Summary
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) reported its first-quarter 2015 financial results, showing a revenue of $19.59 billion, a decrease of 11.9% year-over-year, though flat when adjusted for currency and divestitures. Net income was $2.33 billion, down 2.4% from the prior year. The company is actively transforming its business by investing in strategic imperatives like cloud, analytics, social, mobile, and security, which collectively grew over 30% year-over-year on an adjusted basis. This strategic shift, along with continued innovation in its core hardware business (e.g., the new z13 mainframe), is driving a move towards higher-value offerings and leading to margin expansion. IBM's financial performance reflects this strategic pivot, with a focus on higher-margin areas and divesting non-core businesses. Despite overall revenue declines, the company generated strong operating cash flow of $3.6 billion and improved its operating (non-GAAP) earnings per share by 8.6% to $2.91. The company reiterated its full-year 2015 operating earnings guidance and continued its commitment to returning value to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases.
Financial Highlights
51 data points| Revenue | $19.59B |
| Cost of Revenue | $10.14B |
| Gross Profit | $9.45B |
| R&D Expenses | $1.30B |
| SG&A Expenses | $5.36B |
| Interest Expense | $108.00M |
| Net Income | $2.33B |
| EPS (Basic) | $2.36 |
| EPS (Diluted) | $2.35 |
| Shares Outstanding (Basic) | 988.10M |
| Shares Outstanding (Diluted) | 992.30M |
Key Highlights
- 1Total revenue for the first quarter of 2015 was $19.59 billion, a year-over-year decrease of 11.9% as reported, but flat when adjusted for currency and divestitures.
- 2Net income decreased by 2.4% year-over-year to $2.33 billion.
- 3Strategic imperatives (cloud, analytics, social, mobile, security) revenue grew over 30% year-over-year on an adjusted basis, indicating a successful business transformation.
- 4Operating (non-GAAP) earnings per diluted share increased by 8.6% to $2.91, reflecting margin expansion and effective capital allocation.
- 5The company generated $3.61 billion in cash from operating activities, demonstrating strong operational cash flow.
- 6IBM repurchased 7.7 million shares of common stock during the quarter as part of its ongoing commitment to returning capital to shareholders.