When you buy and hold a stock for the long term, you definitely want it to provide a positive return. But more than that, you probably want to see it rise more than the market average. Unfortunately for shareholders, while the International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) share price is up 74% in the last five years, that’s less than the market return. But if you include dividends then the return is market-beating. However, more recent buyers should be happy with the increase of 68% over the last year.

Since it’s been a strong week for International Business Machines shareholders, let’s have a look at trend of the longer term fundamentals.

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