7 Reasons International Business Machines Corp. Stock Is a Buy

By Timothy Green – Aug 12, 2015 at 8:20AM

NYSE: IBM

International Business Machines

Market Cap

$169B

Today's Change

(1.05%) $1.91

Current Price

$184.10

Price as of April 24, 2024, 4:00 p.m. ET

Shares of Big Blue have been hammered over the past few years. Here are seven reasons why investors should take advantage of this pessimism and buy the stock.

Shares of International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) have slumped over the past few years as the company works through its latest transformation. This gives long-term investors an opportunity to take advantage of the pessimism surrounding IBM and buy the stock at a great price.

Click through the following slideshow to see seven reasons investors should consider buying shares of IBM.

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Timothy Green owns shares of Cisco Systems, International Business Machines, and Nvidia. The Motley Fool recommends Apple, Cisco Systems, CVS Health, Google (A shares), Google (C shares), Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Nvidia, and Qualcomm. The Motley Fool owns shares of Apple, Google (A shares), Google (C shares), Intel, Medtronic, Microsoft, and Qualcomm. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.