Shares in the IT company aren't mounting much of a comeback, as investors reel from Tuesday's brutal selloff.
IBM stock suffered its worst one-day decline on record after the technology group admitted that customers were moving money away from its products and towards urgently needed data-centre infrastructure. The stock plunged 25.2% to $217.07 on Tuesday, leaving it just above its 52-week low, after preliminary second-quarter revenue and profit missed Wall Street forecasts.
CNBC's Jim Cramer said IBM's sharp sell-off isn't enough to make the stock a buy, as corporate IT spending is shifting away from software toward cybersecurity, hardware and AI tokens. Cramer said IBM still has attractive long-term businesses, but the company remains on the wrong side of the technology spending priorities.
IBM (IBM) closed at $217.07 in the latest trading session, marking a -25.21% move from the prior day.
IBM is in free fall.
“When we discussed our expectations with you in April, we noted that we would be wrapping on the launch of z17 in the second quarter. Given this was the strongest start to a mainframe program in our history, we expected Infrastructure revenue to decline low-single digits for the year, beginning this quarter.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Cybersecurity stocks jumped on Tuesday after IBM CEO Arvind Krishna flagged cyber fears as a top priority for customers in the company's preliminary second-quarter results. Krishna told CNBC's Sara Eisen on Tuesday that some major deals were put on hold toward the end of the quarter as businesses rethink spending.
Shares in IBM plunged 24% on Tuesday after the U.S. tech giant released disappointing preliminary second-quarter results, blaming a shift in customer spending due to expected higher prices for memory chips and other AI-related infrastructure.
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