IBM (NYSE:IBM) stock has declined 15% over the past month, lagging the S&P 500, which rose 2% over the same period. The slide largely reflects the latest quarterly report, where software segment sales came in below expectations.
IBM's 23% rally rides on hybrid cloud and AI momentum, with watsonx and NVIDIA partnerships fueling growth prospects.
Cisco looks to be correcting after dropping 4.5% on Friday, August 15th, and 7.75% last week, which will give investors another chance to buy the stock in a lower-risk area or add more to the name. EPS was guided to $4.00-4.06 (actual consensus this weekend is $4.04), while revenue guidance for Q1 '26 was $14.45-14.65 billion, with the actual revenue consensus estimate this weekend of $14.76 billion, or an estimate that is above the guided range already. In secular bull markets, particularly as they age, you want underperforming stocks and you want some uncorrelated stocks to the secular bull. Cisco fits that description today; the stock is a 6-8% EPS grower and 5% revenue grower in a technology market hyper-focused on AI and the AI build-out.
IBM's recent stock price decline is due to the underperformance of its software segment and, in my opinion, unfavorable comparisons with faster-growing tech giants like Microsoft and Google. I believe comparing IBM to these premium competitors is misguided, due to IBM's diversified business model and focus on corporate clients. IBM's Software segment, especially Hybrid Cloud and AI, is the primary growth driver, delivering strong margins.
Tech giant International Business Machines Corp NYSE: IBM is back on our radars after a bruising few weeks. Having traded as high as $295 earlier this summer, shares are now hovering just above the $250 level.
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IBM (IBM) witnesses a hammer chart pattern, indicating support found by the stock after losing some value lately. This coupled with an upward trend in earnings estimate revisions could mean a trend reversal for the stock in the near term.
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The heavy selling pressure might have exhausted for IBM (IBM) as it is technically in oversold territory now. In addition to this technical measure, strong agreement among Wall Street analysts in revising earnings estimates higher indicates that the stock is ripe for a trend reversal.
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