)
(8,910)
Proceeds from disposition of marketable securities and other
investments
640
1,199
3,763
6,162
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
(884)
(58)
(11,364)
(7,903)
Divestiture of businesses, net of cash transferred
28
–
30
(1)
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
(2,570)
(437)
(13,539)
(11,719)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from new debt
1,978
6
9,415
8,391
Payments to settle debt
(120)
(1,114)
(7,261)
(3,679)
Short-term borrowings/(repayments) less than 90 days – net
2
0
3
(29)
Common stock repurchases for tax withholdings
(352)
(414)
(817)
(851)
Proceeds from issuance of shares
143
134
562
535
Noncontrolling interest transactions (3)
575
–
557
(15)
Financing – other (3)
(24)
(54)
(98)
(93)
Cash dividends paid
(1,596)
(1,569)
(4,762)
(4,681)
Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities
607
(3,012)
(2,402)
(423)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted
cash
3
(59)
(209)
429
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
2,064
(426)
(4,359)
(2,561)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period
7,217
12,026
13,640
14,160
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period
$ 9,282
$ 11,600
$ 9,282
$ 11,600
____________________
(1) Reclassified to align with the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows presentation.
(2) Includes operating lease right-of-use assets amortization.
(3) Prior-year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the change in 2026 presentation.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
GAAP NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED EBITDA RECONCILIATION
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
($ in billions)
2026
2025
Yr/Yr
2026
2025
Yr/Yr
Net income as reported (GAAP)
$ 2.2
$ 1.7
$ 0.4
$ 5.6
$ 5.0
$ 0.6
Less: income from discontinued operations, net of tax
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Income from continuing operations
2.2
1.7
0.5
5.6
5.0
0.6
Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes from continuing ops.
0.3
0.7
(0.4)
0.8
1.2
(0.4)
Pre-tax income from continuing operations (GAAP)
2.5
2.4
0.1
6.4
6.2
0.2
Non-operating adjustments (before tax)
Acquisition-related charges (1)
0.7
0.6
0.1
2.1
1.7
0.3
Non-operating retirement-related costs/(income)
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.2
Operating (non-GAAP) pre-tax income from continuing ops.
3.3
3.0
0.3
8.7
8.0
0.7
Net interest expense
0.4
0.3
0.1
1.1
0.9
0.2
Depreciation/amortization of non-acquired intangible assets
0.7
0.7
0.0
2.1
2.1
0.0
Stock-based compensation
0.5
0.4
0.1
1.5
1.3
0.3
Workforce rebalancing charges
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.4
0.0
Corporate (gains) and charges (2)
0.0
0.0
0.0
(0.2)
0.0
(0.2)
Adjusted EBITDA
$ 4.9
$ 4.6
$ 0.3
$ 13.7
$ 12.7
$ 1.0
Revenue
$ 17.1
$ 16.3
5 %
$ 50.2
$ 47.8
5 %
GAAP net income margin
12.8 %
10.7 %
2.1pts
11.1 %
10.4 %
0.7pts
Adjusted EBITDA margin
28.7 %
28.0 %
0.6pts
27.2 %
26.5 %
0.8pts
____________________
(1) Primarily consists of amortization of acquired intangible assets.
(2) Primarily consists of unique corporate actions such as gains on divestitures and asset sales.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
SEGMENT DATA
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended September 30, 2026
($ in millions)
Software
Consulting
Infrastructure
Financing
Revenue
$ 7,804
$ 5,335
$ 3,707
$ 192
Segment profit
$ 2,734
$ 653
$ 715
$ 108
Segment profit margin
35.0
%
12.2
%
19.3
%
56.1
%
Change YTY revenue
8.2
%
0.2
%
4.2
%
(3.9)
%
Change YTY revenue – constant currency
8.7
%
1.8
%
4.9
%
(3.3)
%
Three Months Ended September 30, 2025
($ in millions)
Software
Consulting
Infrastructure
Financing
Revenue
$ 7,209
$ 5,324
$ 3,559
$ 200
Segment profit
$ 2,374
$ 686
$ 644
$ 123
Segment profit margin
32.9
%
12.9
%
18.1
%
61.6
%
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026
($ in millions)
Software
Consulting
Infrastructure
Financing
Revenue
$ 22,617
$ 15,934
$ 10,868
$ 598
Segment Profit
$ 7,335
$ 1,858
$ 2,074
$ 334
Segment Profit Margin
32.4
%
11.7
%
19.1
%
55.9
%
Change YTY Revenue
8.1
%
1.5
%
2.7
%
7.3
%
Change YTY Revenue – Constant Currency
7.0
%
1.2
%
1.9
%
5.7
%
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025
($ in millions)
Software
Consulting
Infrastructure
Financing
Revenue
$ 20,932
$ 15,706
$ 10,586
$ 557
Segment Profit
$ 6,517
$ 1,807
$ 1,857
$ 371
Segment Profit Margin
31.1
%
11.5
%
17.5
%
66.5
%
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
U.S. GAAP TO OPERATING (Non-GAAP) RESULTS RECONCILIATION
(Unaudited; $ in millions except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended September 30, 2026
Continuing Operations
GAAP
Acquisition-
Related
Adjustments (1)
Retirement-
Related
Adjustments (2)
Tax
Reform
Impacts
Operating
(Non-
GAAP)
Gross profit
$ 9,714
$ 289
$ —
$ —
$ 10,004
Gross profit margin
56.8
%
1.7
pts
—
pts
—
pts
58.5
%
SG&A
$ 4,620
$ (428)
$ —
$ —
$ 4,193
Other (income) & expense
(109)
0
(91)
—
(200)
Total expense & other (income)
7,217
(418)
(91)
—
6,708
Pre-tax income from continuing operations
2,497
707
91
—
3,295
Pre-tax margin from continuing operations
14.6
%
4.1
pts
0.5
pts
—
pts
19.3
%
Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes (3)
$ 298
$ 166
$ 20
—
$ 483
Effective tax rate
11.9
%
2.5
pts
0.3
pts
—
pts
14.7
%
Income from continuing operations
$ 2,199
$ 542
$ 71
$ —
$ 2,812
Income margin from continuing operations
12.9
%
3.2
pts
0.4
pts
—
pts
16.4
%
Diluted earnings per share: continuing
operations
$ 2.31
$ 0.57
$ 0.07
$ —
$ 2.95
Three Months Ended September 30, 2025
Continuing Operations
GAAP
Acquisition-
Related
Adjustments (1)
Retirement-
Related
Adjustments (2)
Tax
Reform
Impacts
Operating
(Non-
GAAP)
Gross profit
$ 9,360
$ 231
$ —
$ —
$ 9,591
Gross profit margin
57.3
%
1.4
pts
—
pts
—
pts
58.7
%
SG&A
$ 4,748
$ (354)
$ —
$ —
$ 4,394
Other (income) & expense
(173)
(6)
(13)
—
(191)
Total expense & other (income)
6,931
(359)
(13)
—
6,559
Pre-tax income from continuing operations
2,430
590
13
—
3,033
Pre-tax margin from continuing operations
14.9
%
3.6
pts
0.1
pts
—
pts
18.6
%
Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes (3)
$ 686
$ 136
$ 3
$ (309)
$ 516
Effective tax rate
28.2
%
(1.0)
pts
0.0
pts
(10.2)
pts
17.0
%
Income from continuing operations
$ 1,744
$ 454
$ 10
$ 309
$ 2,517
Income margin from continuing operations
10.7
%
2.8
pts
0.1
pts
1.9
pts
15.4
%
Diluted earnings per share: continuing
operations
$ 1.84
$ 0.48
$ 0.01
$ 0.33
$ 2.65
____________________
(1) Includes amortization of acquired intangible assets and acquisition-related charges such as in-process research and development, transaction
costs, applicable retention, restructuring and related expenses, tax charges related to acquisition integration, and pre-closing charges, such as
financing costs.
(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.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
U.S. GAAP TO OPERATING (Non-GAAP) RESULTS RECONCILIATION
(Unaudited; $ in millions except per share amounts)
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026
Continuing Operations
GAAP
Acquisition-
Related
Adjustments (1)
Retirement-
Related
Adjustments (2)
Tax
Reform
Impacts
Operating
(Non-
GAAP)
Gross Profit
$ 28,571
$ 813
$ —
$ —
$ 29,384
Gross Profit Margin
56.9
%
1.6
pts
—
pts
—
pts
58.6
%
SG&A
$ 14,691
$ (1,257)
$ —
$ —
$ 13,435
Other (Income) & Expense
(296)
1
(283)
—
(578)
Total Expense & Other (Income)
22,208
(1,256)
(283)
—
20,669
Pre-tax Income from Continuing Operations
6,363
2,069
283
—
8,715
Pre-tax Margin from Continuing Operations
12.7
%
4.1
pts
0.6
pts
—
pts
17.4
%
Provision for/(Benefit from) Income Taxes (3)
$ 782
$ 470
$ 43
$ (6)
$ 1,290
Effective Tax Rate
12.3
%
2.5
pts
0.1
pts
(0.1)
pts
14.8
%
Income from Continuing Operations
$ 5,581
$ 1,598
$ 240
$ 6
$ 7,425
Income Margin from Continuing Operations
11.1
%
3.2
pts
0.5
pts
0.0
pts
14.8
%
Diluted Earnings Per Share: Continuing
Operations
$ 5.86
$ 1.68
$ 0.25
$ 0.01
$ 7.79
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025
Continuing Operations
GAAP
Acquisition-
Related
Adjustments (1)
Retirement-
Related
Adjustments (2)
Tax
Reform
Impacts
Operating
(Non-
GAAP)
Gross Profit
$ 27,369
$ 657
$ —
$ —
$ 28,025
Gross Profit Margin
57.2
%
1.4
pts
—
pts
—
pts
58.6
%
SG&A
$ 14,661
$ (1,055)
$ —
$ —
$ 13,606
Other (Income) & Expense
(376)
(7)
(61)
—
(444)
Total Expense & Other (Income)
21,184
(1,066)
(61)
—
20,058
Pre-tax Income from Continuing Operations
6,185
1,723
61
—
7,968
Pre-tax Margin from Continuing Operations
12.9
%
3.6
pts
0.1
pts
—
pts
16.7
%
Provision for/(Benefit from) Income Taxes (3)
$ 1,193
$ 396
$ 0
$ (307)
$ 1,282
Effective Tax Rate
19.3
%
0.8
pts
(0.2)
pts
(3.9)
pts
16.1
%
Income from Continuing Operations
$ 4,992
$ 1,326
$ 61
$ 307
$ 6,686
Income Margin from Continuing Operations
10.4
%
2.8
pts
0.1
pts
0.6
pts
14.0
%
Diluted Earnings Per Share: Continuing
Operations
$ 5.27
$ 1.40
$ 0.06
$ 0.32
$ 7.06
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(1) Includes amortization of acquired intangible assets, and acquisition-related charges such as in-process research and development, transaction
costs, applicable retention, restructuring and related expenses, tax charges related to acquisition integration, and pre-closing charges, such as
financing costs.
(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.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
GAAP OPERATING CASH FLOW TO FREE CASH FLOW RECONCILIATION
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
($ in millions)
2026
2025
2026
2025
Net cash provided by operating activities per GAAP
$ 4,025
$ 3,081
$ 11,791
$ 9,153
Less: change in IBM Financing receivables
541
298
2,805
905
Net cash from operating activities excl. IBM Financing receivables
3,484
2,783
8,986
8,248
Capital expenditures, net
(457)
(410)
(1,200)
(1,067)
Free cash flow
$ 3,027
$ 2,373
$ 7,787
$ 7,181
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
GAAP OPERATING CASH FLOW TO ADJUSTED EBITDA RECONCILIATION
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
($ in billions)
2026
2025
2026
2025
Net cash provided by operating activities
$ 4.0
$ 3.1
$ 11.8
$ 9.2
Add:
Net interest expense
0.4
0.3
1.1
0.9
Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes from continuing operations
0.3
0.7
0.8
1.2
Less change in:
Financing receivables
0.5
0.3
2.8
0.9
Net (gain)/loss on divestitures, assets sales and other (1)
0.0
0.0
(0.1)
0.0
Other assets and liabilities/other, net (1,2)
(0.7)
(0.8)
(2.6)
(2.2)
Adjusted EBITDA
$ 4.9
$ 4.6
$ 13.7
$ 12.7
Revenue
$ 17.1
$ 16.3
$ 50.2
$ 47.8
Net cash provided by operating activities margin
23.5 %
18.9 %
23.5 %
19.1 %
Adjusted EBITDA margin
28.7 %
28.0 %
27.2 %
26.5 %
____________________
(1) Reclassified to align with the presentation of similar line items in the Statement of Cash Flows.
(2) Mainly consists of Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions/divestitures in the Statement of Cash Flows chart,
workforce rebalancing charges, non-operating impacts, and corporate (gains) and charges, less the change in Financing receivables.
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