
🚨 🇺🇸 IBM SHARES SURGE AS Q3 EARNINGS BEAT AND SOFTWARE DEALS RETURN IBM earned $2.95 a share on $17.10B revenue, beating forecasts of $2.87 and $16.84B. Sales rose 4.7% from a year ago, and shares climbed in after-hours trading. The bigger shift is software. Deals delayed last quarter are closing, and IBM raised its annual software growth outlook to 7%-8%. That is a stronger signal than the small revenue beat. For $IBM , rising software sales matter because they support higher-margin growth. The test now is turning those contracts into cash while keeping full-year revenue growth at 4%-5%.