TTM
15.6%
YoY change
+6.09pp
Trough year (1993)
-12.7%
Peak year (2013)
16.8%
Latest annual
15.7%
Net Profit Margin history chart for IBM (IBM) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 15.7%
Net Profit Margin change chart for IBM (IBM) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: +6.09pp
Net Profit Margin history table for IBM (IBM) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 15.7% | +6.09pp | ||
| 2024 | 9.6% | -2.53pp | ||
| 2023 | 12.1% | +9.42pp | ||
| 2022 | 2.7% | -7.30pp | ||
| 2021 | 10.0% | -0.12pp | ||
| 2020 | 10.1% | -6.21pp | ||
| 2019 | 16.3% | +5.37pp | ||
| 2018 | 11.0% | +3.70pp | ||
| 2017 | 7.3% | -7.59pp | ||
| 2016 | 14.9% | -1.28pp | ||
| 2015 | 16.1% | +3.18pp | ||
| 2014 | 13.0% | -3.80pp | ||
| 2013 | 16.8% | +0.62pp | ||
| 2012 | 16.1% | +1.31pp | ||
| 2011 | 14.8% | -0.02pp | ||
| 2010 | 14.9% | +0.83pp | ||
| 2009 | 14.0% | +2.12pp | ||
| 2008 | 11.9% | +1.36pp | ||
| 2007 | 10.5% | +0.16pp | ||
| 2006 | 10.4% | +1.68pp | ||
| 2005 | 8.7% | +0.94pp | ||
| 2004 | 7.8% | +0.41pp | ||
| 2003 | 7.4% | +2.95pp | ||
| 2002 | 4.4% | -4.89pp | ||
| 2001 | 9.3% | +0.14pp | ||
| 2000 | 9.2% | +0.35pp | ||
| 1999 | 8.8% | +1.06pp | ||
| 1998 | 7.7% | -0.01pp | ||
| 1997 | 7.8% | +0.37pp | ||
| 1996 | 7.4% | +1.59pp | ||
| 1995 | 5.8% | +0.99pp | ||
| 1994 | 4.8% | +17.56pp | ||
| 1993 | -12.7% | -2.10pp | ||
| 1992 | -10.6% | -9.77pp | ||
| 1991 | -0.9% | -9.59pp | ||
| 1990 | 8.7% | +2.73pp | ||
| 1989 | 6.0% | -3.21pp | ||
| 1988 | 9.2% | -0.50pp | ||
| 1987 | 9.7% | +0.35pp | ||
| 1986 | 9.3% | -3.75pp | ||
| 1985 | 13.1% | — |
- 202515.7%+6.09pp
- 20249.6%-2.53pp
- 202312.1%+9.42pp
- 20222.7%-7.30pp
- 202110.0%-0.12pp
- 202010.1%-6.21pp
- 201916.3%+5.37pp
- 201811.0%+3.70pp
- 20177.3%-7.59pp
- 201614.9%-1.28pp
- 201516.1%+3.18pp
- 201413.0%-3.80pp
- 201316.8%+0.62pp
- 201216.1%+1.31pp
- 201114.8%-0.02pp
- 201014.9%+0.83pp
- 200914.0%+2.12pp
- 200811.9%+1.36pp
- 200710.5%+0.16pp
- 200610.4%+1.68pp
- 20058.7%+0.94pp
- 20047.8%+0.41pp
- 20037.4%+2.95pp
- 20024.4%-4.89pp
- 20019.3%+0.14pp
- 20009.2%+0.35pp
- 19998.8%+1.06pp
- 19987.7%-0.01pp
- 19977.8%+0.37pp
- 19967.4%+1.59pp
- 19955.8%+0.99pp
- 19944.8%+17.56pp
- 1993-12.7%-2.10pp
- 1992-10.6%-9.77pp
- 1991-0.9%-9.59pp
- 19908.7%+2.73pp
- 19896.0%-3.21pp
- 19889.2%-0.50pp
- 19879.7%+0.35pp
- 19869.3%-3.75pp
- 198513.1%—
Net Profit Margin values are taken from IBM's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Net Profit Margin at IBM (IBM)
According to IBM's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is 15.6%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
As of the 2025 fiscal year, IBM (IBM) reported net margin of 15.69% – expanded 6.1 percentage points year-over-year.
16.76% stands as the all-time-high annual net margin, posted in 2013, against a low of -12.74% during 1993.
IBM Net Profit Margin by Year
IBM Net Profit Margin 2025: 15.7%
2025's net margin for IBM came in at 15.69%, expanded 6.1 percentage points from 2024.
IBM Net Profit Margin 2024: 9.6%
IBM posted net margin of 9.60% in 2024, contracted 2.5 percentage points from 2023.
IBM Net Profit Margin 2023: 12.1%
In 2023, IBM reported net margin of 12.13%, expanded 9.4 percentage points from 2022.
IBM Net Profit Margin 2022: 2.7%
IBM net margin in 2022 was 2.71%, contracted 7.3 percentage points from 2021.
IBM Net Profit Margin 2021: 10.0%
IBM net margin in 2021 was 10.01%.
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