International Business Machines IBM Interest coverage
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Where this comes from
Calculated from International Business Machines’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: International Business Machines’s 10-Q, filed April 23, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is International Business Machines's interest coverage?
- International Business Machines (IBM) reported interest coverage of 6.4× in Q1 2026.
- How has International Business Machines's interest coverage changed year-over-year?
- International Business Machines's interest coverage increased by 45.9% year-over-year, from 4.4× to 6.4×.
- What is the long-term trend for International Business Machines's interest coverage?
- Over 3 years (2022 to 2025), International Business Machines's interest coverage has grown at a 12.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 15× to 21.2×.
- What does interest coverage mean?
- How many times the company's operating profit covers its interest bill.
- How do you interpret interest coverage?
- Higher is safer; below ~2× is a warning that earnings provide little cushion against the debt burden. Debt-free companies have no interest expense and the ratio is left blank.
- How does interest coverage compare across companies?
- Comparable across leveraged non-financials; less relevant for net-cash companies with negligible interest.