Barclays Starts Coverage on IBM With Overweight Rating, Sends Shares Higher
IBM shares climbed roughly 9% on Monday after Barclays opened coverage with an Overweight rating and a $350 price target. The brokerage highlighted IBM's transition toward a software-driven profit base, its hybrid cloud positioning anchored by Red Hat technologies, and AI-related demand as key pillars supporting mid-single-digit organic revenue gro…