{"id":462749,"date":"2010-03-23T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"e2249889-c78b-43e3-9643-b1d7d4aa587b:411592"},"modified":"2010-03-23T10:36:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T14:36:00","slug":"ibm-works-best-as-long-term-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/462749","title":{"rendered":"IBM works best as long-term investment"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a long-term stock, IBM Corp.<\/a> is still one of the best picks for investors. Near term, it may not be the best bet, says a new report from RBC Capital Markets. <\/p>\n

"We believe that prospects for an improving economy and an improving IT sector suggest that investors seek outperformance in higher-beta opportunities in the near term," said analyst Amit Daryanani in a note to clients.  <\/p>\n

"The need for a conservative investment, such as IBM, works best when the demand is highest for such an investment \u2013 this is during periods of market dislocations." <\/p>\n

With almost 80% of its business in services and software, IBM has the best mix of technology businesses in the enterprise sector, the analyst said. Notably, 50% of the company's revenues and 62% of its profits are earned on a recurring basis.  <\/p>\n

As a result, IBM\u2019s margins held up relatively well versus those of its peer group during the financial crisis, not to mention the tech bust earlier last decade. <\/p>\n

However, based on expectations for a significant rebound in IT spending in 2010,
\nMr. Daryanani thinks hardware-centric names like Hewlett-Packard Co., EMC Corp. and Dell Inc., with
\ngreater early cycle exposure and a higher degree of earnings leverage
\nshould outperform IBM in the near term. <\/p>\n

He initiated coverage on IBM with a Sector Perform rating and $150 price target. <\/p>\n

"We believe that IBM's current valuation represents a fair price for investors with a long-term perspective," he wrote. <\/p>\n

David Pett<\/a>
  <\/p>\n

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As a long-term stock, IBM Corp. is still one of the best picks for investors. Near term, it may not be the best bet, says a new report from RBC Capital Markets. "We believe that prospects for an improving economy and an improving IT sector suggest that investors seek outperformance in higher-beta opportunities in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4060,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-462749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}