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Software Platform · US · International Business Machines Corporation

5 of 6 ratios computed · receipts verified server-side

Idiot Index
59
out of 100 · 5/6 ratios · FY 2023

The full receipt

Latest published value for each ratio, with the sector median for context and year-over-year change where the prior year is available.

  • Markup

    How much revenue per dollar of cost.

    2.2173× revenue / costverified
    $1 of cost becomes $2.22 of revenue
    Sector median: 3.7286Bottom 10% for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0
  • Operational Markup

    Revenue per dollar of cost + operating expenses. The multiplier after legitimate operations.

    1.1224× revenue / (cost + opex)verified
    $1 of cost+opex becomes $1.12 of revenue
    Sector median: 1.0697Median range for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0
  • Labor Share

    How much of every revenue dollar reaches workers.

    Not computed: missing input.
    Needed but not in this company's XBRL filings: Total Employee Compensation.
    What this company did disclose: CEO Total Compensation, Cost of Goods Sold, Dividends Paid, Median Employee Compensation, Net Income, Operating Expenses, R&D Expense, Revenue
  • Executive Extraction

    How many times a CEO out-earns the median employee.

    311.6× CEO / median workerverified
    CEO earns 312× the median worker
    Sector median: 135.4Top 11% for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0
  • Shareholder Extraction

    Dollars sent to shareholders for every dollar invested in R&D.

    0.9046× buybacks+dividends / R&Dverified
    $0.90 to shareholders per $1 in R&D — net reinvesting
    Sector median: 0.4876Median range for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0
  • Capital Extraction

    How much of net profit goes to shareholders rather than back into the business.

    1.0219× buybacks+dividends / net incomeverified
    102% of net profit returned to shareholders — funded beyond current-year earnings
    Sector median: 0.8495Median range for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0

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Source data

Every raw line item this company disclosed in its XBRL filings. Click any filing to view the original on SEC.gov.

FY 2023· 8 facts
ConceptValueUnitPeriodFilingReceipt
CEO Total Compensation
CEOTotalCompensation
20,398,426USDFY0001104659-24-032641verified
Cost of Goods Sold
CostOfRevenue
25,865,000,000USDFY0000051143-24-000012verified
Dividends Paid
PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock
5,869,000,000USDFY0000051143-24-000012verified
Median Employee Compensation
MedianEmployeeCompensation
65,463USDFY0001104659-24-032641verified
Net Income
NetIncomeLoss
5,743,000,000USDFY0000051143-24-000012verified
Operating Expenses
OperatingExpensesDerived(sum:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense+ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense)
25,233,000,000USDFY0000051143-24-000012verified
R&D Expense
ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
6,488,000,000USDFY0000051143-24-000012verified
Revenue
Revenues
57,350,000,000USDFY0000051143-24-000012verified