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EX-99.1 2 ibm-20230419xex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

IBM RELEASES FIRST-QUARTER RESULTS

Software and Consulting Led Revenue Growth; Strong Gross Profit Margin Expansion

ARMONK, N.Y., April 19, 2023 . . . IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced first-quarter 2023 earnings results.

“Our first quarter results demonstrate that clients continue turning to IBM for our unique combination of an open hybrid cloud platform, enterprise-focused AI, and business expertise to unlock productivity and drive efficiency in their operations," said Arvind Krishna, IBM chairman and chief executive officer. "This gives us confidence in our current growth expectations for revenue and free cash flow for the year.

First-Quarter Highlights

Revenue
Revenue of $14.3 billion, up 0.4 percent, up 4.4 percent at constant currency
Software revenue up 3 percent, up 6 percent at constant currency
Consulting revenue up 3 percent, up 8 percent at constant currency
Infrastructure revenue down 4 percent, flat at constant currency

Cash Flow
Net cash from operating activities of $3.8 billion, up $0.5 billion; free cash flow of $1.3 billion, up $0.1 billion

FIRST QUARTER 2023 INCOME STATEMENT SUMMARY

Results include impact of charges for stranded costs related to portfolio actions*

    

    

 

    

Pre-tax

    

    

Diluted

    

Gross

 

Pre-tax

Income

Net

Earnings

Revenue

Profit

Income*

Margin*

Income*

Per Share*

GAAP from Continuing Operations

$

14.3B

$

7.5B

$

1.1B

7.4

%

$

0.9B

$

1.02

Year/Year

 

0.4

%**

2

%  

70

%  

3.0

Pts

 

41

%  

40

%  

Operating (Non-GAAP)

$

7.7B

$

1.4B

 

10.2

%  

$

1.2B

$

1.36

Year/Year

2

%  

(4)

%  

(0.5)

Pts

 

(2)

%  

(3)

%  

* Results include the impact of charges for stranded costs related to portfolio actions. YTY impact of charges for GAAP and Operating (Non-GAAP) results: Pre-Tax Income ($0.25B); Pre-Tax Income Margin (1.8 Pts); Net Income ($0.20B); EPS ($0.22).

** 4% at constant currency

“In the quarter, we remained focused on the fundamentals of our business, increasing productivity and generating operating leverage," said James Kavanaugh, IBM senior vice president and chief financial officer. "As a result, we again expanded our gross profit margin, improved our underlying profit performance and increased our cash generation. We are well-positioned to continue investing for growth and returning value to shareholders through dividends.


Segment Results for First Quarter

Software — revenues of $5.9 billion, up 2.6 percent, up 5.6 percent at constant currency:
Hybrid Platform & Solutions up 2 percent, up 5 percent at constant currency:
Red Hat up 8 percent, up 11 percent at constant currency
Automation down 1 percent, up 2 percent at constant currency
Data & AI up 1 percent, up 3 percent at constant currency
Security down 1 percent, up 2 percent at constant currency
Transaction Processing up 3 percent, up 7 percent at constant currency

Consulting — revenues of $5.0 billion, up 2.8 percent, up 8.2 percent at constant currency:
Business Transformation up 1 percent, up 6 percent at constant currency
Technology Consulting down 1 percent, up 4 percent at constant currency
Application Operations up 7 percent, up 13 percent at constant currency

Infrastructure — revenues of $3.1 billion, down 3.7 percent, up 0.1 percent at constant currency:
Hybrid Infrastructure up 1 percent, up 4 percent at constant currency:
z Systems up 7 percent, up 11 percent at constant currency
Distributed Infrastructure down 3 percent, flat at constant currency
Infrastructure Support down 9 percent, down 4 percent at constant currency

Financing — revenues of $0.2 billion, up 27.3 percent, up 31.0 percent at constant currency

Cash Flow and Balance Sheet

In the first quarter, the company generated net cash from operating activities of $3.8 billion, up $0.5 billion year to year. Net cash from operating activities excluding IBM Financing receivables was $1.8 billion. IBM’s free cash flow was $1.3 billion, up $0.1 billion year to year.

IBM ended the first quarter with $17.6 billion of cash and marketable securities, up $8.8 billion from year-end 2022. Debt, including IBM Financing debt of $10.5 billion, totaled $58.7 billion, up $7.8 billion since the end of 2022. The company returned $1.5 billion to shareholders in dividends in the first quarter.

Full-Year 2023 Expectations

Revenue: The company expects constant currency revenue growth of three percent to five percent. At current foreign exchange rates, currency is expected to be neutral to revenue growth.
Free cash flow: The company continues to expect about $10.5 billion in free cash flow, up more than $1 billion year to year.

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

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;
free cash flow;
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-1q23. 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, 

 

    

2023

    

2022

REVENUE BY SEGMENT

 

  

 

  

Software

$

5,921

$

5,772

Consulting

 

4,962

 

4,829

Infrastructure

 

3,098

 

3,219

Financing

 

196

 

154

Other

 

75

 

224

TOTAL REVENUE

 

14,252

 

14,197

GROSS PROFIT

 

7,509

 

7,335

GROSS PROFIT MARGIN

 

 

Software

 

79.5

%

 

78.8

%

Consulting

 

25.2

%

 

24.3

%

Infrastructure

 

51.7

%

 

50.5

%

Financing

 

43.9

%

 

37.7

%

TOTAL GROSS PROFIT MARGIN

 

52.7

%  

 

51.7

%

EXPENSE AND OTHER INCOME

 

 

  

S,G&A

 

4,853

 

4,597

R,D&E

 

1,655

 

1,679

Intellectual property and custom development income

 

(180)

 

(121)

Other (income) and expense

 

(245)

 

246

Interest expense

 

367

 

311

TOTAL EXPENSE AND OTHER INCOME

 

6,451

 

6,712

INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

 

 

BEFORE INCOME TAXES

 

1,058

 

623

Pre-tax margin

 

7.4

%  

 

4.4

%

Provision for/(Benefit from) income taxes

 

124

 

(39)

Effective tax rate

 

11.7

%  

 

(6.3)

%

INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

$

934

$

662

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

 

 

Income/(loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes

 

(7)

 

71

NET INCOME

$

927

$

733

EARNINGS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK

 

 

Assuming Dilution

 

 

Continuing Operations

$

1.02

$

0.73

Discontinued Operations

$

(0.01)

$

0.08

TOTAL

$

1.01

$

0.81

Basic

 

 

Continuing Operations

$

1.03

$

0.74

Discontinued Operations

$

(0.01)

$

0.08

TOTAL

$

1.02

$

0.82

WEIGHTED-AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING (M’s)

 

 

Assuming Dilution

 

917.8

 

909.2

Basic

 

907.5

 

899.3


INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

(Unaudited)

    

At

    

At

March 31, 

December 31, 

(Dollars in Millions)

2023

2022

ASSETS:

 

  

 

  

Current Assets:

 

  

 

  

Cash and cash equivalents

$

9,337

$

7,886

Restricted cash

 

198

 

103

Marketable securities

 

8,057

 

852

Notes and accounts receivable - trade, net

 

5,757

 

6,541

Short-term financing receivables, net

 

6,662

 

7,790

Other accounts receivable, net

 

812

 

817

Inventories

 

1,603

 

1,552

Deferred costs

 

1,055

 

967

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

2,501

 

2,611

Total Current Assets

 

35,982

 

29,118

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

5,344

 

5,334

Operating right-of-use assets, net

 

2,789

 

2,878

Long-term financing receivables, net

 

5,065

 

5,806

Prepaid pension assets

 

8,487

 

8,236

Deferred costs

 

846

 

866

Deferred taxes

 

6,419

 

6,256

Goodwill

 

56,193

 

55,949

Intangibles, net

10,905

11,184

Investments and sundry assets

 

1,607

 

1,617

Total Assets

$

133,637

$

127,243

LIABILITIES:

 

  

 

  

Current Liabilities:

 

  

 

  

Taxes

$

1,650

$

2,196

Short-term debt

 

4,887

 

4,760

Accounts payable

 

3,728

 

4,051

Deferred income

 

13,220

 

12,032

Operating lease liabilities

 

869

 

874

Other liabilities

 

6,638

 

7,592

Total Current Liabilities

 

30,993

 

31,505

Long-term debt

 

53,826

 

46,189

Retirement related obligations

 

9,509

 

9,596

Deferred income

 

3,443

 

3,499

Operating lease liabilities

 

2,094

 

2,190

Other liabilities

 

12,099

 

12,243

Total Liabilities

 

111,964

 

105,222

EQUITY:

 

 

IBM Stockholders’ Equity:

 

 

Common stock

 

58,675

 

58,343

Retained earnings

 

149,253

 

149,825

Treasury stock — at cost

 

(169,544)

 

(169,484)

Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss)

 

(16,780)

 

(16,740)

Total IBM Stockholders’ Equity

 

21,604

 

21,944

Noncontrolling interests

 

68

 

77

Total Equity

 

21,672

 

22,021

Total Liabilities and Equity

$

133,637

$

127,243


INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

CASH FLOW ANALYSIS

(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended

 

March 31, 

 

(Dollars in Millions)

2023

    

2022*

 

Net Cash from Operations per GAAP

$

3,774

$

3,248

Less: change in IBM Financing receivables

 

1,977

1,631

Capital Expenditures, net

 

(457)

(378)

Free Cash Flow

 

1,340

1,240

Acquisitions

 

(22)

(698)

Divestitures

 

61

Dividends

 

(1,497)

(1,475)

Non-Financing Debt

 

9,692

4,675

Other (includes IBM Financing net receivables and debt)

 

(762)

(590)

Change in Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Short-term Marketable Securities

$

8,752

$

3,213


* Includes immaterial cash flows from discontinued operations.


INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

CASH FLOW

(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended

March 31, 

(Dollars in Millions)

2023

    

2022*

Net Income from Operations

$

927

$

733

Depreciation/Amortization of Intangibles

 

1,074

 

1,257

Stock-based Compensation

 

268

 

234

Working Capital / Other

 

(473)

 

(606)

IBM Financing A/R

 

1,977

 

1,631

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

$

3,774

$

3,248

Capital Expenditures, net of payments & proceeds

 

(457)

 

(378)

Divestitures, net of cash transferred

 

 

61

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

 

(22)

 

(698)

Marketable Securities / Other Investments, net

 

(7,481)

 

(344)

Net Cash Provided by/(Used in) Investing Activities

$

(7,960)

$

(1,358)

Debt, net of payments & proceeds

 

7,304

 

2,948

Dividends

 

(1,497)

 

(1,475)

Financing - Other

 

(99)

 

(95)

Net Cash Provided by/(Used in) Financing Activities

$

5,708

$

1,377

Effect of Exchange Rate changes on Cash

 

24

 

(5)

Net Change in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

$

1,547

$

3,263


* Includes immaterial cash flows from discontinued operations.


INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

SEGMENT DATA

(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2023

 

    

 

(Dollars in Millions)

Software

Consulting

Infrastructure

Financing

 

Revenue

$

5,921

$

4,962

$

3,098

$

196

Pre-tax Income from Continuing Operations*

$

1,164

$

382

$

216

$

100

Pre-tax Margin*

 

19.7

%  

 

7.7

%  

 

7.0

%  

 

51.3

%

Change YTY Revenue

 

2.6

%  

 

2.8

%  

 

(3.7)

%  

 

27.3

%

Change YTY Revenue - constant currency

 

5.6

%  

 

8.2

%  

 

0.1

%  

 

31.0

%

Three Months Ended March 31, 2022

 

    

 

(Dollars in Millions)

Software

Consulting

Infrastructure

Financing

 

Revenue

$

5,772

$

4,829

$

3,219

$

154

Pre-tax Income from Continuing Operations

$

1,134

$

348

$

199

$

84

Pre-tax Margin

 

19.7

%  

 

7.2

%  

 

6.2

%  

 

54.6

%


* The first quarter 2023 pre-tax charge of approximately $0.26 billion for stranded costs related to portfolio actions is not included in the measure of segment pre-tax income, consistent with the company’s management system.


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, 2023

 

Continuing Operations

 

    

    

Acquisition-

    

Retirement-

    

Tax

    

Kyndryl-

    

 

Related

Related

Reform

Related

Operating

 

GAAP

Adjustments (1)

Adjustments (2)

Impacts

Impacts (3)

    

(Non-GAAP)

Gross Profit

$

7,509

$

148

$

$

$

$

7,658

Gross Profit Margin

 

52.7

%  

 

1.0

pts.  

 

pts.  

 

pts.  

pts.

 

53.7

%

S,G&A

$

4,853

$

(246)

$

$

$

$

4,607

Other (Income) & Expense

 

(245)

 

(2)

 

5

 

 

(242)

Total Expense & Other (Income)

 

6,451

 

(247)

 

5

 

 

6,209

Pre-tax Income from Continuing Operations

 

1,058

 

396

 

(5)

 

 

1,449

Pre-tax Income Margin from Continuing Operations

 

7.4

%  

 

2.8

pts.  

 

0.0

pts.  

 

pts.  

pts.

 

10.2

%

Provision for/(Benefit from) Income Taxes (4)

$

124

$

91

$

(10)

$

(5)

$

$

200

Effective Tax Rate

 

11.7

%  

 

3.1

pts.  

 

(0.7)

pts.  

 

(0.3)

pts.  

pts.

 

13.8

%

Income from Continuing Operations

$

934

$

305

$

5

$

5

$

$

1,249

Income Margin from Continuing Operations

 

6.6

%  

 

2.1

pts.  

 

0.0

pts.  

 

0.0

pts.  

pts.

 

8.8

%

Diluted Earnings Per Share: Continuing Operations

$

1.02

$

0.33

$

0.01

$

0.01

$

$

1.36

Three Months Ended March 31, 2022

Continuing Operations

    

    

Acquisition-

    

Retirement-

    

Tax

Kyndryl-

    

Related

Related

Reform

Related

Operating

GAAP

Adjustments (1)

Adjustments (2)

Impacts

Impacts (3)

    

(Non-GAAP)

Gross Profit

$

7,335

$

181

$

$

$

$

7,516

Gross Profit Margin

 

51.7

%  

 

1.3

pts.  

 

pts.  

 

pts.  

pts.

 

52.9

%

S,G&A

$

4,597

$

(286)

$

$

$

(0)

$

4,311

Other (Income) & Expense

 

246

 

(1)

 

(202)

 

(222)

 

(179)

Total Expense & Other (Income)

 

6,712

 

(287)

 

(202)

 

(222)

 

6,001

Pre-tax Income from Continuing Operations

 

623

 

468

 

202

 

222

 

1,515

Pre-tax Income Margin from Continuing Operations

 

4.4

%  

 

3.3

pts.  

 

1.4

pts.  

 

pts.  

1.6

pts.

 

10.7

%

Provision for/(Benefit from) Income Taxes (4)

$

(39)

$

109

$

58

$

116

$

$

244

Effective Tax Rate

 

(6.3)

%  

 

9.1

pts.  

 

4.6

pts.  

 

7.7

pts.  

0.9

pts.

 

16.1

%

Income from Continuing Operations

$

662

$

359

$

144

$

(116)

$

222

$

1,271

Income Margin from Continuing Operations

 

4.7

%  

 

2.5

pts.  

 

1.0

pts.  

 

(0.8)

pts.  

1.6

pts.

 

9.0

%

Diluted Earnings Per Share: Continuing Operations

$

0.73

$

0.39

$

0.16

$

(0.13)

$

0.24

$

1.40


(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.