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IBM International Business Machines Corporation

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Intnl Bus. Mach IBM Reports 2018 First-Quarter Results

18/04/2018 7:00am

UK Regulatory


 
TIDMIBM 
 
 

IBM (NYSE:IBM)

 

Highlights

 
 
    -- Revenue of $19.1 billion, up 5 percent (flat adjusting for currency) 
 
    -- Gross margin reflects broad-based improvement in year-to-year 

performance compared to fourth quarter

 
    -- GAAP EPS from continuing operations of $1.81; Operating (non-GAAP) EPS 

of $2.45, up 4 percent

 
    -- Strategic imperatives revenue of $37.7 billion over last 12 months, up 

12 percent (up 10 percent adjusting for currency); represents 47

percent of IBM revenue

 
    -- Cloud revenue of $17.7 billion over last 12 months, up 22 percent (up 

20 percent adjusting for currency)

 
    -- As-a-service annual exit run rate for cloud revenue of $10.7 billion 

in the quarter, up 25 percent year to year (up 20 percent adjusting

for currency)

 
    -- Maintains full-year operating (non-GAAP) EPS and free cash flow 

expectations

 

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced first-quarter results.

 

"In the first quarter we maintained momentum in our business, with reported revenue growth in total and across our major segments," said Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer. "These results reinforce that our clients value our innovative technologies, our industry expertise and our commitment and actions for the responsible stewardship of their privacy and data. This is also reflected in our leadership positions in enterprise cloud, AI and security."

 
                                                             FIRST QUARTER 2018 
                                                                                           Pre-tax     Gross Profit 
                                                             Diluted EPS    Net Income     Income      Margin 
GAAP from Continuing Operations                              $1.81          $1.7B          $1.1B       43.2% 
Year/Year                                                    -2%            -4%            -20%        -0.5Pts 
Operating (Non-GAAP)                                         $2.45          $2.3B          $1.7B       43.7% 
Year/Year (includes                                          4%             2%             -14%        -0.7Pts 
Significant Items) 
Year/Year Impact of                                          -4Pts       *  -4Pts       *  -21Pts  **  -0.4Pts      ** 
Significant Items 
                                                                                                       As-a-service 
                                                                            Strategic                  annual exit 
REVENUE                                                      Total IBM      Imperatives    Cloud       run rate 
As reported (US$)                                            $19.1B         $9.0B          $4.2B       $10.7B 
Year/Year                                                    5%             15%            20%         25% 
Year/Year adjusting for currency                             0%             10%            14%         20% 
* Year-to-year impact of actions to continue to reposition 
the  business and discrete tax benefits 
** Year-to-year impact of actions to continue 
to reposition the  business 
 
 

"The multi-year shift in our investment strategy is paying off as IBM leads in the emerging, high-value segments of the enterprise IT industry," said James Kavanaugh, IBM senior vice president and chief financial officer. "Revenue, operating net income and free cash flow increased in the quarter, with broad-based improvement in our gross margin trajectory, as we continue to deliver shareholder value."

 

Significant Items Impacting Earnings Growth

 

For the first quarter of 2018, pre-tax income was $1.1 billion and net income from continuing operations was $1.7 billion. Operating (non-GAAP) pre-tax income was $1.7 billion and operating (non-GAAP) net income was $2.3 billion. The year-to-year decrease of 14 percent in operating (non-GAAP) pre-tax income includes a negative impact of 21 points from actions to continue to reposition the business. The year-to-year increase of 2 percent in operating (non-GAAP) net income includes a negative impact of 4 points from these actions and discrete tax benefits.

 

IBM's reported GAAP and operating (non-GAAP) tax rates for the first quarter include a $0.8 billion discrete tax benefit. The company's reported GAAP tax rate also includes an additional provisional charge of $0.1 billion as a result of guidance issued in January 2018 by the Internal Revenue Service related to the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017. This charge is in addition to the provisional charge of $5.5 billion the company reported in its fourth-quarter 2017 earnings.

 

For the first quarter, IBM's ongoing GAAP and operating (non-GAAP) tax rates were approximately 14 percent and approximately 16 percent, respectively.

 

Strategic Imperatives Revenue

 

Strategic imperatives revenue over the last 12 months was $37.7 billion, up 12 percent (up 10 percent adjusting for currency). Total cloud revenue over the last 12 months was $17.7 billion, up 22 percent (up 20 percent adjusting for currency). The annual exit run rate for as-a-service revenue increased to $10.7 billion, up 25 percent (up 20 percent adjusting for currency). In the first quarter of 2018, revenues from analytics increased 9 percent (up 4 percent adjusting for currency); revenues from mobile increased 19 percent (up 14 percent adjusting for currency); and revenues from security increased 65 percent (up 60 percent adjusting for currency).

 

Cash Flow and Balance Sheet

 

In the first quarter, the company generated net cash from operating activities of $4.6 billion, or $2.2 billion excluding Global Financing receivables. IBM's free cash flow was $1.3 billion. IBM returned $2.2 billion to shareholders through $1.4 billion in dividends and $0.8 billion in gross share repurchases. At the end of March 2018, IBM had $3.0 billion remaining in the current share repurchase authorization.

 

IBM ended the first quarter of 2018 with $13.2 billion of cash on hand. Debt totaled $46.4 billion, including Global Financing debt of $31.7 billion. The balance sheet remains strong and is well positioned over the long term.

 

Segment Results for First Quarter

 
 
    -- Cognitive Solutions (includes solutions software and transaction 

processing software) -- revenues of $4.3 billion, up 6 percent (up

2 percent adjusting for currency), driven by solutions software,

including security, analytics, and industry platforms; and transaction

processing software.

 
    -- Global Business Services (includes consulting, global process 

services and application management) -- revenues of $4.2 billion,

up 4 percent (down 1 percent adjusting for currency). Strategic

imperatives revenue grew 12 percent led by the cloud consulting

practice, with double-digit growth in analytics and mobile.

 
    -- Technology Services & Cloud Platforms (includes 

infrastructure services, technical support services and integration

software) -- revenues of $8.6 billion, up 5 percent (down 1

percent adjusting for currency). Strategic imperatives revenue grew 24

percent, driven by hybrid cloud services, security and mobile.

 
    -- Systems (includes systems hardware and operating systems software) 

-- revenues of $1.5 billion, up 8 percent (up 4 percent adjusting

for currency) driven by growth in IBM Z and Power.

 
    -- Global Financing (includes financing and used equipment sales) -- 

revenues of $405 million, flat year to year (down 4 percent adjusting

for currency).

 

Full-Year 2018 Expectations

 

The company continues to expect operating (non-GAAP) diluted earnings per share of at least $13.80. The company expects GAAP diluted earnings per share of at least $11.58. Operating (non-GAAP) diluted earnings per share exclude $2.22 per share of charges for amortization of purchased intangible assets, other acquisition-related charges and retirement-related charges as well as ongoing impacts from the enactment of U.S. Tax Reform.

 

IBM continues to expect free cash flow of approximately $12 billion, with a realization rate greater than 100 percent.

 

Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements

 

Except for the historical information and discussions contained herein, statements contained in this release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on the company's current assumptions regarding future business and financial performance. These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including the following: a downturn in economic environment and client spending budgets; the company's failure to meet growth and productivity objectives; a failure of the company's innovation initiatives; damage to the company's reputation; risks from investing in growth opportunities; failure of the company's intellectual property portfolio to prevent competitive offerings and the failure of the company to obtain necessary licenses; cybersecurity and data privacy considerations; fluctuations in financial results, impact of local legal, economic, political and health conditions; adverse effects from environmental matters, tax matters and the company's pension plans; ineffective internal controls; the company's use of accounting estimates; the company's ability to attract and retain key employees and its reliance on critical skills; impacts of relationships with critical suppliers; product quality issues; impacts of business with government clients; currency fluctuations and customer financing risks; impact of changes in market liquidity conditions and customer credit risk on receivables; reliance on third party distribution channels and ecosystems; the company's ability to successfully manage acquisitions, alliances and dispositions; risks from legal

proceedings; risk factors related to IBM securities; and other risks, uncertainties and factors discussed in the company's Form 10-Qs, Form 10-K and in the company's other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or in materials incorporated therein by reference. Any forward-looking statement in this release speaks only as of the date on which it is made. The company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

 

Presentation of Information in this Press Release

 

In an effort to provide investors with additional information regarding the company's results as determined by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the company has also disclosed in this press release the following non-GAAP information which management believes provides useful information to investors:

 

IBM results --

 
 
    -- presenting operating (non-GAAP) earnings per share amounts and related 

income statement items;

 
    -- adjusting for free cash flow; 
 
    -- adjusting for currency (i.e., at constant currency). 
 

Free cash flow guidance is derived using an estimate of profit, working capital and operational cash outflows. The company views Global Financing receivables as a profit-generating investment, which it seeks to maximize and therefore it is not considered when formulating guidance for free cash flow. As a result, the company does not estimate a GAAP Net Cash from Operations expectation metric.

 

The rationale for management's use of these non-GAAP measures is included in Exhibit 99.2 in the Form 8-K that includes this press release and is being submitted today to the SEC.

 

Conference Call and Webcast

 

IBM's regular quarterly earnings conference call is scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m. EDT, today. The Webcast may be accessed via a link at http://www.ibm.com/investor/events/earnings/1q18.html. Presentation charts will be available shortly before the Webcast.

 

Financial Results Below (certain amounts may not add due to use of rounded numbers; percentages presented are calculated from the underlying whole-dollar amounts).

 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 
COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL RESULTS 
(Unaudited; Dollars in millions 
except per share amounts) 
                                              Three Months Ended 
                                              March 31, 
                                              2018    2017 
REVENUE 
Cognitive Solutions                           $4,299  $4,062 
Global Business Services                      4,174   4,006 
Technology Services & Cloud Platforms         8,625   8,216 
Systems                                       1,500   1,395 
Global Financing                              405     405 
Other                                         69      71 
TOTAL REVENUE                                 19,072  18,155 
GROSS PROFIT                                  8,247   7,944        * 
GROSS PROFIT MARGIN 
Cognitive Solutions                           76.3%   77.3%        * 
Global Business Services                      23.3%   23.4%        * 
Technology Services & Cloud Platforms         38.2%   38.8%        * 
Systems                                       43.7%   47.5%        * 
Global Financing                              34.4%   31.8%        * 
TOTAL GROSS PROFIT MARGIN                     43.2%   43.8%        * 
EXPENSE AND OTHER INCOME 
S,G&A                                         5,445   5,027        * 
R,D&E                                         1,405   1,484        * 
Intellectual property and custom              (317)   (445) 
development income 
Other (income) and expense                    413     319          * 
Interest expense                              165     135 
TOTAL EXPENSE AND OTHER INCOME                7,111   6,521        * 
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 
BEFORE INCOME TAXES                           1,136   1,424 
Pre-tax margin                                6.0%    7.8% 
Provision for / (Benefit from) income taxes   (540)   (329) 
Effective tax rate                            -47.5%  -23.1% 
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS             $1,675  $1,753 
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS 
Income/(Loss) from discontinued               4       (3) 
operations, net of taxes 
NET INCOME                                    $1,679  $1,750 
EARNINGS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK: 
Assuming Dilution 
Continuing Operations                         $1.81   $1.85 
Discontinued Operations                       $0.00   $0.00 
TOTAL                                         $1.81   $1.85 
Basic 
Continuing Operations                         $1.82   $1.86 
Discontinued Operations                       $0.00   $0.00 
TOTAL                                         $1.82   $1.86 
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON 
SHARES OUTSTANDING (M's): 
Assuming Dilution                             925.4   947.8 
Basic                                         920.7   942.4 
* Recast to reflect adoption 
of the FASB guidance 
on presentation  of net benefit cost. 
 
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 
MACHINES CORPORATION 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET 
(Unaudited) 
                                           At         At 
(Dollars in Millions)                      March 31,  December 31, 
                                           2018       2017 
ASSETS: 
Current Assets: 
Cash and cash equivalents                  $11,949    $11,972 
Restricted cash                            313        262          * 
Marketable securities                      893        608 
Notes and accounts receivable              7,778      8,928 
- trade, net 
Short-term financing receivables, net      20,245     21,721 
Other accounts receivable, net             1,206      981 
Inventory                                  1,753      1,583 
Deferred Costs                             2,413      1,820        ** 
Prepaid expenses and                       2,573      1,860        * ** 
other current assets 
Total Current Assets                       49,122     49,735 
Property, plant and equipment, net         11,278     11,116 
Long-term financing receivables, net       8,856      9,550 
Prepaid pension assets                     5,129      4,643 
Deferred costs                             2,593      2,136        ** 
Deferred taxes                             5,111      4,862 
Goodwill and intangibles, net              40,253     40,531 
Investments and sundry assets              2,942      2,783        ** 
Total Assets                               $125,285   $125,356 
LIABILITIES: 
Current Liabilities: 
Taxes                                      $2,918     $4,219 
Short-term debt                            5,977      6,987 
Accounts payable                           5,736      6,451 
Deferred income                            13,059     11,552 
Other liabilities                          8,043      8,153 
Total Current Liabilities                  35,733     37,363 
Long-term debt                             40,410     39,837 
Retirement related obligations             16,750     16,720 
Deferred income                            3,852      3,746 
Other liabilities                          10,250     9,965 
Total Liabilities                          106,995    107,631 
EQUITY: 
IBM Stockholders' Equity: 
Common stock                               54,712     54,566 
Retained earnings                          156,371    153,126 
Treasury stock -- at cost                  (164,334)  (163,507) 
Accumulated other comprehensive            (28,583)   (26,592) 
income/(loss) 
Total IBM Stockholders' Equity             18,166     17,594 
Noncontrolling interests                   124        131 
Total Equity                               18,290     17,725 
Total Liabilities and Equity               $125,285   $125,356 
* Recast to reflect adoption of the FASB 
guidance on restricted  cash. 
** Recast to conform to current 
period presentation. 
 
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 
CASH FLOW ANALYSIS 
(Unaudited) 
                                           Three Months Ended 
(Dollars in Millions)                      March 31, 
                                           2018     2017 
Net Cash Provided by Operating             $4,602   $3,955 
Activities per GAAP: 
Less: change in Global Financing           2,360    2,047 
(GF) Receivables 
Capital Expenditures, Net                  (893)    (819) 
Free Cash Flow                             1,349    1,088 
Acquisitions                               (71)     (109) 
Divestitures                               -        (1) 
Dividends                                  (1,382)  (1,321) 
Share Repurchase                           (777)    (1,293) 
Non-GF Debt                                (547)    244 
Other (includes GF Net Receivables         1,741    3,513       * 
and GF Debt) 
Change in Cash, Cash Equivalents, 
Restricted Cash 
and Short-term Marketable Securities       $313     $2,121      * 
* Recast to reflect adoption of the FASB 
guidance on restricted  cash. 
 
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 
CASH FLOW 
(Unaudited) 
                                                   Three Months Ended 
(Dollars in Millions)                              March 31, 
                                                   2018      2017 
Net Income from Operations                         $1,679    $1,750 
Depreciation/Amortization of Intangibles           1,114     1,098 
Stock-based Compensation                           116       129 
Working Capital / Other                            (668)     (1,070) 
Global Financing A/R                               2,360     2,047 
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities          $4,602    $3,955 
Capital Expenditures, net of payments & proceeds   (893)     (819) 
Divestitures, net of cash transferred              -         (1) 
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired                 (71)      (109) 
Marketable Securities / Other Investments, net     (800)     1,231      * 
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities              ($1,764)  $303       * 
Debt, net of payments & proceeds                   (713)     476 
Dividends                                          (1,382)   (1,321) 
Common Stock Repurchases                           (777)     (1,293) 
Common Stock Transactions - Other                  (37)      4 
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities              ($2,909)  ($2,134) 
Effect of Exchange Rate changes on Cash            100       100 
Net Change in Cash, Cash Equivalents               $28       $2,223     * 
and Restricted Cash 
* Recast to reflect adoption of the 
FASB guidance on restricted cash. 
 
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 
SEGMENT DATA 
(Unaudited) 
                                                    FIRST - QUARTER 2018 
                                                                         Technology 
                                                               Global    Services & 
(Dollars in Millions)                               Cognitive  Business  Cloud                Global 
                                                    Solutions  Services  Platforms   Systems  Financing 
Revenue 
External                                            $4,299     $4,174    $8,625      $1,500   $405 
Internal                                            780        89        141         153      429 
Total Segment Revenue                               $5,079     $4,263    $8,766      $1,653   $834 
Pre-tax Income from Continuing Operations           1,333      145       436         (203)    377 
Pre-tax margin                                      26.2%      3.4%      5.0%        (12.3)%  45.1% 
Change YTY Revenue - External                       5.8%       4.2%      5.0%        7.5%     0.0% 
Change YTY Revenue - External                       1.8%       (1.2)%    (0.6)%      3.7%     (3.9)% 
@constant currency 
                                                    FIRST - QUARTER 2017 
                                                                         Technology 
                                                               Global    Services & 
(Dollars in Millions)                               Cognitive  Business  Cloud                Global 
                                                    Solutions  Services  Platforms   Systems  Financing 
Revenue 
External                                            $4,062     $4,006    $8,216      $1,395   $405 
Internal                                            716        86        160         167      363 
Total Segment Revenue                               $4,778     $4,092    $8,376      $1,562   $768 
Pre-tax Income from Continuing Operations *         1,268      281       673         (188)    311 
Pre-tax margin *                                    26.5%      6.9%      8.0%        (12.0)%  40.4% 
* Recast to reflect adoption of the FASB guidance 
on presentation of  net benefit cost. 
 
 
INTERNATIONAL 
BUSINESS 
MACHINES 
CORPORATION 
U.S. GAAP 
TO 
OPERATING 
(Non-GAAP) 
RESULTS 
RECONCILIATION 
(Unaudited; 
Dollars 
in 
millions 
except 
per 
share 
amounts) 
                 FIRST - QUARTER 2018 
                 CONTINUING OPERATIONS 
                          Acquisition-  Retirement-    Tax Reform 
                          Related       Related        One-Time    Operating 
                 GAAP     Adjustments*  Adjustments**  Charge      (Non-GAAP) 
Gross            $8,247   $93           $ -            -           $8,340 
Profit 
Gross            43.2%    0.5Pts        0.0Pts         -           43.7% 
Profit 
Margin 
S,G&A            5,445    (110)         -              -           5,335 
R,D&E            1,405    -             -              -           1,405 
Other            413      -             (402)          -           11 
(Income) 
& Expense 
Total            7,111    (110)         (402)          -           6,600 
Expense 
& 
Other 
(Income) 
Pre-tax          1,136    203           402            -           1,740 
Income 
from 
Continuing 
Operations 
Pre-tax          6.0%     1.1Pts        2.1Pts         -           9.1% 
Income 
Margin 
from 
Continuing 
Operations 
Provision        (540)    39            76             (107)       (532) 
for 
Income 
Taxes*** 
Effective        (47.5)%  7.8Pts        15.4Pts        -6.1Pts     (30.5)% 
Tax Rate 
Income           1,675    164           325            107         2,272 
from 
Continuing 
Operations 
Income           8.8%     0.9Pts        1.7Pts         0.6Pts      11.9% 
Margin 
from 
Continuing 
Operations 
Diluted          $1.81    $0.17         $0.35          $0.12       $2.45 
Earnings 
Per 
Share: 
Continuing 
Operations 
                 FIRST - QUARTER 2017 
                 CONTINUING OPERATIONS 
                          Acquisition-  Retirement- 
                          Related       Related        Operating 
                 GAAP     Adjustments*  Adjustments**  (Non-GAAP) 
Gross            $7,944   $119          $ -            $8,063 
Profit 
Gross            43.8%    0.7Pts        0.0Pts         44.4% 
Profit 
Margin 
S,G&A            5,027    (139)         -              4,887 
R,D&E            1,484    -             -              1,484 
Other            319      (4)           (347)          (31) 
(Income) 
& Expense 
Total            6,521    (143)         (347)          6,031 
Expense 
& 
Other 
(Income) 
Pre-tax          1,424    262           347            2,033 
Income 
from 
Continuing 
Operations 
Pre-tax          7.8%     1.4Pts        1.9Pts         11.2% 
Income 
Margin 
from 
Continuing 
Operations 
Provision        (329)    67            70             (192) 
for 
Income 
Taxes*** 
Effective        (23.1)%  6.3Pts        7.4Pts         (9.4)% 
Tax Rate 
Income           1,753    195           277            2,224 
from 
Continuing 
Operations 
Income           9.7%     1.1Pts        1.5Pts         12.3% 
Margin 
from 
Continuing 
Operations 
Diluted          $1.85    $0.21         $0.29          $2.35 
Earnings 
Per 
Share: 
Continuing 
Operations 
 
 

* Includes amortization of purchased intangible assets, in process R&D, severance cost for acquired employees, vacant space for acquired companies, deal costs and acquisition integration tax charges.** Includes retirement-related interest cost, expected return on plan assets, recognized actuarial losses or gains, amortization of transition assets, other settlements, curtailments, amortization of prior service cost and insolvency insurance. First quarter 2017 adjustments were recast to reflect the adoption of the FASB guidance on net benefit cost.*** Tax impact on operating (non-GAAP) pre-tax income from continuing operations is calculated under the same accounting principles applied to the As Reported pre-tax income under ASC 740, which employs an annual effective tax rate method to the results.

 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 
RECONCILIATION OF OPERATING EARNINGS PER SHARE 
(Unaudited) 
                                         2018 
EPS Guidance                             Expectations 
GAAP Diluted EPS                         at least $11.58 
Operating EPS (non-GAAP)                 at least $13.80 
Adjustments 
Acquisition-related Charges *            $0.78 
Non-Operating Retirement-Related Items   $1.32 
Tax Reform One-time Charge               $0.12 
* Includes acquisitions as of March 31, 2018 
 
 

IBMIan Colley, 914-434-3043colley@us.ibm.comorJohn Bukovinsky, 732-618-3531jbuko@us.ibm.com

 
 

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