Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. IBM scored 58.3, INOD scored 83.7 — INOD leads.
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IBM
International Business Machines Corporation
Information Technology Services · Quality-Growth
58.3
$227.13 · $214.0B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
25.4
INOD leads
INOD
Innodata Inc.
Information Technology Services · Quality-Growth
83.7
$62.04 · $2.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestIBM20.2x
Fastest growthINOD+47.6%
Strongest balance sheetINOD0.02
Highest qualityINOD85 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueIBM-20%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
IBM
stronger →← stronger
INOD
70
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
85
60
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
98
47
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
70
INOD is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
IBM
INOD
$13.1bA-
FCF
$184mC
+7.6%B
Rev
+47.6%A
1.89D
D/E
0.02A-
20.2xB+
P/E
48.1xC+
2.14C
PEG
0.87B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
IBM
INOD
20% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
19% below
~0%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~10%/yr
+20%
1-yr DCF upside
-4%
+25%
5-yr DCF upside
+23%
+32%
10-yr DCF upside
+73%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
IBM
No notable signals flagged.
INOD
Why this score
Durable high returns
Diluting shareholders
The companies
IBMInternational Business Machines Corporation
Information Technology Services · $227.13 · beta 0.72
Why now
Information Technology Services · market cap $214.0b. Down 32% from 52-week high of $332.46 — deep drawdown territory. 23 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $240.56 (implying +6% upside).
Moat
Net margin 16% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 34% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 123% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Down 32% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
INODInnodata Inc.
Information Technology Services · $62.04 · beta 2.98
Why now
Information Technology Services · market cap $2.1b. Down 50% from 52-week high of $125.14 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +48% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.87 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 4 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $122.75 (implying +98% upside).
Moat
Net margin 15% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 38% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of cash released from working capital ($120m) — a release that doesn't repeat every year the way earnings can.
Risk
Down 50% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 2.98 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Trailing P/E 48x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where IBM and INOD diverge
On the headline score the gap is 25.4 points in favor of INOD. The widest single difference is Growth, where INOD leads by 38.0 points.
GrowthIBM 59.9 · INOD 97.9INOD +38.0
ValueIBM 47.0 · INOD 70.1INOD +23.1
QualityIBM 70.2 · INOD 85.4INOD +15.2
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is INOD or IBM the better stock?
INOD scores higher: INOD 83.7, IBM 58.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do INOD and IBM differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where INOD leads by 38 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. INOD leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are INOD and IBM scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.