Growth Metrics

International Business Machines (IBM) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

International Business Machines has reported Return on Sales over the past 18 years, most recently at 0.0% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales changed 0.0% to 0.0% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.0% through Mar 2026, changed 0.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.0% for FY2025, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.0% for Q1 2026 at International Business Machines, down from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Sales peaked at 0.01% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 0.01% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.0% (2025), against an average of 0.0%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: dropped -4bps in 2022 and later increased 1bps in 2023.
  • Tracing IBM's Return on Sales over 5 years: stood at 0.01% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 102bps to 0.0% in 2023, then tumbled by -529bps to 0.0% in 2024, then soared by 244bps to 0.0% in 2025, then crashed by -70bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods came in at 0.0%, 0.0%, and 0.0% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.