IBM Q1 Earnings Report 2025

Ibm Wednesday earned better earnings and income than expected for the first quarter.

How did the company speech:

• Earnings on a share: $ 1.60 is corrected and $ 1.40 is expected
• Income: $ 14.54 billion and $ 14.4 billion is expected

In the quarter, the income increases by 0.6% to a statement. Net income $ 1.06 billion or $ 1.61 billion from a share of $ 1.12 billion or $ 1.72 per share, a year ago in the same quarter. The company, financial principal Jim Kavanaugh, was accelerated with a conference call with Jim Kavanaugh’s analysts.

For 2025, IBM reiterated the expectation of at least 5% of income growth in free cash flow and sustainable currency for $ 3.5 billion. Current rates, the currency will provide 150 key benefits for an increase of 2025, up to 200 main points in January 2025.

The management called on $ 16.4 billion to $ 16.75 billion in return in the second quarter. $ 16.58 billion, $ 16.58 billion, a $ 16.33 billion consensus. The IBM was more cautious about the contribution of Kavanaugh’s conference call.

“Although the reliability and operating environment changed rapidly, our performance, especially the cost of expenditures and reliable partners, and” IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, said.

“We note that we focus on economic growth and rational regulation, which will strengthen the U.S. of the U.S., which will further strengthen our results in today’s market and the center.

In the first quarter, the program revenues increased to 7%, in accordance with the consensus between the analysts questioned by the program revenues, StreetAccount. The red hat, the category of the hibrid cloud program increased by 12%, 12% compared to 16% in the fourth quarter.

IBM consulting unit, $ 2.07 billion in income of $ 2.07 billion, was slightly higher than a $ 5.05 billion consensus.

The company’s infrastructure department, which includes Mainframe computers, is higher than $ 2.89 billion worth of $ 2.79 billion worth of income. Before this month, IBM introduced its Z17 main frame. The growth of infrastructure revenue usually receives the next generations of customers and then the period falls late.

Said IBM in the first quarter solved the claims with the chip manufacturer GlobalFroundRoss. IBM was also closed Obtained $ 6.4 billion Cloud software provider hashicorp and Announced their plans To receive the start information from the data warehouse program for undisclosed conditions.

IBM This year, the broader market is due to the more market due to the potential impacts of the President Donald Trump’s tariffs and economy. As near Wednesday, IBM shares were 11%, while NASDAQ was 14% less.

The stock slipped 6% in extended trade.

“In the near future, uncertainty can break and cause waiting and vision approach,” Krishna said so far has not been meaningful so far.

No one is immune to the presidential tariffs for President Trump, but in an interview with Kavanaugh CNBC’s Jon Fortt. 5% of IBM expenditures come from goods imported to the United States, called.

They prioritize IBM customers to spend effective spending and protection of cash, Kavanaugh said Wall Street Journal. The efficiency of the US government department has been postponed or 15 federal contracts, said Bloomberg.

“Federal consulting is less than 10% of consultation,” Krishna said. According to him, most of this federal consulting is more important than ever.

Opportunities – Assessment of expenditure obligations on consulting agreements – before the first quarter hesitated before customers hesitated before receiving education, Kavanaugh said.

“If the macroeconomic environment worsens, there are areas of our portfolio that can see more volatables,” he said. “It includes consulting, including initiatives, consumption-based services and software related to independent boots and doges, including red hat and distributed infrastructure.”

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