Picton Mahoney Asset Management Has $19.93 Million Stock Position in International Business Machines Corporation $IBM

Picton Mahoney Asset Management increased its stake in shares of International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) by 1,412,220.0% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 70,616 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 70,611 shares during the quarter. Picton Mahoney Asset Management’s holdings in International Business Machines were worth $19,926,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of IBM. CFS Investment Advisory Services LLC raised its position in shares of International Business Machines by 0.4% during the third quarter. CFS Investment Advisory Services LLC now owns 9,359 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $2,878,000 after buying an additional 34 shares during the last quarter. KPP Advisory Services LLC raised its holdings in International Business Machines by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. KPP Advisory Services LLC now owns 2,069 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $584,000 after acquiring an additional 34 shares in the last quarter. Marco Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in International Business Machines by 0.3% in the 3rd quarter. Marco Investment Management LLC now owns 10,774 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $3,040,000 after acquiring an additional 34 shares in the last quarter. MA Private Wealth grew its holdings in shares of International Business Machines by 1.5% during the 3rd quarter. MA Private Wealth now owns 2,242 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $633,000 after purchasing an additional 34 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC increased its position in shares of International Business Machines by 0.8% during the third quarter. Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC now owns 4,300 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,213,000 after purchasing an additional 35 shares during the period. 58.96% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at International Business Machines

In other International Business Machines news, Director David N. Farr purchased 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 30th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $304.00 per share, with a total value of $304,000.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director directly owned 9,258 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,814,432. This represents a 12.11% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Michael Miebach purchased 434 shares of International Business Machines stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 25th. The shares were bought at an average price of $233.33 per share, for a total transaction of $101,265.22. Following the transaction, the director owned 434 shares in the company, valued at $101,265.22. This represents a ∞ increase in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders acquired 1,484 shares of company stock valued at $417,157. Corporate insiders own 0.18% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting International Business Machines

Here are the key news stories impacting International Business Machines this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Won a multi-year contract to modernize in-store pricing across the Defense Commissary Agency and announced a Watsonx integration with Deepgram (voice AI) — concrete revenue and government footprint gains that support IBM’s hybrid-cloud/AI positioning. IBM Expands AI And Government Ties As Shares Trade Below Targets
• Neutral Sentiment: Security Posture Management and semantic-web market reports highlight large, fast-growing addressable markets (multi‑billion forecasts) that could benefit IBM over time, but they don’t change near-term investor sentiment. $53.31 Bn Security Posture Management (SPM) Markets
• Neutral Sentiment: Semantic AI/graph technologies are expanding rapidly, underlining long-term AI/automation demand that plays to IBM’s software and data services, though impact is gradual. Semantic Web Market Research Report 2025-2030
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple outlets report investor alarm after Anthropic’s Claude Code demo showed the ability to modernize legacy COBOL systems — a direct competitive threat to IBM’s mainframe and modernization services, which has pressured the stock recently. IBM Stock Plunges on AI Threat From Anthropic: Time to Rethink?
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst/press commentary and investor concern about AI innovation rattling confidence adds downward pressure and volatility; several write-ups frame IBM as lagging newer AI entrants. IBM Shares Face Pressure as AI Innovation Rattles Investor Confidence
• Negative Sentiment: Market commentary and op-eds warning of systemic AI risk and rapid disruption are amplifying selling during volatile sessions even if their direct impact on IBM’s fundamentals is indirect. If IBM Can Drop 13% In A Day, What Does This Say About These Market Conditions?

Analyst Ratings Changes

IBM has been the subject of several research reports. Evercore raised their target price on International Business Machines from $330.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $361.00 price objective on shares of International Business Machines in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Wedbush reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $340.00 target price on shares of International Business Machines in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Erste Group Bank cut shares of International Business Machines from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein restated a “market perform” rating on shares of International Business Machines in a research note on Wednesday, December 10th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $320.87.

International Business Machines Trading Up 2.6%

Shares of International Business Machines stock opened at $245.49 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $230.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.73. The company has a quick ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 0.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.67. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $284.72 and a 200 day simple moving average of $284.29. International Business Machines Corporation has a 12-month low of $214.50 and a 12-month high of $324.90.

International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 28th. The technology company reported $4.52 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.33 by $0.19. The firm had revenue of $19.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.23 billion. International Business Machines had a net margin of 15.69% and a return on equity of 38.15%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.92 earnings per share. Research analysts expect that International Business Machines Corporation will post 10.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

International Business Machines Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 10th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 10th will be issued a dividend of $1.68 per share. This represents a $6.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 10th. International Business Machines’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 60.27%.

International Business Machines Company Profile

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is a global technology and consulting company headquartered in Armonk, New York. Founded in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) and renamed IBM in 1924, the company has evolved from early electromechanical machines to a diversified technology provider serving enterprises and governments worldwide. IBM is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IBM.

IBM’s principal businesses encompass cloud computing and software, infrastructure and systems, consulting and technology services, and research and development.