Systems Sales — Revenue
International Business Machines Systems Sales — Revenue decreased by 19.1% to $15.92B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 9.5%, from $14.54B to $15.92B. Over 3 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Systems Sales — Revenue shows an upward trend with a 49.9% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase suggests strong demand for the company's hardware infrastructure and successful product refresh cycles, while a decrease may indicate a shift toward cloud-based services or a decline in hardware capital expenditure by enterprise clients.
Detailed definition
This metric represents the total revenue generated from the sale of hardware infrastructure, including servers, storage...
Peer comparison
Comparable to hardware segment revenues at other large-scale enterprise technology firms, though performance is often tied to specific product launch cycles and enterprise infrastructure upgrade cadences.
ibm_segment_systems_revenueHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $14.22B | $54.25M | $13.25B | $54.25M | $16.69B | $54.25M | $14.20B | $42.00M | $15.54B | $42.00M | $14.11B | $42.00M | $16.69B | $42.00M | $14.25B | $15.48B | $14.75B | $17.38B | $14.46B | $15.77B | $14.97B | $17.55B | $14.54B | $16.98B | $16.33B | $19.69B | $15.92B |
| QoQ Change | — | -99.6% | >999% | -99.6% | >999% | -99.7% | >999% | -99.7% | >999% | -99.7% | >999% | -99.7% | >999% | -99.7% | >999% | +8.6% | -4.7% | +17.8% | -16.8% | +9.0% | -5.1% | +17.3% | -17.2% | +16.8% | -3.8% | +20.5% | -19.1% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +9.3% | -99.7% | +6.5% | -99.7% | -0.0% | -99.7% | +0.4% | -0.4% | +4.6% | +4.1% | +1.5% | +1.9% | +1.5% | +1.0% | +0.5% | +7.7% | +9.1% | +12.2% | +9.5% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is International Business Machines's systems sales — revenue?
- International Business Machines (IBM) reported systems sales — revenue of $15.92B in Q1 2026.
- How has International Business Machines's systems sales — revenue changed year-over-year?
- International Business Machines's systems sales — revenue increased by 9.5% year-over-year, from $14.54B to $15.92B.
- What is the long-term trend for International Business Machines's systems sales — revenue?
- Over 3 years (2020 to 2025), International Business Machines's systems sales — revenue has grown at a 49.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $20.07B to $67.54B.
- What does systems sales — revenue mean?
- The total revenue generated from the sale of hardware infrastructure and computing systems.