IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced first-quarter results.
Acceleration in Cloud Revenue Growth; Continued Margin Expansion
Highlights
First Quarter:
- GAAP EPS from continuing operations of $1.78
- Operating (non-GAAP) EPS of $2.25
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Revenue of $18.2 billion, down 4.7 percent (down 0.9 percent adjusting
for currency) -
Cloud revenue growth accelerated in the quarter; now $19.5 billion
over the last 12 months, up 10 percent (up 12 percent adjusting for
currency) -
As-a-service annual exit run rate for cloud revenue of $11.7 billion,
up 10 percent year to year (up 15 percent adjusting for currency) -
Gross profit margin: GAAP, up 100 basis points; Operating (non-GAAP),
up 90 basis points— GBS gross profit margin up 280 basis
points; GTS up 110 basis points
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Pre-tax income margin: GAAP, up 440 basis points; Operating
(non-GAAP), up 320 basis points - Maintains full-year EPS and free cash flow expectations
“In the first quarter, our cloud revenue growth accelerated, and we
again grew in key, high-value areas in Cloud and Cognitive Software and
in consulting,” said Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, president and chief
executive officer. “IBM’s investments in innovative technologies coupled
with our industry expertise and our commitment to trust and security
position us well to help clients move to chapter two of their digital
reinvention.”
FIRST QUARTER 2019 | ||||||||||
Pre-tax | Gross | |||||||||
Diluted | Net | Pre-tax | Income | Profit | ||||||
EPS | Income | Income | Margin | Margin | ||||||
GAAP from Continuing Operations | $1.78 | $1.6B | $1.9B | 10.4% | 44.2% | |||||
Year/Year | -2% | -5% | 66% | 4.4Pts | 1.0Pts | |||||
Operating (Non-GAAP) | $2.25 | $2.0B | $2.2B | 12.3% | 44.7% | |||||
Year/Year | -8% | -12% | 28% | 3.2Pts | 0.9Pts | |||||
“Our results reflect the fundamental changes we have made to our
business, allowing us to generate greater operating leverage. In the
first quarter, we significantly expanded profit margins, led by our
services businesses,” said James Kavanaugh, IBM senior vice president
and chief financial officer. “Our focus on prioritizing our investments
in the emerging high-value segments of our industry has enabled us to
drive higher profitability and strong cash generation.”
Cash Flow and Balance Sheet
In the first quarter, the company generated net cash from operating
activities of $4.8 billion, or $2.3 billion, excluding Global Financing
receivables. IBM’s free cash flow was $1.7 billion. IBM returned $2.3
billion to shareholders through $1.4 billion in dividends and $0.9
billion in gross share repurchases. At the end of March 2019, IBM had
$2.4 billion remaining in the current share repurchase authorization.
IBM ended the first quarter with $18.1 billion of cash on hand. Debt
totaled $50.0 billion, including Global Financing debt of $29.5 billion.
The balance sheet remains strong and is well positioned for the long
term.
Segment Results for First Quarter
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Cloud & Cognitive Software (includes cloud and data platforms,
cognitive applications and transaction processing platforms) —
revenues of $5.0 billion, down 2 percent (up 2 percent adjusting for
currency), led by cognitive applications, up 2 percent (up 4 percent
adjusting for currency), and by cloud and data platforms, down 2
percent (up 2 percent adjusting for currency). -
Global Business Services (includes consulting, application
management and global process services) — revenues of $4.1
billion, flat year to year (up 4 percent adjusting for currency), with
growth in consulting and global process services. Gross profit margin
increased 280 basis points. -
Global Technology Services (includes infrastructure and
cloud services and technology support services) — revenues of
$6.9 billion, down 7 percent (down 3 percent adjusting for currency),
with growth in hybrid cloud revenue. Gross profit margin increased 110
basis points. -
Systems (includes systems hardware and operating systems software)
— revenues of $1.3 billion, down 11 percent (down 9 percent
adjusting for currency), with growth in Power, offset by the impact of
the IBM Z product cycle dynamics and weakness in Storage. -
Global Financing (includes financing and used equipment sales) —
revenues of $406 million, flat year to year (up 4 percent adjusting
for currency).
Full-Year 2019 Expectations
The company continues to expect GAAP diluted earnings per share of at
least $12.45, and operating (non-GAAP) diluted earnings per share of at
least $13.90. Operating (non-GAAP) diluted earnings per share exclude
$1.45 per share of charges for: amortization of purchased intangible
assets and other acquisition-related charges, including pre-closing
charges, such as financing costs, associated with the Red Hat
acquisition; retirement-related charges; and tax reform enactment
impacts.
IBM continues to expect free cash flow of approximately $12 billion,
with a realization rate of approximately 100 percent of GAAP Net Income.
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, including
integration challenges, failure to achieve objectives, the assumption of
liabilities, and higher debt levels; legal proceedings and investigatory
risks; 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 —
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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/1q19.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, | |||||
2019 | 2018 | ||||
REVENUE | |||||
Cloud & Cognitive Software | $5,037 | $5,116 | * | ||
Global Business Services | 4,119 | 4,115 | * | ||
Global Technology Services | 6,875 | 7,421 | * | ||
Systems | 1,328 | 1,500 | |||
Global Financing | 406 | 405 | |||
Other | 417 | 515 | * | ||
TOTAL REVENUE | 18,182 | 19,072 | |||
GROSS PROFIT | 8,043 | 8,247 | |||
GROSS PROFIT MARGIN | |||||
Cloud & Cognitive Software | 75.1% | 76.3% | * | ||
Global Business Services | 26.2% | 23.4% | * | ||
Global Technology Services | 33.7% | 32.6% | * | ||
Systems | 46.2% | 43.7% | |||
Global Financing | 34.9% | 34.4% | |||
TOTAL GROSS PROFIT MARGIN | 44.2% | 43.2% | |||
EXPENSE AND OTHER INCOME | |||||
S,G&A | 4,691 | 5,445 | |||
R,D&E | 1,433 | 1,405 | |||
Intellectual property and | |||||
custom development income | (101) | (317) | |||
Other (income) and expense | (73) | 413 | |||
Interest expense | 210 | 165 | |||
TOTAL EXPENSE AND OTHER INCOME | 6,160 | 7,111 | |||
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS | |||||
BEFORE INCOME TAXES | 1,883 | 1,136 | |||
Pre-tax margin | 10.4% | 6.0% | |||
Provision for (Benefit from) income taxes | 289 | (540) | |||
Effective tax rate | 15.4% | (47.5)% | |||
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS | $1,593 | $1,675 | |||
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS | |||||
Income/(Loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes | (2) | 4 | |||
NET INCOME | $1,591 | $1,679 | |||
EARNINGS / (LOSS) PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK | |||||
Assuming Dilution | |||||
Continuing Operations | $1.78 | $1.81 | |||
Discontinued Operations | $0.00 | $0.00 | |||
TOTAL | $1.78 | $1.81 | |||
Basic | |||||
Continuing Operations | $1.79 | $1.82 | |||
Discontinued Operations | $0.00 | $0.00 | |||
TOTAL | $1.79 | $1.82 | |||
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES | |||||
OUTSTANDING (M’s) | |||||
Assuming Dilution | 893.9 | 925.4 | |||
Basic | 889.6 | 920.7 | |||
* Recast to conform with 2019 presentation. | |||||
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | ||||
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET | ||||
(Unaudited) | ||||
At | At | |||
(Dollars in Millions) | March 31, | December 31, | ||
2019 | 2018 | |||
ASSETS: | ||||
Current Assets: | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $17,134 | $11,379 | ||
Restricted cash | 137 | 225 | ||
Marketable securities | 872 | 618 | ||
Notes and accounts receivable – trade, net | 6,987 | 7,432 | ||
Short-term financing receivables, net | 20,287 | 22,388 | ||
Other accounts receivable, net | 671 | 743 | ||
Inventory | 1,771 | 1,682 | ||
Deferred Costs | 2,368 | 2,300 | ||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 2,478 | 2,378 | ||
Total Current Assets | 52,705 | 49,146 | ||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 10,675 | 10,792 | ||
Operating right-of-use assets, net * | 4,634 | – | ||
Long-term financing receivables, net | 8,361 | 9,148 | ||
Prepaid pension assets | 4,966 | 4,666 | ||
Deferred costs | 2,663 | 2,676 | ||
Deferred taxes | 5,284 | 5,216 | ||
Goodwill and intangibles, net | 39,237 | 39,353 | ||
Investments and sundry assets | 2,403 | 2,386 | ||
Total Assets | $130,926 | $123,382 | ||
LIABILITIES: | ||||
Current Liabilities: | ||||
Taxes | $2,484 | $3,046 | ||
Short-term debt | 10,250 | 10,207 | ||
Accounts payable | 5,711 | 6,558 | ||
Deferred income | 12,134 | 11,165 | ||
Operating lease liabilities * | 1,313 | – | ||
Other liabilities | 6,979 | 7,251 | ||
Total Current Liabilities | 38,871 | 38,227 | ||
Long-term debt | 39,727 | 35,605 | ||
Retirement related obligations | 16,467 | 17,002 | ||
Deferred income | 3,481 | 3,445 | ||
Operating lease liabilities * | 3,590 | – | ||
Other liabilities | 12,184 | 12,174 | ||
Total Liabilities | 114,320 | 106,452 | ||
EQUITY: | ||||
IBM Stockholders’ Equity: | ||||
Common stock | 55,287 | 55,151 | ||
Retained earnings | 159,396 | 159,206 | ||
Treasury stock — at cost | (169,021) | (168,071) | ||
Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) | (29,182) | (29,490) | ||
Total IBM Stockholders’ Equity | 16,481 | 16,796 | ||
Noncontrolling interests | 126 | 134 | ||
Total Equity | 16,607 | 16,929 | ||
Total Liabilities and Equity | $130,926 | $123,382 | ||
* Reflects the adoption of the FASB guidance on leases. | ||||
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | ||||
CASH FLOW ANALYSIS | ||||
(Unaudited) | ||||
Three Months Ended | ||||
(Dollars in Millions) | March 31, | |||
2019 | 2018 | |||
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities per GAAP: | $4,759 | $4,602 | ||
Less: change in Global Financing (GF) Receivables | 2,458 | 2,360 | ||
Capital Expenditures, Net | (614) | (893) | ||
Free Cash Flow | 1,688 | 1,349 | ||
Acquisitions | (1) | (71) | ||
Divestitures | 33 | – | ||
Dividends | (1,397) | (1,382) | ||
Share Repurchase | (920) | (777) | ||
Non-GF Debt | 5,890 | (547) | ||
Other (includes GF Net Receivables and GF Debt) | 629 | 1,741 | ||
Change in Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash | ||||
and Short-term Marketable Securities | $5,922 | $313 | ||
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | |||||
CASH FLOW | |||||
(Unaudited) | |||||
Three Months Ended | |||||
(Dollars in Millions) | March 31, | ||||
2019 | 2018 | ||||
Net Income from Operations | $1,591 | $1,679 | |||
Depreciation/Amortization of Intangibles | 1,446 | 1,114 | |||
Stock-based Compensation | 113 | 116 | |||
Working Capital / Other | (848) | (668) | |||
Global Financing A/R | 2,458 | 2,360 | |||
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities | $4,759 | $4,602 | |||
Capital Expenditures, net of payments & proceeds | (614) | (893) | |||
Divestitures, net of cash transferred | 33 | – | |||
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired | (1) | (71) | |||
Marketable Securities / Other Investments, net | (271) | (800) | |||
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities | ($853) | ($1,764) | |||
Debt, net of payments & proceeds | 4,232 | (713) | |||
Dividends | (1,397) | (1,382) | |||
Common Stock Repurchases | (920) | (777) | |||
Common Stock Transactions – Other | (51) | (37) | |||
Net Cash (Used in) / Provided by Financing Activities | $1,863 | ($2,909) | |||
Effect of Exchange Rate changes on Cash | (102) | 100 | |||
Net Change in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash | $5,668 | $28 | |||
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | ||||||||||
SEGMENT DATA | ||||||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||||
FIRST – QUARTER 2019 |
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Cloud & | Global | Global | ||||||||
(Dollars in Millions) | Cognitive | Business | Technology | Global | ||||||
Software | Services | Services | Systems | Financing | ||||||
Revenue | ||||||||||
External | $5,037 | $4,119 | $6,875 | $1,328 | $406 | |||||
Internal | 841 | 74 | 290 | 163 | 300 | |||||
Total Segment Revenue | $5,879 | $4,193 | $7,164 | $1,491 | $706 | |||||
Pre-tax Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations | 1,767 | 315 | 275 | (202) | 288 | |||||
Pre-tax margin | 30.1% | 7.5% | 3.8% | (13.5)% | 40.8% | |||||
Change YTY Revenue – External | (1.5)% | 0.1% | (7.4)% | (11.4)% | 0.2% | |||||
Change YTY Revenue – External @constant currency | 1.5% | 4.3% | (3.0)% | (8.8)% | 3.9% | |||||
FIRST – QUARTER 2018 |
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Cloud & | Global | Global | ||||||||
(Dollars in Millions) | Cognitive | Business | Technology | Global | ||||||
Software * | Services * | Services * | Systems | Financing | ||||||
Revenue | ||||||||||
External | $5,116 | $4,115 | $7,421 | $1,500 | $405 | |||||
Internal | 931 | 89 | 141 | 153 | 429 | |||||
Total Segment Revenue | $6,047 | $4,204 | $7,562 | $1,653 | $834 | |||||
Pre-tax Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations | 1,680 | 125 | 66 | (203) | 377 | |||||
Pre-tax margin | 27.8% | 3.0% | 0.9% | (12.3)% | 45.1% | |||||
* Recast to conform with 2019 presentation. | ||||||||||
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | ||||||||||
U.S. GAAP TO OPERATING (Non-GAAP) RESULTS RECONCILIATION | ||||||||||
(Unaudited; Dollars in millions except per share amounts) | ||||||||||
FIRST – QUARTER 2019 | ||||||||||
CONTINUING OPERATIONS | ||||||||||
Acquisition- | Retirement- | Tax | ||||||||
Related | Related | Reform | Operating | |||||||
GAAP | Adjustments* | Adjustments** | Impacts | (Non-GAAP) | ||||||
Gross Profit | $8,043 | $76 | – | – | $8,119 | |||||
Gross Profit Margin | 44.2% | 0.4Pts | – | – | 44.7% | |||||
S,G&A | 4,691 | (124) | – | – | 4,566 | |||||
R,D&E | 1,433 | – | – | – | 1,433 | |||||
Other (Income) & Expense | (73) | 23 | (138) | – | (187) | |||||
Interest Expense | 210 | (36) | – | – | 174 | |||||
Total Expense & Other (Income) | 6,160 | (137) | (138) | – | 5,886 | |||||
Pre-tax Income from Continuing Operations | 1,883 | 212 | 138 | – | 2,233 | |||||
Pre-tax Income Margin from Continuing Operations | 10.4% | 1.2Pts | 0.8Pts | – | 12.3% | |||||
Provision for Income Taxes*** | 289 | 49 | 26 | (141) | 224 | |||||
Effective Tax Rate | 15.4% | 0.7Pts | 0.2Pts | (6.3)Pts | 10.0% | |||||
Income from Continuing Operations | 1,593 | 164 | 111 | 141 | 2,009 | |||||
Income Margin from Continuing Operations | 8.8% | 0.9Pts | 0.6Pts | 0.8Pts | 11.0% | |||||
Diluted Earnings / (Loss) Per Share: Continuing Operations | $1.78 | $0.18 | $0.13 | $0.16 | $2.25 | |||||
FIRST – QUARTER 2018 | ||||||||||
CONTINUING OPERATIONS | ||||||||||
Acquisition- | Retirement- | Tax | ||||||||
Related | Related | Reform | Operating | |||||||
GAAP | Adjustments* | Adjustments ** | Impacts | (Non-GAAP) | ||||||
Gross Profit | $8,247 | $93 | – | – | $8,340 | |||||
Gross Profit Margin | 43.2% | 0.5Pts | – | – | 43.7% | |||||
S,G&A | 5,445 | (110) | – | – | 5,335 | |||||
R,D&E | 1,405 | – | – | – | 1,405 | |||||
Other (Income) & Expense | 413 | – | (402) | – | 11 | |||||
Interest Expense | 165 | – | – | – | 165 | |||||
Total Expense & Other (Income) | 7,111 | (110) | (402) | – | 6,600 | |||||
Pre-tax Income from Continuing Operations | 1,136 | 203 | 402 | – | 1,740 | |||||
Pre-tax Income Margin from Continuing Operations | 6.0% | 1.1Pts | 2.1Pts | – | 9.1% | |||||
Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes*** | (540) | 39 | 76 | (107) | (532) | |||||
Effective Tax Rate | (47.5)% | 7.8Pts | 15.4Pts | (6.1)Pts | (30.5)% | |||||
Income from Continuing Operations | 1,675 | 164 | 325 | 107 | 2,272 | |||||
Income Margin from Continuing Operations | 8.8% | 0.9Pts | 1.7Pts | 0.6Pts | 11.9% | |||||
Diluted Earnings / (Loss) Per Share: Continuing Operations | $1.81 | $0.17 | $0.35 | $0.12 | $2.45 | |||||
* Includes amortization of purchased intangible assets, in |
** Includes amortization of prior service costs, interest cost, |
*** Tax impact on operating (non-GAAP) pre-tax income from |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | ||
RECONCILIATION OF OPERATING EARNINGS PER SHARE | ||
(Unaudited) | ||
2019 | ||
EPS Guidance |
Expectations | |
GAAP Diluted EPS | at least $12.45 | |
Operating EPS (non-GAAP) | at least $13.90 | |
Adjustments | ||
Acquisition-related Charges * | $0.76 | |
Non-Operating Retirement-Related Items | $0.45 | |
Tax Reform Enactment Impacts | $0.24 | |
* Includes acquisitions as of March 31, 2019, and pre-closing |
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