IBM’s Strengths Are The Reason to Buy Today at $234

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• IBM trades at a forward P/E of 19 with a 2.84% yield, down 19% year-to-date and sitting at a cycle trough.

• IBM’s generative-AI book crossed $12.5 billion while free cash flow surged 70% YoY, showing franchise strength beneath the Q2 miss.

• A securities fraud inquiry, a 42% mainframe revenue collapse, and near-zero Consulting growth are the three conditions that break the bull case.

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IBM (NYSE:IBM) at $234.32 is a Buy. The stock has rebounded 11.74% in the last month off a mid-July capitulation, and the drivers of that rebound remain intact.

IBM is a hybrid-cloud and enterprise-AI franchise wrapped around one of the most durable software and…