International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) debt

What International Business Machines owes, when it comes due, and what it costs to carry, from the balances and cash flows the company reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

At a glance

MetricSep 2026Sep 2025Change
Total debt$70.83B$71.06B−$231M
Due within a year$14.02B$15.88B−$1.86B
Long-term debt$56.80B$55.17B+$1.63B
Cash and equivalents$9.23B$11.57B−$2.34B
Net debt$61.59B$59.49B+$2.10B

Total debt is the sum of the debt lines the company reports at that date (long-term, current and short-term borrowings), not a figure the company reports as a total.

Debt over time

Total debt by quarter
$63.0BDec 2023$65.0BMar 2024$60.1BJun 2024$60.2BSep 2024$60.0BDec 2024$70.2BMar 2025$73.1BJun 2025$71.1BSep 2025$67.7BDec 2025$73.9BMar 2026$67.8BJun 2026$70.8BSep 2026
Balance dateTotal debtDue within a yearLong-term debtCash
Sep 2026$70.83B†$14.02B$56.80B$9.23B
Jun 2026$67.76B†$11.55B$56.21B$7.17B
Mar 2026$73.92B†$16.21B$57.71B$10.82B
Dec 2025$67.68B†$12.85B$54.84B$13.59B
Sep 2025$71.06B†$15.88B$55.17B$11.57B
Jun 2025$73.11B†$17.89B$55.22B$11.94B
Mar 2025$70.20B†$13.82B$56.37B$11.04B
Dec 2024$60.03B†$10.15B$49.88B$13.95B
Sep 2024$60.17B†$7.19B$52.98B$13.20B
Jun 2024$60.13B†$7.20B$52.93B$12.21B
Mar 2024$64.97B†$10.94B$54.03B$14.60B
Dec 2023$62.97B†$12.85B$50.12B$13.07B

† Sum of the debt lines the company reports at that date, not a reported total.

When it comes due

Principal due by year as of September 30, 2026.

Principal due
Within 1 yearWithin 1 year$6.7BYear 2Year 2$6.0BYear 3Year 3$5.6BYear 4Year 4$5.7B
DuePrincipalShare of total
Within 1 year$6.73B27.9%
Year 2$6.04B25.1%
Year 3$5.61B23.3%
Year 4$5.71B23.7%
Total$24.09B100%

Interest cost and borrowing

Interest expense by quarter
$405MDec 2023*$432MMar 2024$427MJun 2024$429MSep 2024$424MDec 2024*$455MMar 2025$510MJun 2025$492MSep 2025$478MDec 2025*$473MMar 2026$486MJun 2026$491MSep 2026
Fiscal yearInterest expenseBorrowedRepaid
FY Dec 2025$1.94B——
FY Dec 2024$1.71B——
FY Dec 2023$1.61B——
FY Dec 2022$1.22B——
FY Dec 2021$1.16B——

* Fiscal fourth quarter computed from the annual filing minus the three reported quarters.

About these figures

These are the balances International Business Machines reports in its SEC filings as of each balance-sheet date, and the interest, borrowing and repayments it reports for each period. This page does not show market prices or yields of the company's bonds. "Long-term debt" is the line as the company tags it in its filings and may or may not include the portion due within a year.

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All figures from company filings with the SEC.

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