By Simply Wall St
Publication Date: 2026-04-23 15:08:00
In April 2026, International Business Machines Corporation reported first-quarter 2026 results showing revenue of US$15,917 million and net income of US$1,216 million, alongside higher earnings per share year over year and a US$1.69 quarterly dividend declaration, marking its 31st consecutive annual dividend increase.
Despite the earnings beat and dividend raise, the results underscored a tension between strong software and infrastructure growth and investor concerns over AI-related disruption and IBM’s decision to keep its full-year outlook unchanged.
We’ll now examine how IBM’s strong first-quarter beat, yet unchanged full-year guidance, affects its existing investment narrative around AI and hybrid cloud.
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