Discontinued — last reported Q1 '18
International Business Machines Retirement Related Income (Expense) increased by 69.2% to -$4.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 99.1%, from -$466.00M to -$4.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Retirement Related Income (Expense) shows a downward trend with a -52.5% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
Income improves net earnings, while expense reduces them, reflecting the underlying performance of pension plan assets and actuarial assumptions.
This captures the non-operating components of retirement benefit costs, such as interest costs on pension obligations, e...
Reported by companies with significant defined benefit pension obligations.
is_ibm_retirement_related_income_expense| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $328.00M | $328.00M | $283.00M | $202.00M | $192.00M | $6.06B | $92.00M | $5.00M | -$1.00M | $12.00M | $23.00M | -$96.00M | -$98.00M | -$2.80B | -$466.00M | -$23.00M | -$25.00M | -$13.00M | -$4.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | -13.7% | -28.6% | -5.0% | >999% | -98.5% | -94.6% | -120.0% | >999% | +91.7% | -517.4% | -2.1% | <-999% | +83.3% | +95.1% | -8.7% | +48.0% | +69.2% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -41.5% | >999% | -67.5% | -97.5% | -100.5% | -99.8% | -75.0% | <-999% | <-999% | <-999% | <-999% | +76.0% | +74.5% | +99.5% | +99.1% |