IBM's Reports Revenue Growth After 22 Consecutive Declines -- Earnings Review
January 18 2018 - 5:40PM
Dow Jones News
By Ted Greenwald and Austen Hufford
International Business Machines Corp. reported fourth-quarter
and annual earnings Thursday. Here's what you need to know:
BLUE STREAK: IBM reported higher revenue for the first time in
23 quarters and signaled continued growth into 2018.
TAX IMPACT: IBM took a $5.5 billion charge related to the new
U.S. tax law, pushing it into the red. Due to the charge, IBM had a
tax rate of 124% for the quarter and 49% for the year. IBM's
adjusted tax rate, which excludes the one-time charge, was 6% for
the quarter and 7% for the year.
REVENUE: Fourth-quarter revenue rose 3.6% from a year earlier to
$22.54 billion. The last time IBM had revenue growth from the prior
year was the first quarter of 2012.
PROFIT: The company reported a quarterly loss of $1.05 billion,
or $1.14 a share, compared with profit of $4.5 billion, or $4.72 a
share, a year earlier. On an adjusted basis, IBM had profit of
$5.18 a share, a penny more than the $5.17 expected by analysts,
according to Thomson Reuters.
SHARE REACTION: In post-market trading, shares fell 4.2%.
BROAD GROWTH: While revenue fell in the company's
technology-services unit, its largest, the company saw growth in
four other main units.
Write to Ted Greenwald at Ted.Greenwald@wsj.com and Austen
Hufford at Austen.Hufford@wsj.com
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