HSBC Upgrades International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) on Quantum Business Valuation

HSBC Upgrades International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) on Quantum Business Valuation

By Talha Qureshi
Publication Date: 2026-05-05 10:11:00

​International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) provides hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence solutions, along with consulting services. The company is also engaged in quantum computing as it develops proprietary superconducting hardware and a sophisticated software ecosystem built around the Qiskit framework. IBM ranks as one of the Best Quantum Computing Stocks to Buy and Hold for 10 Years.

​Recently, on April 28, HSBC upgraded International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) from Sell to Hold rating and raised the price target from $218 to $231. The rating upgrade is based on the firm’s new valuation of IBM’s quantum computing business. HSBC values IBM’s quantum computing at $35 billion, suggesting that the segment already holds a meaningful part of the company’s overall business.

​Moreover, the firm also noted that if HSBC valued quantum on the same enterprise‑value‑to‑revenue multiples as pure‑play peers such as IonQ,…