IBMIBM

Software Platform · US · International Business Machines Corporation

5 of 6 ratios computed · receipts verified server-side

Idiot Index

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