International Business Machines (IBM) Price to Sales (2009 - 2026)
International Business Machines' (IBM) Price to Sales stood at 2.97 in Q3 2026, down 26.4% from 4.03 a year earlier and down 22.6% from the prior quarter.
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International Business Machines (IBM) Price to Sales (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, International Business Machines' Price to Sales came in at 4.11, up 26.7% from FY2024.
- Annual Price to Sales has increased for five straight years.
- Across earlier years, Price to Sales came in at 3.25 in FY2024 (+34.0%), 2.42 in FY2023 (+14.8%), 2.11 in FY2022 (+0.7%) and 2.10 in FY2021 (+7.5%).
- The Q3 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Price to Sales since Q2 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Price to Sales has declined for three consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 16.9% over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Price to Sales in the last five years was growth of 67.9% in Q2 2025, against a decline of 36.6% in Q3 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 3.83 (Q2 2026), 3.31 (Q1 2026) and 4.11 (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,944.62 Bn | 3,880.11 Bn | 62.56 Bn |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 231.10 Bn | 185.71 Bn | 9.71 Bn |
| 3 | Equinix | 100.11 Bn | 88.01 Bn | 1.31 Bn |
| 4 | Cloudflare | 96.02 Bn | 78.46 Bn | 557.23 Mn |
| 5 | Nebius | 31.44 Bn | 4.87 Bn | 448.70 Mn |
| 6 | Verisign | 27.82 Bn | 25.17 Bn | 393.20 Mn |
| 7 | CoreWeave | 25.57 Bn | 12.66 Bn | 1.70 Bn |
| 8 | Nutanix | 15.68 Bn | 7.37 Bn | 651.35 Mn |
| 9 | GoDaddy | 14.30 Bn | 9.69 Bn | 843.00 Mn |
| 10 | Akamai Technologies | 12.01 Bn | 5.41 Bn | 613.75 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 2.98 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.83 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.31 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.11 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.03 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.29 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.68 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.25 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.27 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.55 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.83 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.42 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.09 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.01 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.96 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.11 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.77 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.14 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.00 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.10 |
API Access
International Business Machines Price to Sales API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-sales&ticker=IBM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-sales", "ticker": "IBM", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-sales&ticker=IBM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();