Red Hat and off-prem see growth while revenue, profit down overall Share Copy IBM on Thursday reported $20.4bn in revenue for its Q4 2020 earnings results, a decline of six per cent, and $73.6bn for the full year, down 4.6 per cent year-on-year. That led to profits plummeting by 42 per cent for the year, even after it experienced cloud growth in certain areas. Financial analysts had anticipated something more like $20.67bn on average, leading to disappointment that manifested in an after-hours share price decline of about six per cent. CEO Arvind Krishna, who took over in April 2020, tried to put a positive spin on things. "We made progress in 2020 growing our hybrid cloud platform as the foundation for our clients digital transformations while dealing with the broader uncertainty of the macro environment," he said in a statement. "The actions we are taking to focus on hybrid cloud and AI will take hold, giving us confidence we can achieve revenue growth in 2021."