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IBM International Business Machines Corporation

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Computer Communication Equip 61.86B 7.5B 8.1833 22.46 168.51B

Intnl Bus. Mach 1st Quarter Results

20/04/2022 7:00am

UK Regulatory


 
TIDMIBM 
 
IBM RELEASES FIRST QUARTER RESULTS 
 
Double-Digit Software and Consulting Growth Led by Hybrid Cloud Adoption; 
Strong Profit Generation 
 
ARMONK, N.Y., April 19, 2022 -- IBM (NYSE:  IBM) today announced first-quarter 
2022 earnings results. 
 
"Demand for hybrid cloud and AI drove growth in both Software and Consulting in 
the first quarter. Today we're a more focused business and our results reflect 
the execution of our strategy," said Arvind Krishna, IBM chairman and chief 
executive officer. "We are off to a solid start for the year, and we now see 
revenue growth for 2022 at the high end of our model." 
 
First-Quarter Highlights 
 
  * Revenue 
    - Revenue of $14.2 billion, up 8 percent, up 11 percent at constant 
    currency (over 5 points from incremental sales to Kyndryl) 
    - Software revenue up 12 percent, up 15 percent at constant currency (over 
    8 points from incremental sales to Kyndryl) 
    - Consulting revenue up 13 percent, up 17 percent at constant currency 
    - Infrastructure revenue down 2 percent, flat at constant currency (over 8 
    points from incremental sales to Kyndryl) 
    - Hybrid cloud revenue: 
       -- First Quarter: $5.0 billion, up 14 percent, up 17 percent at constant 
    currency 
       -- Last 12 months: $20.8 billion, up 17 percent 
  * Free Cash Flow 
    - On a consolidated basis, net cash from operating activities of $3.2 
    billion; free cash flow of $1.2 billion 
 
                            FIRST QUARTER 2022 INCOME STATEMENT SUMMARY 
 
                                                  Pre-tax 
 
                            Gross      Pre-tax    Income          Net       Diluted 
 
                Revenue     Profit      Income     Margin        Income       EPS 
 
GAAP from     $   14.2B   $   7.3B   $     0.6B        4.4 %   $   0.7B   $     0.73 
Continuing 
Operations 
 
    Year/             8 %        4 %        156 %      2.5 Pts       64 %         62 % 
Year                    * 
 
Operating                 $   7.5B   $     1.5B       10.7 %   $   1.3B   $     1.40 
(Non-GAAP) 
 
    Year/                        4 %         46 %      2.8 Pts       25 %         25 % 
Year 
 
* 11% at constant currency 
 
"In the first quarter we continued to strengthen the fundamentals of our 
business, consistent with our medium-term model," said James Kavanaugh, IBM 
senior vice president and chief financial officer. "We are a faster growing, 
more profitable company with a higher-value business mix, a significant 
recurring revenue base and strong cash generation." 
 
Segment Results for First Quarter 
 
  * Software (includes Hybrid Platform & Solutions, Transaction Processing)- 
    revenues of $5.8 billion, up 12.3 percent, up 15.4 percent at constant 
    currency (over 8 points from incremental sales to Kyndryl): 
    - Hybrid Platform & Solutions up 7 percent, up 10 percent at constant 
    currency (about  1.5 points from incremental sales to Kyndryl): 
       -- Red Hat up 18 percent, up 21 percent at constant currency 
       -- Automation up 3 percent, up 5 percent at constant currency 
       -- Data & AI up 2 percent, up 4 percent at constant currency 
       -- Security up 5 percent, up 8 percent at constant currency 
    - Transaction Processing up 26 percent, up 31 percent at constant currency 
    (about 28 points from incremental sales to Kyndryl) 
    - Software segment hybrid cloud revenue up 22 percent, up 25 percent at 
    constant currency 
  * Consulting (includes Business Transformation, Technology Consulting and 
    Application Operations)-  revenues of $4.8 billion, up 13.3 percent, up 
    17.4 percent at constant currency: 
    - Business Transformation up 15 percent, up 19 percent at constant currency 
    - Technology Consulting up 14 percent, up 19 percent at constant currency 
    - Application Operations up 10 percent, up 14 percent at constant currency 
    - Consulting segment hybrid cloud revenue up 24 percent, up 29 percent at 
    constant currency 
  * Infrastructure (includes Hybrid Infrastructure, Infrastructure Support) 
    -  revenues of $3.2 billion, down 2.3 percent, up 0.3 percent at constant 
    currency (over 8 points from incremental sales to Kyndryl): 
    - Hybrid Infrastructure down 5 percent, down 2 percent at constant 
    currency (over 8 points from incremental sales to Kyndryl) 
       -- IBM z Systems down 19 percent, down 18 percent at constant currency 
       -- Distributed Infrastructure up 5 percent, up 8 percent at constant 
    currency 
    - Infrastructure Support flat, up 4 percent at constant currency (over 8 
    points from incremental sales to Kyndryl) 
    - Infrastructure segment hybrid cloud revenue down 20 percent, down 18 
    percent at constant currency 
  * Financing (includes client and commercial financing)- revenues of $0.2 
    billion, down 26.2 percent, down 24.5 percent at constant currency 
 
Cash Flow and Balance Sheet 
On a consolidated basis, in the first quarter, the company generated net cash 
from operating activities of $3.2 billion or $1.6 billion excluding IBM 
Financing receivables. IBM's free cash flow was $1.2 billion, which includes 
cash impacts from the company's structural actions initiated at the end of 
2020. 
 
IBM ended the first quarter with $10.8 billion of cash on hand (which includes 
marketable securities), up $3.2 billion from year-end 2021. Debt, including IBM 
Financing debt of $12.2 billion, totaled $54.2 billion, up $2.5 billion since 
the end of 2021. The company returned $1.5 billion to shareholders in dividends 
in the first quarter. 
 
Full-Year 2022 Expectations 
 
  * Revenue growth: The company now expects constant currency revenue growth at 
    the high end of the mid-single digit range. The company also expects an 
    additional 3.5 point contribution from incremental sales to Kyndryl. At 
    mid-April 2022 foreign exchange rates, currency is expected to be a three 
    to four point headwind. 
  * Free Cash Flow: The company continues to expect $10 billion to $10.5 
    billion in consolidated free cash flow. 
 
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, but not limited to, the following: a 
downturn in economic environment and client spending budgets; 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; the company's ability to successfully 
manage acquisitions, alliances and dispositions, including integration 
challenges, failure to achieve objectives, the assumption of liabilities, and 
higher debt levels; fluctuations in financial results; impact of local legal, 
economic, political, health and other conditions; the company's failure to meet 
growth and productivity objectives; ineffective internal controls; the 
company's use of accounting estimates; impairment of the company's goodwill or 
amortizable intangible assets; 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; reliance on third party distribution channels and ecosystems; 
cybersecurity and data privacy considerations; adverse effects related to 
climate change and environmental matters, tax matters; legal proceedings and 
investigatory risks; the company's pension plans; currency fluctuations and 
customer financing risks; impact of changes in market liquidity conditions and 
customer credit risk on receivables; potential failure of the separation of 
Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. to qualify for tax-free treatment; 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 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. Except as required by law, the company assumes no 
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. 
 
Presentation of Information in this Press Release 
On November 3, 2021, IBM completed the separation of Kyndryl. Unless otherwise 
specified, results are presented on a continuing operations basis. 
 
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 - 
 
  * adjusting for currency (i.e., at constant currency); 
  * presenting operating (non-GAAP) earnings per share amounts and related 
    income statement items; 
  * consolidated free cash flow; 
  * consolidated cash from operating activities excluding IBM Financing 
    receivables; 
 
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  https:// 
www.ibm.com/investor/events/earnings-1q22. 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). 
 
Contact:       IBM 
                    Sarah Meron, 347 891 1770 
                    sarah.meron@ibm.com 
 
                    Tim Davidson, 914 844 7847 
                    tfdavids@us.ibm.com 
 
                 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 
                        COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL RESULTS 
          (Unaudited; Dollars in millions except per share amounts) 
 
                                                         Three Months Ended 
 
                                                             March 31, 
 
                                                           2022      2021* 
 
REVENUE 
 
Software                                                 $  5,772   $  5,138 
 
Consulting                                                  4,829      4,262 
 
Infrastructure                                              3,219      3,293 
 
Financing                                                     154        208 
 
Other                                                         224        284 
 
TOTAL REVENUE                                              14,197     13,187 
 
GROSS PROFIT                                                7,335      7,027 
 
GROSS PROFIT MARGIN 
 
Software                                                     78.8 %     77.8 % 
 
Consulting                                                   24.3 %     27.8 % 
 
Infrastructure                                               50.5 %     56.3 % 
 
Financing                                                    37.7 %     35.5 % 
 
TOTAL GROSS PROFIT MARGIN                                    51.7 %     53.3 % 
 
EXPENSE AND OTHER INCOME 
 
S,G&A                                                       4,597      4,688 
 
R,D&E                                                       1,679      1,616 
 
Intellectual property and custom development income         (121)      (146) 
 
Other (income) and expense                                    246        346 
 
Interest expense                                              311        280 
 
TOTAL EXPENSE AND OTHER INCOME                              6,712      6,784 
 
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 
 
BEFORE INCOME TAXES                                           623        244 
 
Pre-tax margin                                                4.4 %      1.8 % 
 
Provision for/(Benefit from) income taxes                    (39)      (160) 
 
Effective tax rate                                          (6.3) %   (65.5) % 
 
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS                        $    662   $    403 
 
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS 
 
Income/(Loss) from discontinued operations, net of             71        552 
taxes 
 
NET INCOME                                               $    733   $    955 
 
EARNINGS/(LOSS) PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK 
 
Assuming Dilution 
 
Continuing Operations                                    $   0.73   $   0.45 
 
Discontinued Operations                                  $   0.08   $   0.61 
 
TOTAL                                                    $   0.81   $   1.06 
 
Basic 
 
Continuing Operations                                    $   0.74   $   0.45 
 
Discontinued Operations                                  $   0.08   $   0.62 
 
TOTAL                                                    $   0.82   $   1.07 
 
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING 
(M's) 
 
Assuming Dilution                                           909.2      901.7 
 
Basic                                                       899.3      893.6 
 
____________________ 
* Recast to conform with 2022 presentation. 
 
 
 
               INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 
                  CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET 
                               (Unaudited) 
 
                                                   At            At 
 
                                               March 31,    December 31, 
 
(Dollars in Millions)                             2022          2021 
 
ASSETS: 
 
Current Assets: 
 
Cash and cash equivalents                      $     9,934  $       6,650 
 
Restricted cash                                        286            307 
 
Marketable securities                                  550            600 
 
Notes and accounts receivable - trade, net           5,963          6,754 
 
Short-term financing receivables, net                7,169          8,014 
 
Other accounts receivable, net                       1,003          1,002 
 
Inventories                                          1,776          1,649 
 
Deferred costs                                       1,103          1,097 
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets            3,548          3,466 
 
Total Current Assets                                31,330         29,539 
 
Property, plant and equipment, net                   5,559          5,694 
 
Operating right-of-use assets, net                   3,108          3,222 
 
Long-term financing receivables, net                 4,610          5,425 
 
Prepaid pension assets                               9,995          9,850 
 
Deferred costs                                         916            924 
 
Deferred taxes                                       7,567          7,370 
 
Goodwill                                            56,106         55,643 
 
Intangibles, net                                    12,312         12,511 
 
Investments and sundry assets                        1,771          1,823 
 
Total Assets                                   $   133,275  $     132,001 
 
LIABILITIES: 
 
Current Liabilities: 
 
Taxes                                          $     1,798  $       2,289 
 
Short-term debt                                      7,690          6,787 
 
Accounts payable                                     3,453          3,955 
 
Deferred income                                     13,526         12,518 
 
Operating lease liabilities                            954            974 
 
Other liabilities                                    6,635          7,097 
 
Total Current Liabilities                           34,056         33,619 
 
Long-term debt                                      46,545         44,917 
 
Retirement related obligations                      13,937         14,435 
 
Deferred income                                      3,423          3,577 
 
Operating lease liabilities                          2,358          2,462 
 
Other liabilities                                   13,844         13,996 
 
Total Liabilities                                  114,162        113,005 
 
EQUITY: 
 
IBM Stockholders' Equity: 
 
Common stock                                        57,603         57,319 
 
Retained earnings                                  153,401        154,209 
 
Treasury stock - at cost                         (169,422)      (169,392) 
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss)     (22,532)       (23,234) 
 
Total IBM Stockholders' Equity                      19,050         18,901 
 
Noncontrolling interests                                62             95 
 
Total Equity                                        19,112         18,996 
 
Total Liabilities and Equity                   $   133,275  $     132,001 
 
 
 
                  INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 
                               CASH FLOW ANALYSIS 
                                  (Unaudited) 
 
                                                             Three Months Ended 
 
                                                                 March 31, 
 
(Dollars in Millions)                                         2022       2021 
 
Consolidated Net Cash from Operations per GAAP              $   3,248  $   4,914 
 
Less: change in IBM Financing receivables                       1,631      2,863 
 
Capital Expenditures, net                                       (378)      (529) 
 
Consolidated Free Cash Flow                                     1,240      1,522 
 
Acquisitions                                                    (698)    (1,120) 
 
Divestitures                                                       61       (15) 
 
Dividends                                                     (1,475)    (1,457) 
 
Non-Financing Debt                                              4,675    (1,725) 
 
Other (includes IBM Financing net receivables and debt)         (590)      (207) 
 
Change in Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and       $   3,213  $ (3,002) 
Short-term Marketable Securities* 
 
____________________ 
* Cash flows are presented on a consolidated basis. 
 
 
 
                 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 
                                  CASH FLOW 
                                 (Unaudited) 
 
                                                           Three Months Ended 
 
                                                               March 31, 
 
(Dollars in Millions)                                       2022       2021 
 
Net Income from Operations                                $     733  $     955 
 
Depreciation/Amortization of Intangibles                      1,257      1,672 
 
Stock-based Compensation                                        234        213 
 
Working Capital / Other                                       (606)      (789) 
 
IBM Financing A/R                                             1,631      2,863 
 
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities                 $   3,248  $   4,914 
 
Capital Expenditures, net of payments & proceeds              (378)      (529) 
 
Divestitures, net of cash transferred                            61       (15) 
 
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired                            (698)    (1,120) 
 
Marketable Securities / Other Investments, net                (344)      (335) 
 
Net Cash Provided by/(Used in) Investing Activities       $ (1,358)  $ (2,000) 
 
Debt, net of payments & proceeds                              2,948    (4,299) 
 
Dividends                                                   (1,475)    (1,457) 
 
Financing - Other                                              (95)       (26) 
 
Net Cash Provided by/(Used in) Financing Activities       $   1,377  $ (5,783) 
 
Effect of Exchange Rate changes on Cash                         (5)      (134) 
 
Net Change in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash  $   3,263  $ (3,002) 
* 
 
____________________ 
* Cash flows are presented on a consolidated basis. 
 
 
 
                  INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 
                                  SEGMENT DATA 
                                  (Unaudited) 
 
                                    Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 
 
(Dollars in Millions)       Software   Consulting   Infrastructure   Financing 
 
Revenue                     $  5,772    $   4,829    $       3,219   $     154 
 
Pre-tax Income/(Loss) from     1,134          348              199          84 
Continuing Operations 
 
Pre-tax Margin                  19.7 %        7.2 %            6.2 %      54.6 % 
 
Change YTY Revenue              12.3 %       13.3 %          (2.3) %    (26.2) % 
 
Change YTY Revenue -            15.4 %       17.4 %            0.3 %    (24.5) % 
constant currency 
 
                                    Three Months Ended March 31, 2021* 
 
(Dollars in Millions)       Software   Consulting   Infrastructure   Financing 
 
Revenue                     $  5,138    $   4,262    $       3,293   $     208 
 
Pre-tax Income/(Loss) from       658          277              292          98 
Continuing Operations 
 
Pre-tax Margin                  12.8 %        6.5 %            8.9 %      47.0 % 
 
____________________ 
* Recast to conform with 2022 presentation. 
 
 
 
                             INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 
                       U.S. GAAP TO OPERATING (Non-GAAP) RESULTS RECONCILIATION 
                      (Unaudited; Dollars in millions except per share amounts) 
 
                                       Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 
 
                                             Continuing Operations 
 
                       Acquisition-       Retirement-          Tax          Kyndryl- 
 
                         Related            Related           Reform        Related       Operating 
 
              GAAP     Adjustments        Adjustments        Impacts        Impacts       (Non-GAAP) 
                           (1)                (2)                             (3) 
 
Gross       $  7,335     $      181         $        -       $      -       $      -      $    7,516 
Profit 
 
Gross           51.7 %          1.3 pts.             - pts.         - pts.         - pts.       52.9 % 
Profit 
Margin 
 
S,G&A       $  4,597     $    (286)         $        -       $      -       $    (0)      $    4,311 
 
Other            246            (1)              (202)              -          (222)           (179) 
(Income) & 
Expense 
 
Total          6,712          (287)              (202)              -          (222)           6,001 
Expense & 
Other 
(Income) 
 
Pre-tax          623            468                202              -            222           1,515 
Income 
from 
Continuing 
Operations 
 
Pre-tax          4.4 %          3.3 pts.           1.4 pts.         - pts.       1.6 pts.       10.7 % 
Income 
Margin 
from 
Continuing 
Operations 
 
Provision   $   (39)     $      109         $       58       $    116       $      -      $      244 
for/ 
(Benefit 
from) 
Income 
Taxes (4) 
 
Effective      (6.3) %          9.1 pts.           4.6 pts.       7.7 pts.       0.9 pts.       16.1 % 
Tax Rate 
 
Income      $    662     $      359         $      144       $  (116)       $    222      $    1,271 
from 
Continuing 
Operations 
 
Income           4.7 %          2.5 pts.           1.0 pts.     (0.8) pts.       1.6 pts.        9.0 % 
Margin 
from 
Continuing 
Operations 
 
Diluted     $   0.73     $     0.39         $     0.16       $ (0.13)       $   0.24      $     1.40 
Earnings/ 
(Loss) Per 
Share: 
Continuing 
Operations 
 
                                       Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 
 
                                             Continuing Operations 
 
                       Acquisition-       Retirement-          Tax          Kyndryl- 
 
                         Related            Related           Reform        Related       Operating 
 
              GAAP     Adjustments        Adjustments        Impacts        Impacts       (Non-GAAP) 
                           (1)                (2)                             (3) 
 
Gross       $  7,027     $      174         $        -       $      -       $      -      $    7,201 
Profit 
 
Gross           53.3 %          1.3 pts.             - pts.         - pts.         - pts.       54.6 % 
Profit 
Margin 
 
S,G&A       $  4,688     $    (288)         $        -       $      -       $      -      $    4,399 
 
Other            346            (1)              (332)              -              -              13 
(Income) & 
Expense 
 
Total          6,784          (289)              (332)              -              -           6,162 
Expense & 
Other 
(Income) 
 
Pre-tax          244            463                332              -              -           1,039 
Income/ 
(Loss) 
from 
Continuing 
Operations 
 
Pre-tax          1.8 %          3.5 pts.           2.5 pts.         - pts.         - pts.        7.9 % 
Income 
Margin 
from 
Continuing 
Operations 
 
Provision   $  (160)     $      132         $       33       $     19       $      -      $       25 
for/ 
(Benefit 
from) 
Income 
Taxes (4) 
 
Effective     (65.5) %         41.9 pts.          24.2 pts.       1.8 pts.         - pts.        2.4 % 
Tax Rate 
 
Income      $    403     $      330         $      299       $   (19)       $      -      $    1,013 
from 
Continuing 
Operations 
 
Income           3.1 %          2.5 pts.           2.3 pts.     (0.1) pts.         - pts.        7.7 % 
Margin 
from 
Continuing 
Operations 
 
Diluted     $   0.45     $     0.37         $     0.33       $ (0.02)       $      -      $     1.12 
Earnings/ 
(Loss) Per 
Share: 
Continuing 
Operations 
 
____________________ 
 
       (1) Includes amortization of purchased intangible assets, in process R&D, 
           transaction costs, applicable restructuring and related expenses, tax charges 
           related to acquisition 
           integration and pre-closing charges, such as financing costs. 
 
       (2) Includes amortization of prior service costs, interest cost, expected return on 
           plan assets, amortized actuarial gains/losses, the impacts of any plan 
           curtailments/ 
           settlements and pension insolvency costs and other costs. 
 
       (3) Primarily relates to fair value changes in shares of Kyndryl common stock that 
           were retained by IBM. 
 
       (4) 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. 
 
 
 
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