Why IBM Still Looks Solid
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, global IT solutions giant International Business Machines has earned a coveted four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at IBM and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
IBM facts
Headquarters (founded) | Armonk, N.Y. (1910) |
Market Cap | $233.2 billion |
Industry | IT consulting and other services |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $104.5 billion |
Management | Chairman/CEO Virginia Rometty CFO Mark Loughridge |
Return on Capital (average, past 3 years) | 25.8% |
Cash/Debt | $11.2 billion / $33.3 billion |
Dividend Yield | 1.6% |
Competitors | Accenture Hewlett-Packard Microsoft |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 91% of the 4,769 members who have rated IBM believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those bulls, Motley Fool Co-Founder David Gardner (TMFSpiffyPop), tapped IBM as a particularly solid selection:
Nobody ever went wrong buying IBM (stock, for the long term). An amazing company by almost any standard I can think of. That said, this won't be hitting my Stock Advisor scorecard anytime soon, I don't think, as there are just too many other companies I can foresee outperforming this one. But it's still darn good enough for one of my green thumbs! Outperform.
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