IBM Should Show Some Progress In Monday's Earnings Report

IBM's 2Q16 earnings results announcement is scheduled on July 18 at 5:00 p.m. EST.

According to the analysts, the stock has underperformed the S&P 500 by 85 percent since the end of 2011; however, they believe the operating profit cycle bottomed in 1Q:16, the sales cycle reached a trough in 3Q:15 and the stock sports a rich dividend yield of 3.5 percent.

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"We are not expecting fireworks from IBM's results on Monday but rather searching for further confirmation that the company's transition is on the right track," the report read.

The company has a Buy rating on the stock with $166 price target. At time of writing, IBM was down 0.66 percent on the day and trading at $159.27.

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