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奥本海默公司称,IBM第一季度业绩有望超出预期

-- 奥本海默周四在一份报告中指出,受软件业务强劲增长以及提前完成对Confluent的收购的提振,IBM(IBM)第一季度业绩可能超出华尔街预期,并上调营收预期。 该券商将IBM第一季度营收预期从156亿美元上调至157亿美元,并将每股收益预期从1.77美元下调至1.70美元。 报告称,IBM软件业务在企业许可协议续签时价格上涨。开放式混合云技术公司Red Hat的合同价值在续签时上涨了10%至15%。 包括Param Singh在内的奥本海默分析师预计,IBM将全年营收预期上调一个百分点,按固定汇率计算增长超过6%,这得益于提前完成对Confluent的收购。 IBM于今年3月完成了对数据流平台Confluent的收购。 IBM首席执行官辛格表示,受工程许可协议(ELA)价格上涨和合同规模扩大的推动,IBM的软件产品组合(不包括Confluent、HashiCorp和Red Hat)预计在2026年增长7%。 报告指出,IBM的咨询业务预计在2026年增长2.1%(不计汇率波动),而其咨询竞争对手埃森哲(ACN)近期给出的全年营收增长预期为3%至5%。IBM可能面临美国国土安全部自2月14日起停摆带来的压力。 此次停摆是由于国会与唐纳德·特朗普总统在移民和海关改革问题上陷入僵局所致。 奥本海默将IBM股票的目标价从380美元下调至320美元,理由是“近期市场估值倍数有所下降”。该券商维持了对IBM的“跑赢大盘”评级。

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