Thursday, January 24, 2013

IBM Rises 4%: Q4 Revenue, EPS Beat; Year EPS View Beats

International Business Machines (IBM) this afternoon reported Q4 revenue and earnings per share that topped analysts’ estimates.

Revenue in the three months ended in December rose to $29.3 billion, yielding EPS of $5.39.

Analysts had been modeling $29.1 billion and $5.25 a share.

Revenue from the Americas region was flat with the year-earlier quarter, excluding currency effects, the company said, while Europe, Middle East and Africa revenue fell 5%. Revenue from Asia-Pacific rose 4%.

For this year, the company projects earnings per share, excluding some costs, of “at least” $16.70. that is ahead of the Street consensus of $16.64 per share.

IBM will host a conference call with analysts at 4:30 pm, Eastern time, and you can catch the webcast of it here.

IBM stock is up $7.42, or almost 4%, at $203.50 in late trading.

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