IBM just reported its Q3 earnings and we're sifting through them now.
- Earnings: Operating (non-GAAP): $3.34. Analysts expected $3.30 per share, non-GAAP, that's a beat.
- Revenue: $19.3 billion. Analysts expected $19.6 billion (down from $22.4 billion a year ago), that's a miss.
The stock is dropping in after hours trading, down about 4%, because IBM also cut its forecasts.
It now expects full-year 2015 operating (non-GAAP) EPS of $14.75 to $15.75, from its prior goal of $15.75-$16.50. Consensus is at $15.68.
It expect full-year 2015 free cash flow to be relatively flat.
Here's the press release.
ARMONK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IBM (NYSE:IBM)
- Diluted EPS from continuing operations:
- Operating (non-GAAP): $3.34, down 9 percent;
- GAAP: $3.02, down 13 percent;
- Net income from continuing operations:
- Operating (non-GAAP): $3.3 billion, down 11 percent;
- GAAP: $3.0 billion, down 14 percent;
- Gross profit margin from continuing operations:
- Operating (non-GAAP): 50.0 percent, up 80 basis points;
- GAAP: 48.9 percent, up 40 basis points;
- Revenue from continuing operations: $19.3 billion:
- Down 1 percent adjusting for currency (9 points) and the divested System x business (4 points); down 14 percent as reported;
- Strategic imperatives revenue:
- Up 27 percent year-to-year, adjusting for currency and divested business; up 17 percent as reported;
- Up more than 30 percent year-to-date adjusting for currency and divested business; up 20 percent as reported:
- Cloud revenue up more than 65 percent year-to-date adjusting for currency and divested business; up more than 45 percent as reported;
- Total cloud revenue of $9.4 billion over trailing 12 months;
- For cloud delivered as a service, annual run rate of $4.5 billion vs. $3.1 billion in third-quarter 2014;
- Business analytics revenue up 19 percent year-to-date adjusting for currency; up 9 percent as reported;
- Cloud revenue up more than 65 percent year-to-date adjusting for currency and divested business; up more than 45 percent as reported;
- Services backlog of $118 billion, up 1 percent adjusting for currency;
- Free cash flow of $13.6 billion over trailing 12 months;
- Total capital return to shareholders of $8.7 billion over trailing 12 months; dividends of $4.7 billion and gross share repurchases of $4.0 billion;
- Expect full-year 2015 operating (non-GAAP) EPS of $14.75 to $15.75;
- Expect full-year 2015 free cash flow to be relatively flat.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced third-quarter 2015 diluted earnings from continuing operations of $3.02 per share, down 13 percent year-to-year. Operating (non-GAAP) diluted earnings from continuing operations were $3.34 per share, compared with operating diluted earnings of $3.68 per share in the third quarter of 2014, a decrease of 9 percent.
"In the third quarter we again made progress in the transformation of our business to higher value, with strong growth in our strategic imperatives and expanded operating margins, said Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer. "We are continuing to make significant investments to build platforms around analytics, cloud, mobility and security that lay the foundation for a new era of cognitive business -- where we see long-term value for our clients and shareholders."
Third-quarter net income from continuing operations was $3.0 billion compared with $3.5 billion in the third quarter of 2014, a decrease of 14 percent. Operating (non-GAAP) net income was $3.3 billion compared with $3.7 billion in the third quarter of 2014, a decrease of 11 percent, impacted by currency.
Total revenues from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2015 of $19.3 billion were down 14 percent (down 1 percent, adjusting for currency and the divested System x business) from the third quarter of 2014.
Third-Quarter GAAP Operating (non-GAAP) Reconciliation
Third-quarter operating (non-GAAP) diluted earnings exclude $0.32 per share of charges: $0.18 per share for the amortization of purchased intangible assets and other acquisition-related charges, and $0.14 per share for non-operating retirement-related charges driven by changes to plan assets and liabilities primarily related to past market performance.
Full-Year 2015 Expectations
IBM expects full-year 2015 GAAP diluted earnings per share of $13.25 to $14.25, and operating (non-GAAP) diluted earnings per share of $14.75 to $15.75. IBM expects free cash flow to be relatively flat year-to-year. The 2015 operating (non-GAAP) earnings expectation excludes $1.50 per share of charges for amortization of purchased intangible assets, other acquisition-related charges and retirement-related charges.
Strategic Imperatives
Revenues from the companys strategic imperatives --- cloud, analytics, and engagement --- increased 17 percent year-to-year (up 27 percent adjusting for currency and the divested System x business); increased 20 percent year-to-date (up more than 30 percent adjusting for currency and the divested System x business). Total cloud revenues (public, private and hybrid) increased more than 45 percent (more than 65 percent adjusting for currency and the divested System x business) year-to-date, and is $9.4 billion over trailing 12 months. The annual run rate for cloud delivered as a service -- a subset of the total cloud revenue -- increased to $4.5 billion from $3.1 billion in the third quarter of 2014. Revenues from business analytics increased 9 percent year-to-date (19 percent adjusting for currency). Revenues year-to-date from mobile more than quadrupled, from security increased 6 percent (12 percent adjusting for currency) and from social increased 32 percent (about 40 percent adjusting for currency).
Geographic Regions
The Americas third-quarter revenues were $9.1 billion, a decrease of 10 percent (down 3 percent adjusting for currency and the divested System x business) from the 2014 period. Revenues from Europe/Middle East/Africawere $6.1 billion, down 16 percent (up 1 percent adjusting for currency and the divested System x business). Asia-Pacific revenues decreased 19 percent (down 1 percent adjusting for currency and the divested System x business) to $4.1 billion. Revenues from the BRIC countries were down 30 percent as reported (down 7 percent adjusting for currency and the divested System x business).
Services
Global Technology Services segment revenues were down 10 percent (up 1 percent adjusting for currency and the divested System x business) to $7.9 billion. Global Business Services segment revenues were down 13 percent (down 5 percent adjusting for currency) to $4.2 billion.
The estimated services backlog as of September 30 was $118 billion, up 1 percent year-to-year adjusting for currency.
Software
Revenues from the Software segment were down 10 percent to $5.1 billion (down 3 percent adjusting for currency) compared with the third quarter of 2014.
Revenues from IBMs key middleware products, which include WebSphere, Information Management, Tivoli, Workforce Solutions and Rational products, were $3.4 billion, down 7 percent (down 1 percent adjusting for currency) year-to-year. Operating systems revenues of $0.4 billion were down 14 percent (down 7 percent adjusting for currency) year-to-year.
Hardware
Revenues from the Systems Hardware segment totaled $1.5 billion for the quarter, down 39 percent (down 2 percent adjusting for currency and the divested System x business) year-to-year.
Revenues from z Systems mainframe server products increased 15 percent compared with the year-ago period (up 20 percent adjusting for currency). Total delivery of z Systems computing power, as measured in MIPS (millions of instructions per second), increased 18 percent. Revenues from Power Systems were down 3 percent compared with the 2014 period (up 2 percent adjusting for currency). Revenues from System Storage decreased 19 percent (down 14 percent adjusting for currency).
Financing
Global Financing segment revenues decreased 8 percent (up 7 percent, adjusting for currency) in the third quarter at $0.4 billion.
Gross Profit
The companys total gross profit margin from continuing operations was 48.9 percent in the 2015 third quarter compared with 48.6 percent in the 2014 third quarter. Total operating (non-GAAP) gross profit margin from continuing operations was 50.0 percent in the 2015 third quarter compared with 49.2 percent in the 2014 third quarter, with an increase in Hardware and an improving segment mix partially offset by declines in Services.
Expense
Total expense and other income from continuing operations decreased to $5.8 billion, down 11 percent compared to the prior-year period, primarily due to the impact of currency. S,G&A expense of $4.7 billion decreased 10 percent year over year. R,D&E expense of $1.3 billion decreased 5 percent year-to-year; the related expense-to-revenue ratio increased to 6.7 percent compared with 6.0 percent in the year-ago period. Intellectual property and custom development income increased to $188 million compared with $145 million a year ago. Other (income) and expense was income of $133 million compared with prior-year income of $103 million. Interest expense decreased to $117 million compared with $126 million in the prior year.
Total operating (non-GAAP) expense and other income from continuing operations decreased to $5.7 billion, down 12 percent compared with the prior-year period. Operating (non-GAAP) S,G&A expense of $4.6 billion decreased 11 percent compared with prior-year expense. Operating (non-GAAP) R,D&E expense of $1.3 billion decreased 7 percent year-to-year; the related expense-to-revenue ratio increased to 6.6 percent compared with 6.1 percent in the year-ago period.
Pre-Tax Income
Pre-tax income from continuing operations decreased 17 percent to $3.6 billion. Pre-tax margin from continuing operations decreased 0.7 points to 18.8 percent. Operating (non-GAAP) pre-tax income from continuing operations decreased 14 percent to $4.0 billion and pre-tax margin was 20.7 percent, flat year to year.
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IBMs tax rate from continuing operations was 18.2 percent, down 2.6 points year over year; the operating (non-GAAP) tax rate was 18.0 percent, down 2.8 points compared to the year-ago period.
Net income margin from continuing operations is essentially flat at 15.4 percent. Total operating (non-GAAP) net income margin from continuing operations increased 0.6 points to 17.0 percent.
The weighted-average number of diluted common shares outstanding in the third-quarter 2015 was 979 million compared with 998 million shares in the same period of 2014. As of September 30, 2015, there were 970 million basic common shares outstanding.
Debt, including Global Financing, totaled $39.7 billion, compared with $40.8 billion at year-end 2014. From a management segment view, Global Financing debt totaled $26.0 billion versus $29.1 billion at year-end 2014. The debt-to-equity ratio is 7.0 to 1. Core (non-global financing) debt totaled $13.7 billion, an increase of $2.0 billion since year-end 2014 and a decrease of $3.4 billion from the third quarter of 2014. IBM ended the third-quarter 2015 with $9.6 billion of cash on hand.
The company generated free cash flow of $2.6 billion, excluding Global Financing receivables, up $0.4 billion year over year. The company returned $2.8 billion to shareholders through $1.3 billion in dividends and $1.5 billion of gross share repurchases. The balance sheet remains strong, and is well positioned to support the business over the long term.
Year-To-Date 2015 Results
Net income from continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was $8.9 billion compared with $10.2 billion in the year-ago period, a decrease of 13 percent. Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations were $9.03, down 11 percent compared to the 2014 period.
Consolidated net income was $8.7 billion compared to $6.5 billion, including operating net losses in discontinued operations related to the divested Microelectronics business. Consolidated diluted earnings per share were $8.85 compared to $6.44, up 37 percent year-to-year. Revenues from continuing operations for the nine-month period totaled $59.7 billion, a decrease of 13 percent (down 1 percent year to year, adjusting for currency and divested businesses) compared with $68.7 billion for the first nine months of 2014.
Operating (non-GAAP) net income from continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was $10.0 billion compared with $10.9 billion in the year-ago period, a decrease of 9 percent. Operating (non-GAAP) diluted earnings per share from continuing operations were $10.09 compared with $10.76 per diluted share for the 2014 period, a decrease of 6 percent.