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- Price
- $245.00 → $248.22(+1.3%)
- Recent events
- added: Nov 11, 2026: IBM said that its next quantum processor, Nighthawk r3, will be built to run 10,000 quantum operations on 520 qubits. In 2027, IBM plans to link two of these processors into one system with more than 1,000 qubits. Clients and partners have run 34 billion circuits on the current Nighthawk r2 processor. Oct 21, 2026: IBM reported Q3 2026 results. Revenue grew 5% to $17.1 billion. Software grew 8%, Consulting was flat and Infrastructure grew 4%, with IBM Z down 20%. Operating EPS was $2.95, up 11%. IBM kept its outlook for constant currency revenue growth of 4% to 5% in 2026 and now expects free cash flow to rise by more than $1 billion. Sep 14, 2026: Anderon, an IBM subsidiary for quantum chip manufacturing, signed an award of up to $1.0 billion from the U.S. Department of Commerce under the CHIPS Act. IBM put $1.0 billion of cash into Anderon, and the Department received a minority equity interest. Aug 10, 2026: IBM sold C$2.75 billion of notes: C$1.75 billion of 4.100% notes due 2030 and C$1.0 billion of 4.750% notes due 2034. Jul 22, 2026: IBM reported Q2 2026 results. Revenue grew 1% to $17.2 billion, Software grew 5% and Infrastructure fell 7%. Operating EPS was $2.93, up 5%. IBM lowered its 2026 outlook to constant currency revenue growth of 4% to 5% from more than 5%, and kept its outlook for free cash flow growth of about $1 billion. Jul 14, 2026: IBM gave preliminary Q2 2026 results that were below its plan. It said that large deals did not close on time and that IBM Z and its software stack fell short, mainly in Transaction Processing. The CEO wrote that IBM did not adapt and move quickly enough. May 28, 2026: IBM said that it plans to invest more than $10 billion over five years in quantum computing, and it confirmed its target of a large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029. Apr 22, 2026: IBM reported Q1 2026 results. Revenue grew 9% to $15.9 billion, Software grew 11% and operating EPS was $1.91, up 19%. Mar 17, 2026: IBM completed the purchase of Confluent for $31 per share in cash, an equity value of about $11.3 billion. Jan 28, 2026: IBM reported 2025 results. Revenue grew 8% to $67.5 billion, free cash flow was $14.7 billion and operating EPS was $11.59. IBM said that its generative AI book of business was more than $12.5 billion. It expected constant currency revenue growth of more than 5% in 2026.