IB

IBM INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP

2026Q2 · CUSIP 459200101 · Cloud Computing Data & AI Software · Sector: Technology

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
3,654
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+159
Last quarter 3,495 → now 3,654
How unusual is that
Top 5%
Stronger buying than 99% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

3,654 funds held IBM at the end of 2026Q2, up 159 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 98.7% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $69.9B(YoY +6.8%), the P/E is 21.6x, return on equity is 31.4%. IBM has had 29 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +3.9% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Technology sector, tagged Cloud Computing / Data & AI Software.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=1657 2013Q4: holders=1746 2014Q1: holders=1727 2014Q2: holders=1716 2014Q3: holders=1702 2014Q4: holders=1744 2015Q1: holders=1727 2015Q2: holders=1741 2015Q3: holders=1710 2015Q4: holders=1733 2016Q1: holders=1707 2016Q2: holders=1721 2016Q3: holders=1749 2016Q4: holders=1818 2017Q1: holders=1865 2017Q2: holders=1796 2017Q3: holders=1756 2017Q4: holders=1969 2018Q1: holders=1970 2018Q2: holders=1951 2018Q3: holders=1924 2018Q4: holders=1907 2019Q1: holders=1972 2019Q2: holders=1945 2019Q3: holders=1964 2019Q4: holders=2078 2020Q1: holders=1973 2020Q2: holders=1990 2020Q3: holders=1992 2020Q4: holders=2131 2021Q1: holders=2152 2021Q2: holders=2219 2021Q3: holders=2166 2021Q4: holders=2350 2022Q1: holders=2341 2022Q2: holders=2376 2022Q3: holders=2282 2022Q4: holders=2435 2023Q1: holders=2402 2023Q2: holders=2423 2023Q3: holders=2468 2023Q4: holders=2686 2024Q1: holders=2807 2024Q2: holders=2765 2024Q3: holders=2939 2024Q4: holders=3148 2025Q1: holders=3261 2025Q2: holders=3412 2025Q3: holders=3425 2025Q4: holders=3713 2026Q1: holders=3495 2026Q2: holders=3654 -288 -144 +0 +144 +288 149126953899 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 29 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 5% — —
2025Q4 Top 1% in the market -11.6% -8.1%
2025Q2 Top 1% in the market +28.4% +10.1%
2025Q1 Top 1% in the market -9.5% +12.1%
2024Q4 Top 5% +2.8% -7.1%
2024Q3 Top 1% in the market +26.5% +25.8%
2024Q1 Top 1% in the market +16.2% +23.3%
2023Q4 Top 1% in the market -9.0% +5.7%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
383
Change in large funds
+48
Total value they hold
$173.9B
Funds buying for the first time
347
Funds that sold out entirely
188
Price change that quarter
+2.7%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
67
Funds holding calls (bullish)
75

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

Fundamentals

PE (TTM)
21.6
EPS (TTM)
$11.75
EPS YoY
+40.2%
Revenue (TTM)
$69.9B
Revenue YoY
+6.8%
Net margin
16.0%
ROE
31.4%
Debt ratio
76.6%
FCF (TTM)
$14.7B
Dividend (TTM)
$6.74
Quarterly Revenue & EPS
2021-12-31: EPS 2.57 2022-03-31: EPS 0.81 2022-06-30: EPS 1.53 2022-09-30: EPS -3.54 2022-12-31: EPS 3.00 2023-03-31: EPS 1.01 2023-06-30: EPS 1.72 2023-09-30: EPS 1.84 2023-12-31: EPS 3.57 2024-03-31: EPS 1.72 2024-06-30: EPS 1.96 2024-09-30: EPS -0.36 2024-12-31: EPS 3.11 2025-03-31: EPS 1.12 2025-06-30: EPS 2.31 2025-09-30: EPS 1.84 2025-12-31: EPS 5.90 2026-03-31: EPS 1.28 2026-06-30: EPS 2.27 2026-09-30: EPS 2.30 0B 11.3B 22.5B $B -3.89 1.30 6.49 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025202609/26 Revenue EPS

Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable

P/E (TTM) over time
4Y median 29 16 57 98 20222023202420252026

P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden

Quarterly free cash flow
0K2.6B5.2B 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Latest quarter $4.9B (2026-03-31)

FCF = operating cash flow − capex, computed from SEC XBRL; banks/insurers have no standard cash-flow structure and are hidden

As of 2026-09-30 · SEC filings (XBRL)

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