IBM-100 YEARS
2010 RESULTS
IBM is head quartered in USA but is present in over 170 countries across the Globe. IBM has turned 100 years in 2011.
It is now a Hundred year Old Youthful company – which is stronger than most other companies in the world- and going forward with a zeal and jest – unmatched by most companies of the world.
IBM has a good presence in India – and is competing well in its specialist areas with Indian companies. It is necessary therefore for Indian Investors to understand the ambitious plans of Great companies like IBM, the underlying reasons for their success – and which companies in India could emulate IBM or do better than IBM.
IBM’s results for the Year 2010 and its 4th quarter are very impressive. Its press release excerpts on these results are presented below :
2010 FOURTH-QUARTER
AND FULL-YEAR RESULTS
(From : http://www.ibm.com/investor/4q10/press.phtml)
Fourth-Quarter 2010:
- Diluted earnings per share of $4.18, up 16 percent;(from $3.59)
- Record revenue of $29.0 billion, up 7 percent as reported and adjusting for currency;
- Record net income of $5.3 billion, up 9 percent; (from $4.8 billion)
- Pre-tax income of $7 billion, up 9 percent;
- Gross profit margin of 49 percent, up 0.8 points;
- Software revenue excluding divested PLM operations up 11 percent, 12 percent adjusting for currency; 7 percent including PLM;
- Systems and Technology revenue up 21 percent, 22 percent adjusting for currency;
- System z mainframe revenue up 69 percent; MIPS up 58 percent;
- Services revenue up 2 percent as reported and adjusting for currency;
- Services backlog of $142 billion, up $5 billion year over year and up $8 billion quarter to quarter;
- Growth markets revenue up 15 percent, 13 percent adjusting for currency;
- Business analytics revenue up 19 percent;
- Free cash flow of $8.7 billion, up $1.5 billion.
Full-Year 2010:
- Diluted earnings per share of $11.52, up 15 percent and $0.52 ahead of high end of 2010 roadmap;
- 8th consecutive year of double-digit EPS growth;
- Revenue of $99.9 billion, up 4 percent, up 3 percent adjusting for currency; up 5 percent, 4 percent adjusting for currency, excluding PLM operations;
- Record net income of $14.8 billion, up 10 percent;
- Record free cash flow of $16.3 billion, up $1.2 billion;
- Gross profit margin of 46.1 percent, 7th consecutive year of increase.
Full-Year 2011:
- Expect GAAP EPS of at least $12.56 and operating (non-GAAP) EPS of at least $13.00, on track for 2015 roadmap.
· "We completed an outstanding year, with record profit and free cash flow, and exceeded the high end of our 2010 earnings per share roadmap objective," said Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer. "We also capped a decade in which our shift to high-value businesses, our global integration of IBM, our investment in research and development of almost $60 billion and our acquisition of 116 companies have helped us to nearly triple our EPS and return more than $100 billion to shareholders.
· “As IBM enters its second century, we will continue to focus on our long-term strategic initiatives -- growth markets, Smarter Planet Solutions, cloud and business analytics -- as we drive to achieve our new roadmap target of operating earnings per share of at least $20 in 2015."
Full-Year 2011 Expectations
IBM said that it expects to deliver full-year 2011 GAAP earnings per share of at least $12.56; and operating (non-GAAP) earnings per share of at least $13.00, which puts the company on track for the 2015 road map of at least $20 of operating (non-GAAP) earnings per share (against $11.52 in 2010).
The 2011 operating (non-GAAP) earnings exclude $0.44 per share for the amortization of purchased intangible assets, other acquisition-related charges and certain retirement-related costs that the company has defined as non-operating.
The company announced in May 2010 that it would begin using operating (non-GAAP) earnings as the basis for its 2015 roadmap, quarterly earnings reporting and future EPS guidance.
Geographic Regions
The Americas’ fourth-quarter revenues were $12.2 billion, an increase of 9 percent (9 percent, adjusting for currency) from the 2009 period.
Revenues from Europe/Middle East/Africa were $9.5 billion, down 2 percent (up 4 percent, adjusting for currency).
Asia-Pacific revenues increased 14 percent (7 percent, adjusting for currency) to $6.6 billion. OEM revenues were $784 million, up 21 percent compared with the 2009 fourth quarter.
Growth Markets
Revenues from the company’s growth markets organization increased 15 percent (13 percent, adjusting for currency). Revenues in the BRIC countries — Brazil, Russia, India and China — increased 19 percent (17 percent, adjusting for currency), and a total of 50 growth market countries had double-digit revenue growth. For the full year, growth markets revenue represents 21 percent of IBM’s total geographic revenue.
Services
Total Global Services revenues increased 2 percent (2 percent, adjusting for currency). Global Technology Services segment revenues increased 1 percent (1 percent, adjusting for currency) to $10.2 billion. Global Business Services segment revenues were up 4 percent (4 percent, adjusting for currency) at $4.8 billion.
Global Services pre-tax income increased to $2.4 billion, up 3 percent year over year. Pre-tax income from Global Technology Services increased 6 percent; pre-tax margin increased to 15.8 percent. Global Business Services pre-tax income decreased 3 percent; pre-tax margin decreased to 15.0 percent.
The estimated services backlog at December 31 was $142 billion, up $8 billion quarter to quarter ($7 billion, adjusting for currency), and $5 billion year over year at actual rates ($4 billion, adjusting for currency). IBM signed services contracts in the quarter of $22.1 billion, up 18 percent (18 percent, adjusting for currency), of which 19 contracts were greater than $100 million. Transactional signings were $8.0 billion, an increase of 8 percent (9 percent, adjusting for currency). Outsourcing signings were $14.1 billion, up 24 percent (23 percent, adjusting for currency).
Software
Revenues from the Software segment were $7.0 billion, an increase of 7 percent (8 percent, adjusting for currency), or 11 percent (12 percent, adjusting for currency) excluding the first-quarter 2010 divestiture of the Product Lifecycle Management operations (PLM), compared with the fourth quarter of 2009. Software pre-tax income of $3.2 billion increased 4 percent year over year.
Revenues from IBM’s key middleware products, which include WebSphere, Information Management, Tivoli, Lotus and Rational products, were $4.7 billion, an increase of 13 percent (15 percent, adjusting for currency) versus the fourth quarter of 2009. Operating systems revenues of $690 million increased 11 percent (12 percent, adjusting for currency) compared with the prior-year quarter.
Revenues from the WebSphere family of software products increased 32 percent year over year. Information Management software revenues increased 10 percent. Revenues from Tivoli software increased 12 percent. Revenues from Lotus software decreased 3 percent, and Rational software increased 10 percent.
Revenues from the company’s business analytics operations across services and software segments increased 19 percent.
Hardware
Revenues from the Systems and Technology segment totaled $6.3 billion for the quarter, up 21 percent (22 percent, adjusting for currency) from the fourth quarter of 2009. Systems and Technology pre-tax income was $1.2 billion, an increase of 45 percent.
Systems revenues increased 20 percent (21 percent, adjusting for currency). Revenues from System z mainframe server products increased 69 percent compared with the year-ago period. Total delivery of System z computing power, as measured in MIPS (millions of instructions per second), increased 58 percent. Revenues from System x increased 18 percent. Revenues from Power Systems increased 2 percent compared with the 2009 period; entry systems revenues were up 30 percent and mid-range systems grew 7 percent. Revenues from System Storage increased 8 percent, and revenues from Retail Store Solutions increased 26 percent year over year. Revenues from Microelectronics OEM increased 30 percent.
Financing
Global Financing segment revenues increased 1 percent (1 percent, adjusting for currency) in the fourth quarter to $628 million. Pre-tax income for the segment increased 14 percent to $567 million.
Note: The par value is twenty cents per share.
IBM REPORTS 2011 FIRST-QUARTER RESULTS
First-Quarter 2011:
- Diluted EPS:
- GAAP: $2.31, up 17 percent;
- Operating (non-GAAP): $2.41, up 21 percent;
- Revenue: $24.6 billion, up 8 percent, up 5 percent adjusting for currency;
- Net income:
- GAAP: $2.9 billion, up 10 percent;
- Operating (non-GAAP): $3.0 billion, up 13 percent;
- Pre-tax income:
- GAAP: $3.8 billion, up 9 percent;
- Operating (non-GAAP): $4.0 billion, up 12 percent;
- Gross profit margin:
- GAAP: 44.1 percent, up 0.5 points;
- Operating (non-GAAP): 44.5 percent, up 0.8 points;
- Software revenue excluding divested PLM operations up 10 percent, 8 percent adjusting for currency; 6 percent including PLM, 4 percent adjusting for currency;
- Systems and Technology revenue up 19 percent, 16 percent adjusting for currency;
- System z mainframe revenue up 41 percent; MIPS up 34 percent;
- Services revenue up 6 percent, 3 percent adjusting for currency;
- Services backlog of $142 billion, up $8 billion;
- Growth markets revenue up 18 percent, 12 percent adjusting for currency;
- Business analytics revenue up 20 percent;
- Smarter Planet revenue up 20 percent;
- Cloud revenue 5 times first-quarter 2010 revenue;
- Full-year 2011 Operating (non-GAAP) EPS expectations raised to at least $13.15 from at least $13.00.
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