IBM Case Study

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Please use the following financial statement data to:

1. Decompose IBM’s ROE (by quarter) and discuss the factors (and trends) that contribute to Big Blue’s profitability

2. Evaluate IBM’s Revenue growth, Receivables, and Gross margins and over the period. Be sure to control for seasonality (e.g., compute the same quarter to same quarter change in these items).

3. Evaluate IBM’s Earnings per Share (basic), and Identify the factors most responsible for the increase in IBM’s earnings

Write your answers in Standard English. Be specific in your references, provide details of your computations, and be thorough in your explanations – I cannot read your mind.