IBM Stock Plummets After Preliminary Earnings Miss and Concerns Over AI Spending Shift

Shares of International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) dropped more than 25% after the company preannounced disappointing Q2 results, missing revenue and earnings estimates. The decline was attributed to a combination of weak performance in memory products and shifting customer spending toward AI servers rather than traditional software or mainframe solutions.

By David Jagielski, CPA, The Motley Fool Mon, July 20, 2026 at 3:38 PM GMT+3 4 min read · Yahoo Finance ·

IBM Stock Plummets After Preliminary Earnings Miss and Concerns Over AI Spending Shift

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Topics: AI impact earnings miss IBM stock price drop

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