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The IBM, or International Business Machines corporation is a prudent company to invest in at $145.26 per share. IBM is an income company that will also see growth in the near future. IBM is an information technologies company that makes its money by providing services and creating software for other companies. What makes IBM such a smart company to invest in is the dividend, and the development of their technology, specifically Watson. IBM makes its money in 4 main segments; global technology services, software, global business services, systems and technology. Global technology services accounts for one third of IBM's 81.8 billion annual revenue. IBM's software creates roughly one quarter of their revenue and is improving, which will create even more revenue for the company in the near future. The global business services system sector of IBM brings in a little less than twenty percent of IBM's revenue, this sector mainly offers consulting and other services to other companies. The System and …show more content…

this price may seem high but remember, IBM is an income company. IBM's stock pays back $5.40, that is 3.7 percent of the stock price, higher than the goal of a 1-2% dividend. Also the revenue of the company has grown at a rate of 12.6% compared to a 5.1% growth of cost of revenue over the past four quarters. The revenue is growing more than twice as fast as the cost which is absolutely fantastic. The percent change in assets over the past four quarters does not paint the prettiest picture at -1.4%, but the percent change in liabilities is dropping faster than the assets at -3.7%. this means that IBM freeing up more money than they are losing when they get rid of an asset. This shows that IBM is making smart financial decisions, decisions that will make IBM's value grow. IBM's P/E is 10.82 which is is well below the industry average of 20.9. this shows that the IBM holds tremendous value compared to the rest of its

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