Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, global IT solutions giant International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at IBM's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

IBM facts

Headquarters (founded) Armonk, N.Y. (1910)
Market Cap $229.2 billion
Industry IT consulting and other services
Trailing-12-Month Revenue $106.9 billion
Management CEO Virginia Rometty (since January 2012)
CFO Mark Loughridge (since July 2010)
Return on Capital (average, past 3 years) 25.1%
Cash/Debt $12.0 billion / $31.3 billion
Dividend Yield 1.5%
Competitors Accenture
Hewlett-Packard
Microsoft

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 91% of the 4,477 members who have rated IBM believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.  

Just last month, one of those Fools, toaoyoda, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:

This stock has surmounted the Big Company Complacency period ... and embarked on exploitation of its natural advantages ... They are big in the latest trends (e.g. cloud, linux, etc ) and are again the "go-to" choice for corporate deciders who want to play things safe and not be blindsided by better suppliers of services (and hardware).

It is so close to [$200 per share] that passing this milestone seems inevitable.

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