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How International Business Machines Corporation stacks up
IBM · against 31 other Technology companies of similar size
Growth
69/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #18 of 32 · scores higher than 45% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score4 peers with a growth score of 60–69, including IBM · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 69?
Weighted metrics compared with all Technology companies.Mainly thanks to its earnings per share growth, which is stronger than most Technology peers.
- 3-year revenue growth is close to the peer norm. 3-year revenue growth: 4.5% vs peer median 4.8%
- Revenue growth is close to the peer norm. Revenue growth: 7.9% vs peer median 8.5%
- faster growth in earnings per share: stronger than 84% of peers. Earnings per share growth: 81.8% vs peer median 11.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = IBM, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | IBM | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 32 reported | 7.9% | 19.1% | 23% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 26 reported | 81.8% | 36.7% | 72% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 32 reported | 4.5% | 10.0% | 23% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around IBM| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 421.5B USD | 100 | 78 | |
| 2 | 125.2B USD | 99 | 70 | |
| 3 | 164.9B USD | 98 | 89 | |
| 4 | 25.82T JPY (≈$175.6B) | 96 | 73 | |
| 5 | 207.6B USD | 95 | 61 | |
| 14 | 265.8B USD | 80 | 68 | |
| 15 | 288.7B USD | 76 | 63 | |
| 15 | 382.5B USD | 76 | 55 | |
| 17 | 182.9B USD | 72 | 58 | |
| 18 | 235.6B USD | 69 | 52 | |
| 19 | 136.0B USD | 61 | 60 | |
| 20 | 181.7B EUR (≈$199.8B) | 60 | 56 | |
| 20 | 203.8B USD | 60 | 56 | |
| 22 | 286.5B USD | 58 | 39 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score