IBM FY2026 Q1 개선

International Business Machines Corporation 실적 발표

Apr 22, 2026 · 13:00 ET Arvind KrishnaJim CavanaughOlympia McNerney earningscall_biz

Buzzberg 분석

Software growth accelerated to 10%+ for 2026, driven by data and Red Hat.

IBM reported a strong Q1 with 6% revenue growth, margin expansion, and free cash flow of $2.2B. Management maintained full-year guidance but raised software growth to 10%+. AI adoption and mainframe demand were key themes, with partnerships highlighted (NVIDIA, Arm) and customer wins (ServiceNow, Visa, Nestle, banks). Q1 revenue grew 6% cc, with software up 8%, infrastructure up 12% (Z +48%), consulting up 1%.

Buzzberg 분석 Software growth accelerated to 10%+ for 2026, driven by data and Red Hat. IBM reported a strong Q1 with 6% revenue growth, margin expansion, and free cash flow of $2.2B. Management maintained full-year guidance but raised software growth to 10%+. AI adoption and mainframe demand were key themes, with partnerships highlighted (NVIDIA, Arm) and customer wins (ServiceNow, Visa, Nestle, banks). Q1 revenue grew 6% cc, with software up 8%, infrastructure up 12% (Z +48%), consulting up 1%. 전체 분석 보기분석 접기

Free cash flow reached $2.2B, highest first quarter in a decade; adjusted EBITDA up 17%.
Software guidance raised to 10%+ growth for the year; total revenue and FCF guidance maintained at 5%+ and ~$1B increase respectively.
Mainframe Z17 cycle is strongest on record, with 100%+ new MIPS growth for four consecutive quarters.

매출$15.917B-19% 전분기 대비

주당순이익(EPS)$1.91-58% 전분기 대비

매출총이익률56.23%보고값

영업이익률13.94%보고값

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Guidance

Software growth accelerated to 10%+ for 2026, driven by data and Red Hat.

AI is a growth driver with consulting backlog 30% Gen AI.

Demand

IBM Z sets record quarter, up 48%, with AI-driven demand.

핵심 내용 3개 더 보기

M&A

M&A appetite could increase as valuations attract, later in 2026.

Mainframe AI inference expands monetization via new AI MIPS.

Supply

Supply chain headwinds de minimis for IBM, mitigated by supplier ties.

보고 기간

보고 실적

지표	보고값	변화
매출	$15.917B	-19% 전분기 대비
주당순이익(EPS)	$1.91	-58% 전분기 대비
매출총이익률	56.23%	보고값
영업이익률	13.94%	보고값
잉여현금흐름	$4.778B	+53% 전분기 대비
자본지출	$0.391B	보고값

향후 전망

향후 가이던스

지표	기간	범위	중간값	상태
잉여현금흐름	FY2026	$1B	$1B	유지
영업이익률	FY2026	1%	1%	유지
영업이익률	FY2026 Q2	0.5%	0.5%	제시
매출	FY2026	5%	5%	유지
매출SOFTWARE	FY2026	10%	10%	상향

AI, 자본지출 및 수요 분석

경영진 분석

톤

Confident

Management highlights a strong start (6% revenue growth, record Z, software acceleration) and reaffirms guidance, expressing confidence in 5%+ growth, while prudently maintaining guidance given macro uncertainty.

경영진의 AI 분석

Management frames AI as a structural tailwind: enterprises are moving from experimentation to scaled deployment across hybrid environments, and IBM's platform (Red Hat, data/Confluent, automation, WatsonX, and IBM Z with Spire) is positioned to capture value as AI drives demand for open, governed, secure, and integrated infrastructure. AI is embedded across software, consulting (30% of backlog, 20

자본지출

투자 및 생산능력

Higher capex is a planned headwind to free cash flow in 2026, as noted earlier in the year. The increase supports strategic investments in innovation (e.g., AI, quantum, and infrastructure) without specifying a dollar amount or change in direction.

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기업발표 이후 수익률

고객

NOW +29.7%

고객

ServiceNow uses IBM's AI tools to enhance its platform, indicating a deepening technology integration between the two companies.

근거

“ServiceNow is leveraging Watson X automated data quality and observability to deliver AI-ready data and code generation to refresh legacy applications to modern application runtimes, including ServiceNow.”

Arvind Krishna

V +18.9%

고객

Visa relies on IBM for core modernization of its payment network, showing ongoing strategic importance.

근거

“Visa continues to work with IBM on ongoing software and data modernization efforts, supporting the scale, resiliency, and performance of VisaNet.”

Arvind Krishna

NSRGY +3.4%

고객

Nestle is deploying AI with IBM's platform to optimize global supply chain operations.

근거

“With Nestle, we're using NVIDIA-accelerated WatsonX.data to embed AI directly into core order-to-cash operations, enabling faster real-time insights across Nestlé's global supply chain.”

Arvind Krishna

NWG +19.9% RY +18.5%

고객

NatWest is modernizing its mainframe with IBM's AI tools, indicating demand for mainframe AI capabilities.

근거

“clients such as NatWest and RBC are modernizing their mainframe environments using AI and automation capabilities, including Watson X Assistant and Watson X Code Assistant for Z, to improve resiliency, security, and developer productivity.”

Arvind Krishna

파트너

ARM +40.9%

파트너

Arm's software ecosystem is expanding onto IBM Z, potentially increasing Arm's presence in mission-critical enterprise environments.

근거

“we announced a strategic collaboration with Arm to expand how AI workloads run across IBM infrastructure.”

Arvind Krishna

NVDA +7.0%

파트너

IBM and NVIDIA are deepening their partnership on GPU-accelerated analytics, benefiting NVIDIA's enterprise AI adoption.

근거

“During the quarter, we also announced strategic collaborations with NVIDIA, expanding our work across GPU-native analytics.”

Arvind Krishna

공급망

MU +82.2%

공급망

IBM CFO acknowledged memory supply chain dislocation and cost increases, though said the impact is de minimis to IBM, implying memory prices are rising and affecting the broader hardware market. — Rising memory costs pressure hardware margins across the industry but benefit memory suppliers like Micron; IBM's downplay suggests it has mitigated impact through supply chain management.

근거

“supply chain dislocation, around commodity cost increases, in particular around memory. It has a de minimis impact to us overall.”

Jim Cavanaugh

HPE +84.6% DELL +116.9%

공급망

IBM cited 'a very dislocated hardware supply chain market' as a factor behind Red Hat Enterprise Linux (REL) deceleration, indicating hardware availability constraints are slowing enterprise Linux adoption. — Hardware supply chain dislocations are delaying enterprise infrastructure upgrades, potentially impacting revenue for server vendors like HPE and Dell.

Jim Cavanaugh

외부 신호

공급망 알파 · 2발표 이후 수익률

IBM CFO acknowledged memory supply chain dislocation and cost increases, though said the impact is de minimis to IBM, implying memory prices are rising and affecting the broader hardware market.

Jim Cavanaugh

MU+82.2%

IBM cited 'a very dislocated hardware supply chain market' as a factor behind Red Hat Enterprise Linux (REL) deceleration, indicating hardware availability constraints are slowing enterprise Linux adoption.

Jim Cavanaugh

HPE+84.6%DELL+116.9%

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