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IBM's Billions
How Big Blue spends its revenue
$84billionIBM's revenue (ttm)
$100 billion
$84 billion$78 billion
Slovak RepublicIBMOman
If IBM were a country...
The S&P 500 Companies, Ranked by Revenue
IBM:
29th
$500
Billion
Not all of this falls to the bottom line.
79%
Where does IBM's revenue go?
$84
Billion
Expenses ate up $65.9 billion.$65.9 billion
Where does IBM's revenue go?
79%
4%
$84
Billion
Taxes accounted for another $3.6 billion.$3.6 billion
Where does IBM's revenue go?
79%
4%
17%
$84
Billion
Leaving net income of $14.3 billion
Where does IBM's revenue go?
79%
4%
6%
17%
$84
Billion
From this, it paid dividends totaling $4.8 billion
Where does IBM's revenue go?
79%
4%
6%
4%
17%
$84
Billion
And bought back common stock worth $3.6 billion
Where does IBM's revenue go?
79%
4%
6%
4%
7%
17%
$84
Billion
And retained the rest…
Interesting
observations3
First, IBM pays out a smaller share of its annual
earnings than many other major companies do.
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
JNJ XOM INTC AAPL WFC WMT IBM
Dividends Buybacks Retained Earnings
How 7 Companies Allocate Their Earnings (ttm)
Second, IBM enjoys wider profit margins
than the typical large cap stock.
19%
IBM's pretax
operating margin (ttm)
17%
Median pretax operating
margin of the 100 biggest
S&P 500 companies (ttm)
0%
200%
400%
600%
800%
1,000%
1,200%
1,400%
1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
IBM's
stock
S&P 500
Which, third,
helps explain…
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IBM's Billions

  • 1. IBM's Billions How Big Blue spends its revenue
  • 3. $100 billion $84 billion$78 billion Slovak RepublicIBMOman If IBM were a country...
  • 4. The S&P 500 Companies, Ranked by Revenue IBM: 29th $500 Billion
  • 5. Not all of this falls to the bottom line.
  • 6. 79% Where does IBM's revenue go? $84 Billion Expenses ate up $65.9 billion.$65.9 billion
  • 7. Where does IBM's revenue go? 79% 4% $84 Billion Taxes accounted for another $3.6 billion.$3.6 billion
  • 8. Where does IBM's revenue go? 79% 4% 17% $84 Billion Leaving net income of $14.3 billion
  • 9. Where does IBM's revenue go? 79% 4% 6% 17% $84 Billion From this, it paid dividends totaling $4.8 billion
  • 10. Where does IBM's revenue go? 79% 4% 6% 4% 17% $84 Billion And bought back common stock worth $3.6 billion
  • 11. Where does IBM's revenue go? 79% 4% 6% 4% 7% 17% $84 Billion And retained the rest…
  • 13. First, IBM pays out a smaller share of its annual earnings than many other major companies do. 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% JNJ XOM INTC AAPL WFC WMT IBM Dividends Buybacks Retained Earnings How 7 Companies Allocate Their Earnings (ttm)
  • 14. Second, IBM enjoys wider profit margins than the typical large cap stock. 19% IBM's pretax operating margin (ttm) 17% Median pretax operating margin of the 100 biggest S&P 500 companies (ttm)
  • 15. 0% 200% 400% 600% 800% 1,000% 1,200% 1,400% 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 IBM's stock S&P 500 Which, third, helps explain…
  • 16. Looking for more information like this? The Motley Fool’s mission is to help the world invest better. We’ve done this over the past 20 years by thinking long term and outside the box – even if that means turning Wall Street on its head. To receive a special free report about what The Motley Fool thinks might be the next big industry to come out of Silicon Valley, just click here now.