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IBM shares slide after profit warning and Q2 sales outlook cut
IBM projected second-quarter sales of $17.2 billion and non-GAAP earnings of $2.93 per share, both below Wall Street expectations.
IBM’s stock was under pressure after the company delivered a shock profit warning, sending shares down 25% on Tuesday, its worst day since 1961, according to Yahoo Finance.
The outlook implies second-quarter sales of $17.2 billion versus analyst estimates of $17.85 billion. Non-GAAP earnings are expected at $2.93 per share compared with $3.02 expected, Yahoo Finance said.
IBM attributed the weaker results to factors including a shortfall in Z performance affecting associated software, and clients shifting capex toward servers, storage, and memory purchases amid supply constraints before expected price increases.
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna also pointed to industry-wide cybersecurity distractions in the quarter, while Goldman Sachs analyst James Schneider linked the mainframe shortfall to client demand reprioritizing toward near-term hardware purchases given surging memory and component prices, which weighed on transaction processing tied to new mainframe purchases.