Barclays analyst Mark Moskowitz double upgraded IBM (IBM) to Overweight from Underweight and raised his price target for the shares to $192 from $133. The technology giant closed yesterday up 69c to $163.85.
The company could be entering a period of top-line stability and maybe even modest growth over the next 12-18 months, Moskowitz tells investors in a research note. The analyst thinks IBM could emerge over time as the next important cloud vendor after Amazon (AMZN) and Microsoft’s (MSFT) Azure.
Moskowitz sees room for another cloud player and thinks the “narrative can favorably shift for shares of IBM.”
