International Business Machines Corporation $IBM Shares Bought by Mufg Securities Americas Inc.

Mufg Securities Americas Inc. increased its position in International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) by 22.0% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 25,120 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,522 shares during the period. Mufg Securities Americas Inc.’s holdings in International Business Machines were worth $7,088,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of International Business Machines in the second quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Mountain Hill Investment Partners Corp. acquired a new stake in International Business Machines in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Trifecta Capital Advisors LLC raised its stake in International Business Machines by 129.1% during the 3rd quarter. Trifecta Capital Advisors LLC now owns 126 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 71 shares in the last quarter. Legacy Wealth Managment LLC ID boosted its position in International Business Machines by 48.5% during the 2nd quarter. Legacy Wealth Managment LLC ID now owns 147 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after acquiring an additional 48 shares during the period. Finally, Davis Capital Management bought a new position in shares of International Business Machines in the third quarter worth $54,000. 58.96% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

International Business Machines News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Company fundamentals and recent results give investors a floor — IBM reported a recent quarter that beat EPS and revenue expectations and continues to show healthy margin/earnings metrics, which some analysts point to as support for a recovery. IBM Stock Isn’t Dying. It’s On Sale
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader market and macro factors amplified the move — rate/tariff jitters and a tech-sector rotation to defensive names increased selling pressure across AI-sensitive software stocks, making rebounds harder even where fundamentals remain intact. US Stock Market Today Stock Futures Edge Lower As Rate And Tariff Jitters Build
• Negative Sentiment: Immediate catalyst — Anthropic announced that its Claude Code tool can assist COBOL modernization, creating investor concern that cheaper/faster AI tooling could displace parts of IBM’s mainframe modernization and consulting revenue. IBM is the latest AI casualty. Shares are tanking on Anthropic programming language threat
• Negative Sentiment: Market reaction and scale of repricing — the announcement prompted heavy selling, a large market-cap reduction for IBM and spillover losses in other IT and consulting stocks as investors reprice legacy-revenue risk. IBM Shares Plummet After Anthropic Launches Programming AI Tool
• Negative Sentiment: Sector contagion — the story spilled into global IT/outsourcing names (including major Indian IT firms) as investors penalized any firms exposed to legacy-code modernization demand. Explained: How IBM’s plunge on Anthropic’s COBOL disruption fears sparked bloodbath in TCS, Infosys, Wipro & other IT stocks
• Neutral Sentiment: Contrarian and analyst views differ — some sell-side analysts and commentators call the drop a buying opportunity given IBM’s cash flows, dividend and long-term AI/computing initiatives; others warn of a meaningful new competitive threat that needs watching. IBM Stock Steadies But More Victims Lie in Wait From the AI Scare Trade

International Business Machines Price Performance

NYSE IBM opened at $222.64 on Tuesday. International Business Machines Corporation has a 1 year low of $214.50 and a 1 year high of $324.90. The business’s fifty day moving average is $292.35 and its two-hundred day moving average is $284.26. The stock has a market capitalization of $208.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.97, a P/E/G ratio of 2.58 and a beta of 0.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.67, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 0.96.

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

International Business Machines Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 10th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 10th will be paid a dividend of $1.68 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 10th. This represents a $6.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.0%. International Business Machines’s dividend payout ratio is currently 60.27%.

Insider Activity at International Business Machines

In other news, Director David N. Farr bought 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 30th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $304.00 per share, for a total transaction of $304,000.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director directly owned 9,258 shares in the company, valued at $2,814,432. This represents a 12.11% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.18% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

IBM has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Erste Group Bank lowered shares of International Business Machines from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. DZ Bank upgraded shares of International Business Machines to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. BMO Capital Markets restated a “market perform” rating and issued a $350.00 target price on shares of International Business Machines in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of International Business Machines in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $304.00 price objective on International Business Machines in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, International Business Machines currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $330.07.

About International Business Machines

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.