International Business Machines Corp. EBITDA 2011-2026 | IBM

Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA), is an often used measure of a company's profitability. Financial analysts use EBITDA for a number of purposes including calculating simple valuations of a firm, estimating cash flows, and assessing debt servicing capability. The uses for EBITDA in financial analysis are numerous, but in practice should be more restrained. While EBITDA has some useful applications, it should be used with caution, as the problems with EBITDA are abundant and can lead to a number of misguided conclusions.^[1]

EBITDA is an important indicator for investors and analysts because it allows them to evaluate a company's operating profit without considering the impact of financial expenses, taxes, or non-cash depreciation and amortization. It provides better comparability between companies in different industries or with different tax conditions.

EBITDA is often used to assess a company's ability to generate cash flow and repay debts. It can also serve as a measure of a company's operational efficiency, as it shows how profitable the core business is, regardless of external factors such as interest or taxes.

However, it is important to note that EBITDA is not an official financial statement measure and can be defined and calculated differently by companies. Therefore, investors and analysts should exercise caution when using EBITDA as an evaluation tool and combine it with other financial metrics and information to get a more complete picture of a company's financial condition.

Annual EBITDA International Business Machines Corp.

2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
2.28 B	2.17 B	2.11 B	2.41 B	3.89 B	4.23 B	11.4 B	13.7 B	12.4 B	13.7 B	16.2 B	19.2 B	20.1 B	21.9 B	20.6 B

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from annual reports

Maximum	Minimum	Average
21.9 B	2.11 B	11.1 B

Quarterly EBITDA International Business Machines Corp.

2026-Q1	2025-Q3	2025-Q2	2025-Q1	2024-Q3	2024-Q2	2024-Q1	2023-Q3	2023-Q2	2023-Q1	2022-Q4	2022-Q3	2022-Q2	2022-Q1	2021-Q4	2021-Q3	2021-Q2	2021-Q1	2020-Q4	2020-Q3	2020-Q2	2020-Q1	2019-Q4	2019-Q3	2019-Q2	2019-Q1	2018-Q4	2018-Q3	2018-Q2	2018-Q1	2017-Q4	2017-Q3	2017-Q2	2017-Q1	2016-Q4	2016-Q3	2016-Q2	2016-Q1	2015-Q4	2015-Q3	2015-Q2	2015-Q1	2014-Q4	2014-Q3	2014-Q2	2014-Q1	2013-Q4	2013-Q3	2013-Q2	2013-Q1	2012-Q4	2012-Q3	2012-Q2	2012-Q1	2011-Q4	2011-Q3	2011-Q2	2011-Q1
555 M	-	-	536 M	-	-	533 M	-	-	527 M	-	1.84 B	-	631 M	-	3.14 B	-	1.05 B	-	3.14 B	2.07 B	1.01 B	-	3.19 B	2.13 B	1.14 B	-	2.34 B	1.55 B	774 M	-	2.23 B	1.44 B	709 M	-	2.11 B	1.38 B	677 M	-	1.98 B	1.34 B	670 M	-	2.43 B	1.63 B	802 M	-	2.46 B	1.63 B	822 M	-	2.57 B	1.71 B	847 M	-	2.7 B	1.82 B	918 M

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from quarterly reporting

Maximum	Minimum	Average
3.19 B	527 M	1.55 B

References

Brockman, C. M., & Russell, J. W. (2012). EBITDA: use it... or lose it?. International Journal of Business, Accounting and Finance, 6(2), 84-93.

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FireEye, Inc. FEYE	-32.3 M	-	-3.41 %	$ 4.13 B	USA
Powerbridge Technologies Co., Ltd. PBTS	-77.3 M	-	2.4 %	$ 115 M	China
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited KC	-476 M	-	-	$ 59.8 B	China
BlackBerry Limited BB	66.1 M	$ 5.65	0.89 %	$ 3.35 B	Canada
Cadence Design Systems CDNS	1.21 B	$ 351.12	-0.71 %	$ 95.2 B	USA
Sapiens International Corporation N.V. SPNS	90.2 M	-	-	$ 2.43 B	Curacao
Lightspeed POS LSPD	-130 M	$ 9.43	0.32 %	$ 1.63 B	Canada
Adobe ADBE	9.52 B	$ 251.63	-1.56 %	$ 107 B	USA
Materialise NV MTLS	12.2 M	$ 5.68	0.62 %	$ 392 K	Belgium
Net Element, Inc. NETE	-1.46 M	-	8.63 %	$ 83.8 M	USA
NetScout Systems NTCT	-304 M	$ 35.14	-1.76 %	$ 2.52 B	USA
ANSYS ANSS	861 M	-	-	$ 32.7 B	USA
Cerence CRNC	8.26 M	$ 9.97	1.12 %	$ 431 M	USA
Avaya Holdings Corp. AVYA	-1.47 B	-	-	$ 3.47 M	USA
Auddia AUUD	-6.14 M	$ 1.66	-2.35 %	$ 2.28 M	USA
Altair Engineering ALTR	59.8 M	-	-	$ 9.4 B	USA
Avalara AVLR	-80.4 M	-	-	$ 8.28 B	USA
Alteryx AYX	-142 M	-	-	$ 3.42 B	USA
Aspen Technology AZPN	403 M	-	-	$ 16.8 B	USA
Bandwidth BAND	21.3 M	$ 47.16	-0.36 %	$ 1.41 B	USA
Proofpoint, Inc. PFPT	769 K	-	-	$ 10.1 B	USA
American Software AMSWA	8.55 M	-	-2.14 %	$ 369 M	USA
Agora API	-7.4 M	$ 3.95	1.54 %	$ 1.45 B	China
Brightcove BCOV	-5.1 M	-	-	$ 192 K	USA
Dropbox DBX	821 M	$ 24.61	-3.15 %	$ 6.6 B	USA
SAP SE SAP	4.66 B	$ 174.69	1.33 %	$ 160 B	Germany
Black Knight BKI	648 M	-	-0.02 %	$ 11.7 B	USA
Zix Corporation ZIXI	36.9 M	-	0.12 %	$ 482 M	USA
Smith Micro Software SMSI	-23.6 M	$ 0.91	2.33 %	$ 18.8 M	USA
Benefitfocus BNFT	17.4 M	-	-	$ 362 M	USA
Snowflake SNOW	-1.21 B	$ 138.5	-2.19 %	$ 46.7 B	USA
Synopsys SNPS	1.52 B	$ 501.64	-0.17 %	$ 76.3 B	USA
Digital Turbine APPS	28.8 M	$ 3.93	1.11 %	$ 408 M	USA
Borqs Technologies BRQS	-2.74 M	-	-23.51 %	$ 9.87 M	China
SOS Limited SOS	-37.9 M	$ 1.15	-	$ 524 M	China
Calix CALX	38.7 M	$ 43.86	-4.28 %	$ 2.9 B	USA
SS&C Technologies Holdings SSNC	2.02 B	$ 69.04	-0.35 %	$ 17 B	USA
Ceridian HCM Holding CDAY	290 M	-	-	$ 10.6 B	USA
CDK Global CDK	524 M	-	0.06 %	$ 6.34 B	USA
Taoping TAOP	398 K	$ 1.33	-0.37 %	$ 8.49 M	China
CyberArk Software Ltd. CYBR	-30.8 M	-	-	$ 18.1 B	Israel
Globant S.A. GLOB	144 M	$ 39.28	-2.02 %	$ 7.32 B	Luxembourg
Ebix EBIX	139 M	-	-30.99 %	$ 36.3 M	USA
Coupa Software Incorporated COUP	-94.4 M	-	-	$ 6.12 B	USA
GreenSky GSKY	48.9 M	-	1.59 %	$ 1.88 B	USA
Creative Realities CREX	-8.52 M	$ 3.95	0.25 %	$ 41.5 M	USA