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International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM)

Analysis of Short-term (Operating) Activity Ratios
Quarterly Data

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Short-term Activity Ratios (Summary)

International Business Machines Corp., short-term (operating) activity ratios (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
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 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Turnover Ratios
Inventory turnover 21.10 19.90 22.19 22.72 23.74 19.66 18.29 17.30 17.94 15.59 16.30 14.96 15.68 15.08 17.43 18.90 20.69
Receivables turnover 9.22 11.61 10.81 10.27 8.57 11.48 10.67 10.52 9.25 10.95 10.17 9.79 8.49 9.23 9.57 10.72 10.32
Payables turnover 6.75 8.31 7.54 7.67 6.67 8.23 7.36 7.44 6.87 7.35 7.40 7.69 6.54 6.71 7.47 8.35 7.75
Working capital turnover 46.83 37.03 17.08 14.55 31.12 12.14
Average No. Days
Average inventory processing period 17 18 16 16 15 19 20 21 20 23 22 24 23 24 21 19 18
Add: Average receivable collection period 40 31 34 36 43 32 34 35 39 33 36 37 43 40 38 34 35
Operating cycle 57 49 50 52 58 51 54 56 59 56 58 61 66 64 59 53 53
Less: Average payables payment period 54 44 48 48 55 44 50 49 53 50 49 47 56 54 49 44 47
Cash conversion cycle 3 5 2 4 3 7 4 7 6 6 9 14 10 10 10 9 6

Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Inventory turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by inventory. International Business Machines Corp. inventory turnover ratio deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then improved from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 not reaching Q2 2024 level.
Receivables turnover An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. International Business Machines Corp. receivables turnover ratio improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024.
Payables turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. International Business Machines Corp. payables turnover ratio increased from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then decreased significantly from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024.
Working capital turnover An activity ratio calculated as revenue divided by working capital. International Business Machines Corp. working capital turnover ratio improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 and from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024.

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average inventory processing period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by inventory turnover over the period.
Average receivable collection period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by receivables turnover. International Business Machines Corp. number of days of receivables outstanding improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024.
Operating cycle Equal to average inventory processing period plus average receivables collection period. International Business Machines Corp. operating cycle improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024.
Average payables payment period An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period. International Business Machines Corp. number of days of payables outstanding decreased from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then increased from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 exceeding Q2 2024 level.
Cash conversion cycle A financial metric that measures the length of time required for a company to convert cash invested in its operations to cash received as a result of its operations; equal to average inventory processing period plus average receivables collection period minus average payables payment period. International Business Machines Corp. cash conversion cycle deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then improved from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 not reaching Q2 2024 level.

Inventory Turnover

International Business Machines Corp., inventory turnover calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
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 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Cost 7,114 6,548 6,820 6,720 7,114 6,729 6,974 6,743 7,059 6,677 7,245 6,862 7,193 6,145 6,366 6,160 9,843 9,130 9,423 9,649
Inventory, at lower of average cost or net realizable value 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 1,839 1,949 1,869 1,786
Short-term Activity Ratio
Inventory turnover1 21.10 19.90 22.19 22.72 23.74 19.66 18.29 17.30 17.94 15.59 16.30 14.96 15.68 15.08 17.43 18.90 20.69
Benchmarks
Inventory Turnover, Competitors2
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 2.51 1.81 2.79 2.35 2.39 2.59 2.88 3.12 2.90 3.04 3.17 2.91 2.65 3.06 3.50 4.11 4.02
Microsoft Corp. 59.48 54.62 42.63 22.24 26.35 22.77 21.81 15.10 16.74 18.27 19.09 16.09 19.81 22.53 25.21 17.25 24.32 26.86 23.78 16.56
Synopsys Inc. 3.44 3.12 3.23 3.18 3.75 4.15 4.43 4.94 5.02 4.62 4.45 4.28 3.76 3.53 3.65 3.51 4.13 4.71 4.49 5.09

Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).

1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Inventory turnover = (CostQ4 2024 + CostQ3 2024 + CostQ2 2024 + CostQ1 2024) ÷ Inventory, at lower of average cost or net realizable value
= (7,114 + 6,548 + 6,820 + 6,720) ÷ 1,289 = 21.10

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Inventory turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by inventory. International Business Machines Corp. inventory turnover ratio deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then improved from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 not reaching Q2 2024 level.

Receivables Turnover

International Business Machines Corp., receivables turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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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 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Revenue 17,553 14,968 15,770 14,462 17,381 14,752 15,475 14,252 16,691 14,107 15,535 14,197 16,694 13,251 14,218 13,187 20,366 17,560 18,123 17,571
Notes and accounts receivable, trade, net of allowances 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 7,132 6,099 6,543 6,927
Short-term Activity Ratio
Receivables turnover1 9.22 11.61 10.81 10.27 8.57 11.48 10.67 10.52 9.25 10.95 10.17 9.79 8.49 9.23 9.57 10.72 10.32
Benchmarks
Receivables Turnover, Competitors2
Adobe Inc. 10.38 11.62 12.67 9.69 8.73 10.20 10.94 9.99 8.53 9.98 10.51 9.58 8.41 9.77 9.74 9.00 9.20 9.44 8.82 8.40
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 6.82 7.76 7.37 10.46 8.36 9.19 8.62 7.54 7.32 8.78 8.38 8.72 8.85 9.09 7.41 7.21 7.93
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 3.58 5.07 4.90 5.30 3.58 4.19 4.38 4.43 3.94 4.54 4.27 4.73 3.66 4.41 4.38 3.91 2.92
Intuit Inc. 35.63 20.02 16.27 39.65 35.48 19.62 15.15 34.68 28.53 17.44 12.84 25.10 24.64 16.04 16.60 79.16 51.54 31.31 11.82 66.66
Microsoft Corp. 4.31 5.37 5.31 5.91 4.35 5.55 5.70 6.49 4.48 5.90 5.52 6.44 4.42 6.08 5.61 6.44 4.47 6.11 5.71 6.80
Oracle Corp. 6.73 7.20 7.59 7.82 7.22 7.72 7.43 7.44 7.13 9.12 9.28 9.11 7.48 8.56 8.91 8.57 7.04 9.55 9.77 10.35
Palantir Technologies Inc. 4.98 3.96 3.76 4.79 6.10 4.94 5.44 7.81 7.38 5.33 6.56 6.42 8.08
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 3.07 4.54 3.97 5.10 2.80 4.50 4.82 4.70 2.57 4.17 5.10 5.61 3.43 5.20 5.65 5.30 3.29 4.88 5.78 6.04
Salesforce Inc. 3.05 7.00 6.12 6.95 2.92 7.09 6.18 7.07 2.72 6.22 5.78 7.04 2.73 6.12 5.63 5.93 2.77
ServiceNow Inc. 4.90 8.00 6.56 7.26 4.41 7.26 7.33 6.87 4.20 7.71 7.74 7.59 4.24 7.13 6.62 7.49 4.48
Synopsys Inc. 6.56 7.56 7.25 5.63 6.17 8.29 6.78 5.00 6.38 7.25 6.58 4.34 7.40 7.06 6.51 4.84 4.72 5.50 5.36 4.22
Workday Inc. 4.43 5.70 5.28 5.94 3.96 5.71 5.13 6.94 4.14 5.66 5.35 6.91 4.18 5.60 5.75 6.54 4.13

Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).

1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Receivables turnover = (RevenueQ4 2024 + RevenueQ3 2024 + RevenueQ2 2024 + RevenueQ1 2024) ÷ Notes and accounts receivable, trade, net of allowances
= (17,553 + 14,968 + 15,770 + 14,462) ÷ 6,804 = 9.22

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Receivables turnover An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. International Business Machines Corp. receivables turnover ratio improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024.

Payables Turnover

International Business Machines Corp., payables turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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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 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Cost 7,114 6,548 6,820 6,720 7,114 6,729 6,974 6,743 7,059 6,677 7,245 6,862 7,193 6,145 6,366 6,160 9,843 9,130 9,423 9,649
Accounts payable 4,032 3,274 3,631 3,588 4,132 3,342 3,732 3,728 4,051 3,806 3,707 3,453 3,955 4,248 4,214 4,140 4,908 3,985 4,719 4,172
Short-term Activity Ratio
Payables turnover1 6.75 8.31 7.54 7.67 6.67 8.23 7.36 7.44 6.87 7.35 7.40 7.69 6.54 6.71 7.47 8.35 7.75
Benchmarks
Payables Turnover, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 15.94 19.31 19.54 16.93 17.41 18.03 17.35 17.54 16.37 16.93 17.22 16.45 15.03 16.92 17.94 20.16 22.48 21.75 20.11 19.17
Adobe Inc. 6.53 7.47 6.73 7.92 7.50 7.29 6.51 7.21 5.71 6.66 5.53 6.54 5.98 5.40 5.60 6.76 5.63 7.62 6.00 6.52
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 26.82 12.69 18.50 38.08 13.25 6.03 8.95 39.15 8.05 47.07 15.13 75.30 19.03 27.52 17.99 24.39 105.30
Intuit Inc. 4.81 3.83 4.19 5.12 4.93 3.29 3.54 3.98 3.26 2.52 2.31 3.47 2.70 2.56 2.82 5.25 4.52 3.48 2.78 4.45
Microsoft Corp. 3.37 3.94 3.89 3.46 3.64 4.28 4.23 3.88 3.30 3.74 3.76 3.70 3.44 3.77 3.80 3.73 3.68 4.78 4.92 5.06
Oracle Corp. 6.42 9.02 13.12 13.67 11.27 7.60 6.68 6.72 6.74 7.65 8.03 10.79 10.54 9.49 10.71 14.72 12.46 15.07 15.07 16.46
Palantir Technologies Inc. 5,495.05 18.51 6.85 12.34 35.56 45.04 92.45 93.11 9.12 6.58 6.53 13.10 4.53
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 17.71 18.29 10.93 14.57 14.43 20.69 14.50 14.30 13.43 14.68 12.25 14.46 22.41 16.80 25.37 21.85 15.72 17.72 15.76 11.28
ServiceNow Inc. 33.63 13.16 7.04 8.98 15.25 26.38 10.08 7.20 5.74 7.86 5.60 8.57 15.20 19.64 11.82 9.75 28.83
Workday Inc. 22.71 22.24 19.76 15.27 11.16 21.79 25.95 12.14 25.74 28.20 24.24 25.48 15.85 21.29 19.83 31.83 18.51

Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).

1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Payables turnover = (CostQ4 2024 + CostQ3 2024 + CostQ2 2024 + CostQ1 2024) ÷ Accounts payable
= (7,114 + 6,548 + 6,820 + 6,720) ÷ 4,032 = 6.75

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Payables turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. International Business Machines Corp. payables turnover ratio increased from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then decreased significantly from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024.

Working Capital Turnover

International Business Machines Corp., working capital turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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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 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Current assets 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 39,165 39,845 39,953 38,931
Less: Current liabilities 33,142 28,853 29,648 32,397 34,122 30,606 32,513 30,993 31,505 30,466 31,844 34,056 33,619 35,832 36,616 36,542 39,869 37,993 38,442 40,673
Working capital 1,340 1,690 3,651 4,266 (1,214) (2,901) 1,945 4,989 (2,387) (1,467) (3,948) (2,726) (4,080) (5,865) (5,842) (2,504) (704) 1,852 1,511 (1,742)
 
Revenue 17,553 14,968 15,770 14,462 17,381 14,752 15,475 14,252 16,691 14,107 15,535 14,197 16,694 13,251 14,218 13,187 20,366 17,560 18,123 17,571
Short-term Activity Ratio
Working capital turnover1 46.83 37.03 17.08 14.55 31.12 12.14
Benchmarks
Working Capital Turnover, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 34.49 22.48 15.40 11.18 11.93 10.11 13.40 14.81 15.07 13.41 15.55 15.85 12.77 7.71 8.35 7.70 8.71 10.32 10.56 9.98
Adobe Inc. 30.25 19.54 13.19 42.33 6.85 9.10 14.68 19.89 20.28 16.36 31.92 57.86 9.09 6.22 7.44 8.67 4.89 5.51 8.11 9.50
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 1.75 1.80 6.28 8.78 10.61 7.00 8.51 7.12 9.92 8.31 5.34 4.07 4.01 4.68 5.45 5.03 3.94
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 1.48 1.65 1.45 1.50 1.46 1.47 1.38 1.32 1.25 1.15 1.02 0.95 0.61 1.19 0.92 0.81 0.71
Intuit Inc. 7.45 5.15 13.92 11.94 8.13 6.30 15.31 10.83 8.98 5.68 21.87 4.39 3.85 3.40 5.45 1.74 1.73 3.19 4.80 4.93
Microsoft Corp. 7.12 8.26 8.63 2.64 2.65 2.65 2.68 2.77 2.66 2.52 1.91 1.88 1.76 1.71 1.44 1.37 1.30 1.24 1.25 1.20
Oracle Corp. 3.50 3.86 3.39 1.70 1.29 1.69 1.58 1.26 1.12 2.25 1.98 1.68
Palantir Technologies Inc. 0.58 0.60 0.62 0.63 0.66 0.68 0.71 0.75 0.78 0.81 0.78 0.73 0.70
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 3.52 2.15 1.40 4.81 1.80 1.89
Salesforce Inc. 14.27 42.02 99.31 90.67 62.21 30.85 25.15 54.57 24.95 27.10 4.36 5.11 7.48 10.29 9.75 15.29
ServiceNow Inc. 13.25 11.50 11.73 27.96 21.77 19.04 9.59 7.83 11.16 6.63 11.21 10.61 21.76 11.15 16.31 5.62 5.76
Synopsys Inc. 1.60 2.35 2.82 7.85 13.12 10.27 12.83 17.05 21.34 14.02 7.78 9.47 10.65 9.50 9.18 16.88 9.00 27.06
Workday Inc. 1.49 1.54 1.60 1.69 1.79 1.83 1.93 2.03 35.15 11.69 24.99 8.31 12.50 3.44 5.62 28.97

Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).

1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Working capital turnover = (RevenueQ4 2024 + RevenueQ3 2024 + RevenueQ2 2024 + RevenueQ1 2024) ÷ Working capital
= (17,553 + 14,968 + 15,770 + 14,462) ÷ 1,340 = 46.83

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Working capital turnover An activity ratio calculated as revenue divided by working capital. International Business Machines Corp. working capital turnover ratio improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 and from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024.

Average Inventory Processing Period

International Business Machines Corp., average inventory processing period calculation (quarterly data)

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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 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Selected Financial Data
Inventory turnover 21.10 19.90 22.19 22.72 23.74 19.66 18.29 17.30 17.94 15.59 16.30 14.96 15.68 15.08 17.43 18.90 20.69
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average inventory processing period1 17 18 16 16 15 19 20 21 20 23 22 24 23 24 21 19 18
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Inventory Processing Period, Competitors2
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 145 201 131 156 152 141 127 117 126 120 115 125 138 119 104 89 91
Microsoft Corp. 6 7 9 16 14 16 17 24 22 20 19 23 18 16 14 21 15 14 15 22
Synopsys Inc. 106 117 113 115 97 88 82 74 73 79 82 85 97 103 100 104 88 77 81 72

Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).

1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Average inventory processing period = 365 ÷ Inventory turnover
= 365 ÷ 21.10 = 17

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average inventory processing period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by inventory turnover over the period.

Average Receivable Collection Period

International Business Machines Corp., average receivable collection period calculation (quarterly data)

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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 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Selected Financial Data
Receivables turnover 9.22 11.61 10.81 10.27 8.57 11.48 10.67 10.52 9.25 10.95 10.17 9.79 8.49 9.23 9.57 10.72 10.32
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average receivable collection period1 40 31 34 36 43 32 34 35 39 33 36 37 43 40 38 34 35
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Receivable Collection Period, Competitors2
Adobe Inc. 35 31 29 38 42 36 33 37 43 37 35 38 43 37 37 41 40 39 41 43
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 54 47 50 35 44 40 42 48 50 42 44 42 41 40 49 51 46
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 102 72 75 69 102 87 83 82 93 80 85 77 100 83 83 93 125
Intuit Inc. 10 18 22 9 10 19 24 11 13 21 28 15 15 23 22 5 7 12 31 5
Microsoft Corp. 85 68 69 62 84 66 64 56 81 62 66 57 83 60 65 57 82 60 64 54
Oracle Corp. 54 51 48 47 51 47 49 49 51 40 39 40 49 43 41 43 52 38 37 35
Palantir Technologies Inc. 73 92 97 76 60 74 67 47 49 68 56 57 45
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 119 80 92 72 130 81 76 78 142 88 72 65 106 70 65 69 111 75 63 60
Salesforce Inc. 120 52 60 53 125 52 59 52 134 59 63 52 134 60 65 62 132
ServiceNow Inc. 74 46 56 50 83 50 50 53 87 47 47 48 86 51 55 49 82
Synopsys Inc. 56 48 50 65 59 44 54 73 57 50 55 84 49 52 56 75 77 66 68 86
Workday Inc. 82 64 69 61 92 64 71 53 88 65 68 53 87 65 63 56 88

Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).

1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Average receivable collection period = 365 ÷ Receivables turnover
= 365 ÷ 9.22 = 40

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average receivable collection period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by receivables turnover. International Business Machines Corp. number of days of receivables outstanding improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024.

Operating Cycle

International Business Machines Corp., operating cycle calculation (quarterly data)

No. days

Microsoft Excel
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 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Selected Financial Data
Average inventory processing period 17 18 16 16 15 19 20 21 20 23 22 24 23 24 21 19 18
Average receivable collection period 40 31 34 36 43 32 34 35 39 33 36 37 43 40 38 34 35
Short-term Activity Ratio
Operating cycle1 57 49 50 52 58 51 54 56 59 56 58 61 66 64 59 53 53
Benchmarks
Operating Cycle, Competitors2
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 199 248 181 191 196 181 169 165 176 162 159 167 179 159 153 140 137
Microsoft Corp. 91 75 78 78 98 82 81 80 103 82 85 80 101 76 79 78 97 74 79 76
Synopsys Inc. 162 165 163 180 156 132 136 147 130 129 137 169 146 155 156 179 165 143 149 158

Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).

1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Operating cycle = Average inventory processing period + Average receivable collection period
= 17 + 40 = 57

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Operating cycle Equal to average inventory processing period plus average receivables collection period. International Business Machines Corp. operating cycle improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024.

Average Payables Payment Period

International Business Machines Corp., average payables payment period calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
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 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Selected Financial Data
Payables turnover 6.75 8.31 7.54 7.67 6.67 8.23 7.36 7.44 6.87 7.35 7.40 7.69 6.54 6.71 7.47 8.35 7.75
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average payables payment period1 54 44 48 48 55 44 50 49 53 50 49 47 56 54 49 44 47
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Payables Payment Period, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 23 19 19 22 21 20 21 21 22 22 21 22 24 22 20 18 16 17 18 19
Adobe Inc. 56 49 54 46 49 50 56 51 64 55 66 56 61 68 65 54 65 48 61 56
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 14 29 20 10 28 61 41 9 45 8 24 5 19 13 20 15 3
Intuit Inc. 76 95 87 71 74 111 103 92 112 145 158 105 135 142 129 70 81 105 131 82
Microsoft Corp. 108 93 94 106 100 85 86 94 111 98 97 99 106 97 96 98 99 76 74 72
Oracle Corp. 57 40 28 27 32 48 55 54 54 48 45 34 35 38 34 25 29 24 24 22
Palantir Technologies Inc. 0 20 53 30 10 8 4 4 40 55 56 28 81
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 21 20 33 25 25 18 25 26 27 25 30 25 16 22 14 17 23 21 23 32
ServiceNow Inc. 11 28 52 41 24 14 36 51 64 46 65 43 24 19 31 37 13
Workday Inc. 16 16 18 24 33 17 14 30 14 13 15 14 23 17 18 11 20

Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).

1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Average payables payment period = 365 ÷ Payables turnover
= 365 ÷ 6.75 = 54

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average payables payment period An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period. International Business Machines Corp. number of days of payables outstanding decreased from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then increased from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 exceeding Q2 2024 level.

Cash Conversion Cycle

International Business Machines Corp., cash conversion cycle calculation (quarterly data)

No. days

Microsoft Excel
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 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Selected Financial Data
Average inventory processing period 17 18 16 16 15 19 20 21 20 23 22 24 23 24 21 19 18
Average receivable collection period 40 31 34 36 43 32 34 35 39 33 36 37 43 40 38 34 35
Average payables payment period 54 44 48 48 55 44 50 49 53 50 49 47 56 54 49 44 47
Short-term Activity Ratio
Cash conversion cycle1 3 5 2 4 3 7 4 7 6 6 9 14 10 10 10 9 6
Benchmarks
Cash Conversion Cycle, Competitors2
Microsoft Corp. -17 -18 -16 -28 -2 -3 -5 -14 -8 -16 -12 -19 -5 -21 -17 -20 -2 -2 5 4

Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).

1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Cash conversion cycle = Average inventory processing period + Average receivable collection period – Average payables payment period
= 17 + 4054 = 3

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Cash conversion cycle A financial metric that measures the length of time required for a company to convert cash invested in its operations to cash received as a result of its operations; equal to average inventory processing period plus average receivables collection period minus average payables payment period. International Business Machines Corp. cash conversion cycle deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then improved from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 not reaching Q2 2024 level.