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Why it moved
IBM shares continued to fall on Friday as JPMorgan Chase cut its price target and negative sentiment persisted following the company's shocking preliminary Q2 earnings miss earlier in the week, in which IBM disclosed weaker-than-expected revenue and earnings tied to mainframe business weakness, large deal slippage, and customers shifting capital spending toward AI-related infrastructure.
What is happening
Recent company-specific developments and publisher coverage.
July 18, 2026International Business Machines closed sharply lower, extending the fallout from its historic Tuesday plunge, as Friday brought fresh analyst price target cuts that reinforced investor unease. JPMorgan slashed its target to $250 from $291 (while maintaining Overweight) and Citigroup trimmed its target to $255 from $375, adding to a wave of downgrades and cuts sparked by IBM's preliminary Q2 results, which missed estimates with $17.2B in revenue and $2.93 adjusted EPS. CEO Arvind Krishna attributed the shortfall to clients pivoting capex toward AI hardware—servers and memory—late in the quarter, causing large deal slippage and a 7% Infrastructure revenue decline. Securities fraud investigations and a broader tech sector selloff compounded the pressure.-2.9126
July 17, 2026International Business Machines staged a partial recovery, gaining nearly 4% — well above double the broader market's muted session — as bargain hunters stepped in after the stock's historic ~25% collapse earlier in the week following a deeply disappointing Q2 pre-announcement. IBM cited mainframe (z17) underperformance, client capex shifting toward AI hardware, and large deal slippages as drivers of the miss, prompting a wave of analyst downgrades and target cuts — including HSBC slashing its target to $175 and Evercore ISI trimming to $250 — though the consensus Moderate Buy rating held. With IBM's formal earnings call set for July 22 and the stock still trading well below its pre-crash levels, investors are weighing whether $215 support can hold and if the structural AI displacement concerns are temporary or lasting.3.7169
July 16, 2026IBM shares declined further Wednesday, extending Tuesday's historic 25% plunge — the worst single-day drop in the company's recorded history — after preliminary Q2 results missed Wall Street expectations. Revenue came in at $17.2 billion versus the $17.86 billion consensus, with CEO Arvind Krishna citing a late-quarter shift in enterprise capital spending toward AI hardware (servers, storage, memory) and cybersecurity reassessment tied to Anthropic's Mythos model, which caused large mainframe deals to slip. The selloff triggered a wave of analyst actions: HSBC downgraded IBM to Reduce with a $191 target, Oppenheimer cut to Market Perform, and BofA trimmed its price target to $280 while keeping a Buy. Securities fraud investigations were also announced by multiple law firms. IBM's warning rippled across the software and IT services sector, pressuring peers including ServiceNow, Salesforce, and Accenture, while paradoxically lifting cybersecurity names like CrowdStrike.-2.7042
July 15, 2026International Business Machines plunged on its worst day in decades after releasing disappointing preliminary Q2 results, with revenue of $17.2 billion missing the $17.86 billion consensus and adjusted EPS of $2.93 falling short of the $3.02 estimate. CEO Arvind Krishna admitted IBM 'did not adapt and move quickly enough,' citing a sharp late-quarter customer capex pivot toward servers, storage, and memory that derailed Z mainframe and transaction-processing software deals, while rapidly evolving cybersecurity concerns further disrupted purchasing decisions. HSBC downgraded IBM to Reduce with a $191 target, securities fraud investigations were announced, and the selloff rippled into software and IT services peers, though cybersecurity stocks surged on the read-through that enterprise security budgets remain intact.-25.2076
July 14, 2026International Business Machines edged higher Monday, outperforming a broadly weaker technology sector — the XLK ETF closed slightly lower — as U.S.-Iran tensions drove oil prices sharply higher and weighed on chip stocks. IBM's relative resilience comes ahead of its July 22 Q2 earnings report, with investors weighing strong AI and quantum momentum against emerging headwinds: Starbucks recently announced plans to build internal AI tools to replace IBM software, raising enterprise customer defection risk, while Susquehanna initiated coverage at Neutral. On the positive side, Morgan Stanley upgraded IBM to Overweight in late June, the company beat Q1 estimates with 9.5% revenue growth and raised its dividend, and multiple institutional investors have been boosting their stakes. Analysts hold a Moderate Buy consensus with a $306 average price target.0.9285
July 11, 2026International Business Machines fell nearly 2.6% on Friday amid a broader tech sector pullback driven by AI valuation concerns, profit-taking ahead of its July 22 Q2 earnings report, and geopolitical uncertainty stemming from U.S.-Iran military exchanges in the Gulf. The decline came despite a constructive news backdrop — including AI upgrades to the Bob platform, new z17 and LinuxONE 5 systems, a quantum computing breakthrough, and Bank of America's raised price target of $330 — as traders appear to be rotating out of the name while awaiting a clearer earnings catalyst. A separate headwind emerged from Starbucks' move to reduce dependence on IBM and Microsoft software, raising concerns about enterprise software attrition even as IBM maintains a consensus "Moderate Buy" rating with a $306.47 average target.-2.6211
July 10, 2026International Business Machines shares fell sharply, pressured by a Bloomberg report that Starbucks is developing in-house AI-powered software to replace IBM maintenance management tools as part of a broader $2 billion cost-cutting effort — raising concerns about enterprise customers using AI to reduce vendor software spending. The decline came despite an otherwise constructive backdrop: IBM updated its Bob agentic software platform with multi-agent capabilities, Bank of America recently raised its price target to $330 citing software strength and Red Hat momentum, and investors are awaiting Q2 2026 earnings on July 22. Geopolitical headwinds from renewed U.S.-Iran strikes and rising oil prices added broader market pressure.-2.2347
July 9, 2026International Business Machines closed modestly lower, pulled back alongside the broader technology sector as a sharp risk-off move gripped markets after President Trump declared the U.S.-Iran ceasefire 'over,' sending oil prices surging more than 5% and triggering a global equity selloff. The pullback comes despite a strong recent run for IBM — shares jumped 3.5% on July 7 after Bank of America raised its price target to $330, citing software strength, Red Hat momentum, and the potential for a guidance hike at the July 22 Q2 earnings report, where investors will scrutinize AI monetization progress and margin trends.-1.3328
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