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International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM)

Balance Sheet: Assets
Quarterly Data

The balance sheet provides creditors, investors, and analysts with information on company resources (assets) and its sources of capital (its equity and liabilities). It normally also provides information about the future earnings capacity of a company assets as well as an indication of cash flows that may come from receivables and inventories.

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Assets: Selected Items

Current Assets: Selected Items

International Business Machines Corp., consolidated balance sheet: assets (quarterly data)

US$ in millions

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Jun 30, 2026 Mar 31, 2026 Dec 31, 2025 Sep 30, 2025 Jun 30, 2025 Mar 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021
Cash and cash equivalents 7,172 10,819 13,587 11,569 11,943 11,035 13,947 13,197 12,210 14,603 13,068 7,257 9,394 9,337 7,886 7,816 7,034 9,934 6,650 7,455 7,350 10,531
Restricted cash 45 45 54 30 83 126 214 17 2,268 162 21 19 31 198 103 159 220 286 307 352 215 142
Marketable securities 960 964 830 3,286 3,504 6,430 644 505 1,481 4,512 373 3,721 6,904 8,057 852 1,753 524 550 600 600 600 600
Notes and accounts receivable, trade, net of allowances 6,044 6,493 8,112 5,532 5,974 5,857 6,804 5,390 5,769 6,041 7,214 5,330 5,673 5,757 6,541 5,526 5,867 5,963 6,754 6,609 6,827 6,458
Short-term financing receivables, held for investment, net of allowances 5,782 5,767 7,344 5,156 5,586 5,128 6,259 5,256 5,075 4,877 6,102 5,032 5,564 6,057 6,851 6,280 6,619 6,759 7,221 7,161 8,194 8,822
Short-term financing receivables, held for sale 874 743 1,131 745 746 588 900 509 723 644 692 593 865 605 939 395 614 410 793 — — —
Other accounts receivable, net of allowances 1,348 1,242 1,052 1,174 1,187 897 947 928 757 760 640 842 838 812 817 902 909 1,003 1,002 899 802 787
Finished goods 320 268 230 314 188 203 134 169 141 131 78 160 174 199 158 209 184 269 208 287 213 234
Work in process and raw materials 1,426 1,208 990 1,083 1,063 1,228 1,155 1,198 1,093 1,081 1,083 1,239 1,327 1,404 1,394 1,585 1,500 1,507 1,441 1,604 1,594 1,594
Inventory, at lower of average cost or net realizable value 1,746 1,476 1,220 1,397 1,251 1,431 1,289 1,367 1,234 1,212 1,161 1,399 1,501 1,603 1,552 1,794 1,684 1,776 1,649 1,891 1,807 1,828
Deferred costs 1,238 1,157 1,084 1,113 1,182 1,074 959 966 997 1,047 998 931 957 1,055 967 921 1,010 1,103 1,097 2,046 2,211 2,223
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 3,189 3,208 2,530 2,738 2,797 2,770 2,519 2,408 2,785 2,805 2,639 2,581 2,731 2,501 2,610 3,453 3,415 3,546 3,466 2,954 2,768 2,647
Current assets 28,398 31,914 36,944 32,740 34,253 35,336 34,482 30,543 33,299 36,663 32,908 27,705 34,458 35,982 29,118 28,999 27,896 31,330 29,539 29,967 30,774 34,038
Property, plant and equipment 17,603 17,765 17,874 18,058 18,160 17,827 17,690 17,994 17,911 18,071 18,122 18,217 18,588 18,761 18,695 18,675 19,079 20,007 20,084 32,349 32,575 32,269
Accumulated depreciation (11,867) (11,984) (11,975) (12,207) (12,217) (12,085) (11,959) (12,380) (12,311) (12,477) (12,621) (12,848) (13,145) (13,417) (13,361) (13,525) (13,804) (14,448) (14,390) (23,211) (23,152) (22,817)
Property, plant and equipment, net 5,736 5,781 5,899 5,851 5,943 5,742 5,731 5,614 5,600 5,594 5,501 5,369 5,443 5,344 5,334 5,150 5,275 5,559 5,694 9,138 9,423 9,452
Operating right-of-use assets, net 3,068 3,219 3,129 3,223 3,315 3,323 3,197 3,355 3,130 3,204 3,220 3,112 2,653 2,789 2,878 2,740 2,848 3,108 3,222 4,253 4,387 4,483
Long-term financing receivables, net of allowances 7,126 7,014 7,708 6,258 6,171 4,920 5,353 4,931 5,483 4,927 5,766 4,789 5,221 5,065 5,806 4,781 5,316 4,610 5,425 5,046 5,674 5,922
Prepaid pension assets 7,645 7,578 7,544 8,044 7,983 7,670 7,492 7,975 7,630 7,545 7,506 8,901 8,735 8,487 8,236 9,695 9,930 9,995 9,850 8,197 8,046 7,800
Deferred costs 835 831 825 768 795 769 788 788 820 810 842 822 897 846 866 818 865 916 924 2,248 2,362 2,336
Deferred taxes 8,709 8,552 8,610 8,505 8,475 7,594 6,978 6,943 6,378 6,465 6,656 6,168 6,340 6,419 6,256 6,868 7,073 7,567 7,370 8,967 8,954 8,953
Goodwill 74,599 74,709 67,717 67,396 67,506 66,065 60,706 61,092 59,416 59,534 60,178 59,596 56,385 56,193 55,949 54,218 55,039 56,106 55,643 61,378 61,645 59,984
Intangible assets, net 13,955 14,624 11,391 11,729 12,253 12,392 10,660 11,090 10,251 10,750 11,036 11,278 10,496 10,905 11,184 10,967 11,571 12,312 12,511 13,025 13,539 13,535
Investments and sundry assets 2,028 2,007 2,113 1,798 1,891 1,856 1,788 2,008 1,841 1,677 1,628 1,581 1,585 1,607 1,616 1,614 1,690 1,772 1,823 1,995 2,010 2,126
Noncurrent assets 123,701 124,315 114,936 113,572 114,332 110,331 102,693 103,796 100,549 100,506 102,333 101,616 97,755 97,655 98,125 96,851 99,607 101,945 102,462 114,247 116,040 114,591
Total assets 152,099 156,229 151,880 146,312 148,585 145,667 137,175 134,339 133,848 137,169 135,241 129,321 132,213 133,637 127,243 125,850 127,503 133,275 132,001 144,214 146,814 148,629

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31).


The total asset base exhibits a cyclical trend, characterized by an initial contraction followed by a period of sustained growth. Total assets declined from 148.6 billion USD in March 2021 to a low of 125.8 billion USD by September 2022, before recovering to reach 152.1 billion USD by June 2026. This trajectory suggests a strategic realignment of the balance sheet, transitioning from a period of asset reduction to one of expansion.

Liquidity and Current Asset Management
Cash and cash equivalents demonstrate significant quarterly volatility, fluctuating between a low of 6.6 billion USD in December 2021 and a high of 14.6 billion USD in March 2024. A parallel volatility is observed in marketable securities, which peaked at 8.0 billion USD in March 2023 before dropping sharply to 373 million USD by December 2023, indicating active treasury management or the deployment of liquid reserves for strategic investments.
Current assets generally remained within a range of 27.7 billion USD to 36.6 billion USD. Trade receivables and financing receivables showed relative stability, although short-term financing receivables held for investment trended slightly downward from 8.8 billion USD in March 2021 to approximately 5.7 billion USD by June 2026.
Fixed Asset Structural Shift
A significant structural adjustment occurred in the fourth quarter of 2021. Property, plant, and equipment (net) dropped precipitously from 9.1 billion USD in September 2021 to 5.6 billion USD in December 2021. This was accompanied by a simultaneous reduction in accumulated depreciation from 23.2 billion USD to 14.3 billion USD, suggesting a major divestiture or a significant reclassification of fixed assets. Following this event, net PP&E remained stable, fluctuating minimally between 5.2 billion USD and 5.9 billion USD through June 2026.
Intangible Assets and Long-Term Growth
Goodwill represents the most substantial component of the noncurrent asset portfolio and serves as the primary driver of total asset growth in the latter half of the period. After maintaining a range of 54 billion USD to 60 billion USD between 2021 and 2023, goodwill increased sharply to 74.7 billion USD by March 2026, pointing to an aggressive acquisition strategy.
Net intangible assets followed a generally downward trajectory from 13.5 billion USD in March 2021 to roughly 10.2 billion USD in June 2024, before spiking to 14.6 billion USD in March 2026. This suggests that while older intangible assets were amortized, new acquisitions in early 2026 added significant value to this category.
Other Noncurrent Asset Trends
Deferred tax assets showed a gradual increase from a low of 6.2 billion USD in December 2022 to 8.7 billion USD by June 2026. Prepaid pension assets remained relatively stable, oscillating between 7.4 billion USD and 9.9 billion USD throughout the analyzed timeframe.

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