Which Tech Titan Stocks had the Strongest Earnings this Week? Apple, Google, Microsoft, IBM or Netflix?

January 27, 2013

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International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM): Current Price $204.97

Fiscal Year	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Revenue ($) in millions	103,630	95,760	99,870	106,920	104,510
Diluted EPS ($)	8.89	10.01	11.52	13.06	14.37

IBM’s growth in revenues have not been able to keep pace with the splendid growth in its EPS, which has improved every year from 2009 onward.

Next, our CHEAT SHEET investing framework asks us to drill down to the recent quarterly data:

Quarter	Dec. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Revenue ($) in millions	29,490	24,670	25,780	24,750	29,300
Diluted EPS ($)	4.56	2.61	3.34	3.33	5.13

In the last quarter IBM certainly hit the ball out of the park – revenue up 18% and EPS better by 54%. Watch out for this stock…

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