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International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM)

Analysis of Long-term (Investment) Activity Ratios
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Long-term Activity Ratios (Summary)

International Business Machines Corp., long-term (investment) activity ratios (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Net fixed asset turnover 11.25 11.39 11.12 11.34 11.35 11.75 11.31 10.50 10.07 6.68 6.93 7.33 7.33 7.53 7.78 7.95 7.71
Net fixed asset turnover (including operating lease, right-of-use asset) 7.09 7.21 7.48 7.45 7.37 7.67 7.35 6.73 6.43 4.56 4.73 4.97 5.00 5.11 5.21 5.28 5.14
Total asset turnover 0.46 0.47 0.46 0.45 0.48 0.48 0.47 0.44 0.43 0.42 0.44 0.47 0.47 0.49 0.49 0.50 0.51
Equity turnover 2.75 2.65 2.73 2.80 2.76 3.02 3.07 3.06 3.03 2.75 2.98 3.24 3.57 3.54 3.67 3.83 3.70

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Net fixed asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by net fixed assets. International Business Machines Corp. net fixed asset turnover ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 but then slightly deteriorated from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023 not reaching Q2 2023 level.
Net fixed asset turnover (including operating lease, right-of-use asset) An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by net fixed assets (including operating lease, right-of-use asset). International Business Machines Corp. net fixed asset turnover ratio (with operating lease, right-of-use asset) deteriorated from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Total asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by total assets. International Business Machines Corp. total asset turnover ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 but then deteriorated significantly from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Equity turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by shareholders’ equity. International Business Machines Corp. equity turnover ratio deteriorated from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 but then improved from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023 exceeding Q2 2023 level.

Net Fixed Asset Turnover

International Business Machines Corp., net fixed asset turnover calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Revenue 17,381 14,752 15,475 14,252 16,691 14,107 15,535 14,197 16,694 13,251 14,218 13,187 20,366 17,560 18,123 17,571 21,776 18,028 19,161 18,182
Property, plant and equipment, net 5,501 5,369 5,443 5,344 5,334 5,150 5,275 5,559 5,694 9,138 9,423 9,452 10,040 9,958 9,709 9,626 10,010 10,063 10,202 10,675
Long-term Activity Ratio
Net fixed asset turnover1 11.25 11.39 11.12 11.34 11.35 11.75 11.31 10.50 10.07 6.68 6.93 7.33 7.33 7.53 7.78 7.95 7.71
Benchmarks
Net Fixed Asset Turnover, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 41.90 41.40 40.46 38.17 37.12 35.78 34.22 32.49 30.83 31.16 30.44 29.69 28.68 30.82 31.33 31.71 31.06 31.90 33.16 33.91
Adobe Inc. 9.56 9.28 9.07 9.15 9.23 9.25 9.33 9.48 9.44 9.27 9.15 8.94 8.48 8.48 8.68 8.70 8.64 8.56 8.38 8.65
Intuit Inc. 14.83 15.00 14.70 14.38 14.33 15.00 13.74 13.08 12.35 11.24 9.74 10.55 10.46 9.20 9.40 8.97 8.70 8.48 7.94 7.57
Microsoft Corp. 2.22 2.36 2.47 2.64 2.66 2.74 2.75 2.76 2.81 2.91 2.96 3.07 3.24 3.36 3.31 3.38 3.45 3.63 3.62 3.66
Oracle Corp. 2.93 2.93 3.21 3.60 4.37 4.86 5.16 5.37 5.74 5.82 5.95 6.13 6.26 6.36 6.31 6.31 6.32 6.39 6.63 6.73
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 19.44 18.99 17.86 16.45 15.38 14.54 13.39 14.05 13.37 12.36 11.44 10.60 9.79 9.14 10.02 9.53 9.80 10.01 9.49 8.77
Salesforce Inc. 8.47 8.62 8.69 9.74 9.41 9.03 8.68 8.98 8.64 7.91 7.67 7.24 7.20 6.70 6.45 6.25 6.48
ServiceNow Inc. 6.61 7.07 6.98 6.82 6.88 7.57 7.54 7.84 7.70 7.47 7.06 6.97 6.85 7.48 7.23 7.89 7.39
Synopsys Inc. 10.48 10.31 9.68 10.01 10.51 10.17 9.68 9.43 8.90 8.67 8.32 7.85 7.62 7.25 7.23 7.38 7.82 8.87 9.39 9.98

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Net fixed asset turnover = (RevenueQ4 2023 + RevenueQ3 2023 + RevenueQ2 2023 + RevenueQ1 2023) ÷ Property, plant and equipment, net
= (17,381 + 14,752 + 15,475 + 14,252) ÷ 5,501 = 11.25

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Net fixed asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by net fixed assets. International Business Machines Corp. net fixed asset turnover ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 but then slightly deteriorated from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023 not reaching Q2 2023 level.

Net Fixed Asset Turnover (including Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset)

International Business Machines Corp., net fixed asset turnover (including operating lease, right-of-use asset) calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Revenue 17,381 14,752 15,475 14,252 16,691 14,107 15,535 14,197 16,694 13,251 14,218 13,187 20,366 17,560 18,123 17,571 21,776 18,028 19,161 18,182
 
Property, plant and equipment, net 5,501 5,369 5,443 5,344 5,334 5,150 5,275 5,559 5,694 9,138 9,423 9,452 10,040 9,958 9,709 9,626 10,010 10,063 10,202 10,675
Operating right-of-use assets, net 3,220 3,112 2,653 2,789 2,878 2,740 2,848 3,108 3,222 4,253 4,387 4,483 4,686 4,715 4,774 4,871 4,996 4,901 4,998 4,634
Property, plant and equipment, net (including operating lease, right-of-use asset) 8,721 8,481 8,096 8,133 8,212 7,890 8,123 8,667 8,916 13,391 13,810 13,935 14,726 14,673 14,483 14,497 15,006 14,964 15,200 15,309
Long-term Activity Ratio
Net fixed asset turnover (including operating lease, right-of-use asset)1 7.09 7.21 7.48 7.45 7.37 7.67 7.35 6.73 6.43 4.56 4.73 4.97 5.00 5.11 5.21 5.28 5.14
Benchmarks
Net Fixed Asset Turnover (including Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset), Competitors2
Accenture PLC 15.38 14.85 14.14 13.47 13.17 12.30 11.56 11.17 10.48 10.27 9.83 9.71 9.37 9.54 9.69 9.68 31.06 31.90 33.16 33.91
Adobe Inc. 8.13 7.84 7.61 7.60 7.61 7.57 7.52 7.55 7.46 7.26 7.08 6.82 6.42 6.30 6.42 6.32 8.64 8.56 8.38 8.65
Intuit Inc. 9.99 9.89 9.51 9.11 8.86 10.03 8.99 8.64 8.30 7.66 6.52 8.04 8.00 7.11 6.76 6.42 8.70 8.48 7.94 7.57
Microsoft Corp. 1.93 2.03 2.12 2.25 2.26 2.31 2.32 2.34 2.37 2.44 2.47 2.58 2.70 2.79 2.74 2.80 2.87 3.00 3.00 3.01
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 11.16 11.00 10.33 9.47 9.17 8.68 8.08 7.91 7.32 6.86 6.49 6.08 5.62 5.26 5.37 5.03 9.80 10.01 9.49 8.77
Salesforce Inc. 4.76 4.72 4.80 4.83 4.65 4.40 4.03 4.02 3.75 3.67 3.52 3.31 3.16 2.87 2.84 2.75 6.48
ServiceNow Inc. 4.33 4.46 4.44 4.24 4.18 4.63 4.46 4.53 4.34 4.11 4.32 4.21 4.06 4.13 3.91 3.97 3.98
Synopsys Inc. 5.19 4.98 4.71 4.69 4.87 4.66 4.42 4.70 4.35 4.23 4.05 4.03 3.88 3.67 3.64 3.68 7.82 8.87 9.39 9.98

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Net fixed asset turnover (including operating lease, right-of-use asset) = (RevenueQ4 2023 + RevenueQ3 2023 + RevenueQ2 2023 + RevenueQ1 2023) ÷ Property, plant and equipment, net (including operating lease, right-of-use asset)
= (17,381 + 14,752 + 15,475 + 14,252) ÷ 8,721 = 7.09

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Net fixed asset turnover (including operating lease, right-of-use asset) An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by net fixed assets (including operating lease, right-of-use asset). International Business Machines Corp. net fixed asset turnover ratio (with operating lease, right-of-use asset) deteriorated from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Total Asset Turnover

International Business Machines Corp., total asset turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Revenue 17,381 14,752 15,475 14,252 16,691 14,107 15,535 14,197 16,694 13,251 14,218 13,187 20,366 17,560 18,123 17,571 21,776 18,028 19,161 18,182
Total assets 135,241 129,321 132,213 133,637 127,243 125,850 127,503 133,275 132,001 144,214 146,814 148,629 155,971 154,128 154,200 153,403 152,186 149,620 154,652 130,926
Long-term Activity Ratio
Total asset turnover1 0.46 0.47 0.46 0.45 0.48 0.48 0.47 0.44 0.43 0.42 0.44 0.47 0.47 0.49 0.49 0.50 0.51
Benchmarks
Total Asset Turnover, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 1.25 1.27 1.32 1.32 1.30 1.29 1.28 1.23 1.17 1.14 1.14 1.17 1.20 1.27 1.33 1.33 1.45 1.52 1.55 1.58
Adobe Inc. 0.65 0.65 0.66 0.67 0.65 0.64 0.63 0.62 0.58 0.58 0.56 0.55 0.53 0.55 0.56 0.55 0.54 0.53 0.51 0.49
Intuit Inc. 0.52 0.49 0.50 0.49 0.46 0.45 0.43 0.69 0.62 0.56 0.53 0.81 0.70 0.88 1.06 1.12 1.08 0.98 1.21 1.24
Microsoft Corp. 0.51 0.55 0.56 0.56 0.54 0.56 0.54 0.53 0.50 0.52 0.50 0.49 0.47 0.49 0.47 0.47 0.44 0.46 0.46 0.45
Oracle Corp. 0.37 0.36 0.36 0.34 0.39 0.39 0.39 0.33 0.31 0.34 0.36 0.35 0.34 0.41 0.40 0.37 0.36 0.36 0.34 0.31
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 0.48 0.46 0.47 0.46 0.45 0.47 0.47 0.44 0.42 0.42 0.40 0.41 0.38 0.50 0.43 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.45 0.42
Salesforce Inc. 0.32 0.33 0.31 0.30 0.28 0.29 0.27 0.34 0.32 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.31 0.32 0.44 0.42 0.43
ServiceNow Inc. 0.52 0.56 0.54 0.56 0.54 0.62 0.59 0.57 0.55 0.58 0.56 0.55 0.52 0.55 0.61 0.60 0.57
Synopsys Inc. 0.57 0.56 0.54 0.54 0.54 0.53 0.52 0.51 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.47 0.52 0.54 0.52 0.50

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Total asset turnover = (RevenueQ4 2023 + RevenueQ3 2023 + RevenueQ2 2023 + RevenueQ1 2023) ÷ Total assets
= (17,381 + 14,752 + 15,475 + 14,252) ÷ 135,241 = 0.46

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Total asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by total assets. International Business Machines Corp. total asset turnover ratio improved from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 but then deteriorated significantly from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.

Equity Turnover

International Business Machines Corp., equity turnover calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Revenue 17,381 14,752 15,475 14,252 16,691 14,107 15,535 14,197 16,694 13,251 14,218 13,187 20,366 17,560 18,123 17,571 21,776 18,028 19,161 18,182
Total IBM stockholders’ equity 22,533 23,081 22,201 21,604 21,944 20,076 19,409 19,050 18,901 22,228 21,942 21,389 20,597 21,208 20,551 19,999 20,841 17,956 17,645 16,481
Long-term Activity Ratio
Equity turnover1 2.75 2.65 2.73 2.80 2.76 3.02 3.07 3.06 3.03 2.75 2.98 3.24 3.57 3.54 3.67 3.83 3.70
Benchmarks
Equity Turnover, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 2.50 2.51 2.66 2.72 2.79 2.79 2.76 2.64 2.59 2.48 2.49 2.50 2.61 2.78 2.89 2.90 3.00 3.12 3.19 3.32
Adobe Inc. 1.18 1.20 1.24 1.27 1.25 1.20 1.19 1.17 1.07 1.05 1.04 1.01 0.97 1.06 1.11 1.11 1.06 1.04 1.02 0.97
Intuit Inc. 0.83 0.80 0.86 0.83 0.77 0.76 0.73 1.06 0.98 0.89 0.87 1.49 1.50 1.45 1.91 1.91 1.81 1.67 2.30 2.19
Microsoft Corp. 1.03 1.07 1.11 1.17 1.19 1.18 1.16 1.16 1.18 1.19 1.18 1.19 1.21 1.21 1.22 1.22 1.23 1.29 1.29 1.34
Oracle Corp. 46.56 7.73 4.46 4.98 4.13 3.24 2.79 2.54 2.14 1.81 1.67 1.30 1.05
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 3.94 5.27 8.44 11.45 26.20 15.31 41.24 8.78 6.71 4.00 3.65 4.80 3.09 4.38 1.94 1.99 1.83 1.89 2.42 1.93
Salesforce Inc. 0.54 0.51 0.49 0.47 0.46 0.44 0.42 0.53 0.51 0.50 0.50 0.53 0.50 0.48 0.86 0.85 0.85
ServiceNow Inc. 1.18 1.18 1.16 1.36 1.44 1.53 1.57 1.57 1.60 1.57 1.58 1.59 1.59 1.58 1.60 1.64 1.63
Synopsys Inc. 0.95 0.93 0.91 0.92 0.92 0.88 0.86 0.84 0.79 0.79 0.78 0.78 0.75 0.76 0.80 0.81 0.82 0.84 0.83 0.84

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q4 2023 Calculation
Equity turnover = (RevenueQ4 2023 + RevenueQ3 2023 + RevenueQ2 2023 + RevenueQ1 2023) ÷ Total IBM stockholders’ equity
= (17,381 + 14,752 + 15,475 + 14,252) ÷ 22,533 = 2.75

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Equity turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by shareholders’ equity. International Business Machines Corp. equity turnover ratio deteriorated from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 but then improved from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023 exceeding Q2 2023 level.