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International Business Machines (IBM) Operating Interest Expenses (2009 - 2017)

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International Business Machines (IBM) reported Operating Interest Expenses of $320 million for Q4 2017, up 12.7% from $284 million a year earlier but down 0.6% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

International Business Machines (IBM) Operating Interest Expenses (2009 - 2017) Analysis & Trends

For FY2017, International Business Machines posted Operating Interest Expenses of $1.21 billion, up 15.9% from FY2016.

  • Operating Interest Expenses has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 2.2% (FY2012 to FY2017).
  • By year, Operating Interest Expenses came in at $1.04 billion in FY2016 (+3.3%), $1.01 billion in FY2015 (-2.8%), $1.04 billion in FY2014 (-6.3%) and $1.11 billion in FY2013 (+2.1%).
  • Five-year quarterly Operating Interest Expenses spans a low of $230 million in Q2 2014 and a high of $322 million in Q3 2017.
  • Year over year, Operating Interest Expenses has now increased in each of the last six quarters, with growth averaging 9.7% over the last eight quarters.
  • The high point for year-over-year Operating Interest Expenses in five years was Q3 2017 (growth of 24.3%); the low point was Q1 2015 (a decline of 15.5%).
  • Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q4 2017 came in at $322 million (Q3 2017), $289 million (Q2 2017) and $279 million (Q1 2017).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Op. Interest Exp. (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 3,843.70 Bn 3,766.85 Bn 60.48 Bn -
2 International Business Machines 209.74 Bn 160.64 Bn 9.91 Bn -
3 Cloudflare 112.41 Bn 95.94 Bn 499.52 Mn -
4 Equinix 101.21 Bn 89.76 Bn 1.40 Bn -
5 Nebius 61.44 Bn 34.87 Bn 448.70 Mn -
6 CoreWeave 49.38 Bn 36.47 Bn 1.70 Bn -
7 Verisign 26.06 Bn 23.28 Bn 384.60 Mn -
8 Nutanix 19.56 Bn 11.24 Bn 651.35 Mn -
9 Akamai Technologies 15.64 Bn 9.05 Bn 613.75 Mn -
10 DigitalOcean Holdings 14.71 Bn 12.71 Bn 154.66 Mn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2017 320.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 322.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 289.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 279.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 284.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 259.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 263.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 238.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 278.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 233.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 266.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 235.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 275.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 257.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 230.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 278.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 305.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 268.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 264.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 273.00 Mn
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