IBM reported 3Q20 earnings last week that were largely in line with expectations and consistent with trends over the past few quarters. The report came on the heels of a major announcement from the company that it will be spinning a big piece of its slow-growing business to increase concertation on its cloud and artificial […]
IBM reported modestly better than expected earnings against lowered, pandemic-impacted expectations. Revenue and EPS both fell year-over-year as growth in cloud-related business lines (including Red Hat) could not overcome secular decline in legacy software and hardware business and cyclical impacts from the pandemic. Importantly, we continue to see green shoots in IBM’s transition toward cloud […]
Northlake’s investment thesis on IBM centers upon the gradual transition to faster revenue growth as cloud services become a greater part of IBM’s revenue mix. Prior to the COVID crisis, we got an unexpected boost from a CEO transition that elevated the head of company’s cloud efforts. The economic shutdown clearly will impact IBM as […]
IBM’s 4Q19 earnings report was a big step in the right direction for Northlake’s bullish thesis on IBM shares. As a reminder, we see the potential for an expansion in the company’s depressed P-E multiple if the company can return to modest revenue growth due to improvement in the company’s growth businesses – hybrid cloud, […]
Northlake has been monitoring IBM for some time in anticipation of an inflection point in the company’s revenue growth and margin profile. We purchased the shares last quarter thinking that the 3Q19 and 2H19 would provide the inflection and lead to a higher P-E multiple for the shares. At our entry point and currently IBM […]
When Northlake began in 2004, our strategy was to combine investments in broad market indices, thematic market indices, and individual stocks with adjustments for individual clients based upon their unique goals objectives and tolerance for risk. This strategy remains in place today with a slight modification to the approach for individual stocks. Back at the […]
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