International Business Machines Corporation

BATS-CHIXE:IBMD Stock Report

Market Cap: €143.9b

International Business Machines Valuation

Is IBMD undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of IBMD when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: IBMD (€153.86) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€219.83)

Significantly Below Fair Value: IBMD is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for IBMD?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

IBMD key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA13.8x
PEG Ratio3.5x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does IBMD's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for IBMD vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average31.8x
SCT Softcat
28.3x9.3%UK£3.2b
CCC Computacenter
14.8x5.1%UK£2.9b
KNOS Kainos Group
29.8x18.0%UK£1.2b
KWS Keywords Studios
54.3x34.0%UK£927.2m
IBMD International Business Machines
19x5.4%€154.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: IBMD is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19x) compared to the peer average (31.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does IBMD's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European IT Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a19.3%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: IBMD is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19x) compared to the European IT industry average (20.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IBMD's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

IBMD PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio19x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate IBMD's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst IBMD forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€153.86
€167.42
+8.8%
13.9%€199.71€120.76n/a18
Apr ’25€174.50
€171.67
-1.6%
15.6%€206.82€115.41n/a18
Mar ’25€171.90
€168.65
-1.9%
15.2%€208.79€116.51n/a19
Feb ’25€172.10
€164.23
-4.6%
16.3%€206.08€115.00n/a19
Jan ’25€146.70
€137.31
-6.4%
14.9%€190.22€99.64n/a17
Dec ’24€146.85
€136.63
-7.0%
11.2%€166.94€102.59n/a16
Nov ’24€135.10
€138.41
+2.4%
11.3%€169.55€104.19n/a16
Oct ’24€138.70
€137.78
-0.7%
12.0%€176.36€103.19n/a16
Sep ’24€136.25
€132.49
-2.8%
10.3%€160.49€100.88n/a15
Aug ’24€129.90
€130.36
+0.4%
10.0%€157.75€99.15n/a16
Jul ’24n/a
€129.08
0%
8.4%€150.06€101.89n/a14
Jun ’24n/a
€126.14
0%
8.3%€147.24€99.98n/a14
May ’24€113.23
€126.60
+11.8%
8.3%€147.02€99.83€155.3014
Apr ’24n/a
€134.57
0%
9.0%€153.91€102.61€174.5015
Mar ’24n/a
€131.69
0%
8.9%€150.20€100.13€171.9015
Feb ’24n/a
€131.69
0%
8.9%€150.20€100.13€172.1015
Jan ’24n/a
€134.43
0%
9.2%€157.29€105.82€146.7015
Dec ’23n/a
€140.82
0%
8.5%€160.53€111.37€146.8515
Nov ’23n/a
€140.82
0%
8.5%€160.53€111.37€135.1015
Oct ’23n/a
€146.99
0%
8.9%€167.43€115.05€138.7015
Sep ’23n/a
€144.82
0%
7.7%€163.44€118.32€136.2515
Aug ’23n/a
€141.02
0%
7.5%€158.05€116.56€129.9017
Jul ’23n/a
€138.70
0%
9.2%€159.56€113.42n/a17
Jun ’23n/a
€138.70
0%
9.2%€159.56€113.42n/a17
May ’23n/a
€133.52
0%
9.2%€152.99€108.75€113.2317

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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