By Simply Wall St
Publication Date: 2026-01-07 01:39:00
- In recent days, Jefferies upgraded IBM to Buy and highlighted the company’s push into hybrid cloud, AI, and software through acquisitions including HashiCorp and the pending Confluent deal, while other brokers reiterated positive views following improved September-quarter results.
- Together with IBM’s quantum computing ambitions and its partnership with Anthropic to embed Claude into its software portfolio, these moves underline how the company is trying to reposition itself as a software- and AI-centric provider rather than a legacy hardware vendor.
- We’ll now examine how Jefferies’ upgrade, centered on IBM’s software momentum and merger benefits, may influence the company’s existing investment narrative.
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International Business Machines Investment Narrative Recap
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