Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Sells 22,157 Shares of International Business Machines Corporation $IBM

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP reduced its holdings in shares of International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) by 0.4% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 5,007,219 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 22,157 shares during the quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned 0.54% of International Business Machines worth $1,412,747,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in IBM. Laffer Tengler Investments Inc. lifted its position in International Business Machines by 49.7% in the 3rd quarter. Laffer Tengler Investments Inc. now owns 1,479 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $417,000 after acquiring an additional 491 shares in the last quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC raised its stake in shares of International Business Machines by 6.0% in the third quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC now owns 7,815 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,205,000 after purchasing an additional 440 shares during the last quarter. Great Lakes Retirement Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of International Business Machines by 5.9% in the third quarter. Great Lakes Retirement Inc. now owns 12,437 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $3,509,000 after purchasing an additional 697 shares in the last quarter. Evernest Financial Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of International Business Machines by 3.0% during the third quarter. Evernest Financial Advisors LLC now owns 2,579 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $728,000 after buying an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fiduciary Group LLC grew its holdings in International Business Machines by 3.5% during the third quarter. Fiduciary Group LLC now owns 8,443 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,382,000 after buying an additional 286 shares in the last quarter. 58.96% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

International Business Machines News Roundup

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 topic of several recent analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on International Business Machines from $325.00 to $340.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Argus set a $360.00 target price on shares of International Business Machines in a report on Friday, January 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of International Business Machines from $312.00 to $317.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, January 29th. Erste Group Bank downgraded shares of International Business Machines from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, Wedbush reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $340.00 price objective on shares of International Business Machines in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $320.87.

International Business Machines Stock Up 2.6%

Shares of NYSE IBM opened at $245.49 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.67, a current ratio of 0.96 and a quick ratio of 0.92. The stock has a market capitalization of $230.28 billion, a PE ratio of 22.02, a P/E/G ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.73. International Business Machines Corporation has a one year low of $214.50 and a one year high of $324.90. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $284.72 and its 200-day moving average price is $284.29.

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

International Business Machines Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 10th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 10th will be given a $1.68 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 10th. This represents a $6.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.7%. International Business Machines’s payout ratio is 60.27%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other International Business Machines news, Director David N. Farr purchased 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 30th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $304.00 per share, for a total transaction of $304,000.00. Following the purchase, the director owned 9,258 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,814,432. This represents a 12.11% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Michael Miebach acquired 434 shares of International Business Machines stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 25th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $233.33 per share, with a total value of $101,265.22. Following the completion of the purchase, the director directly owned 434 shares in the company, valued at $101,265.22. This represents a ∞ increase in their position. The SEC filing for this purchase provides additional information. Insiders have purchased a total of 1,484 shares of company stock worth $417,157 over the last 90 days. 0.18% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

International Business Machines 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.