All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)

Total Real Returns

IBM: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

IBM total return snapshot: IBM returned −13.27% over the past year and −12.39% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, IBM is up +6,608.52% in nominal total return, or +9.44%/yr, and is currently −22.20% below its total-return high on Jun. 2, 2026.

Data ending Wed Nov. 4, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Wed 2026-11-04 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
IBM × 		+6,608.52%
+9.44%/yr 		+8.56%/yr
R2=0.901
International Business Machines NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Wed 2026-11-04 Start
Value 		End
Value
IBM × 		$10,000.00
1980-03-17 		$670,852.02
2026-11-04

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-11-04

  YTD YoY
IBM × 		−12.39% −13.27%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
IBM × 		−22.20%
on 2026-11-04
from 2026-06-02 peak 		−69.39%
on 1993-08-16
from 1987-08-20 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-11-04 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
IBM × 		−13.27% +30.04%
+14.04%/yr 		+88.61%
+23.55%/yr 		+154.81%
+20.57%/yr 		+164.96%
+10.23%/yr

Annual Returns

Year IBM
2026 (YTD) −12.39%
2025 +38.23%
2024 +39.27%
2023 +21.85%
2022 +10.64%
2021 +16.76%
2020 −1.16%
2019 +23.58%
2018 −22.55%
2017 −3.98%
2016 +25.21%
2015 −11.42%
2014 −12.39%
2013 −0.18%
2012 +5.93%
2011 +27.41%
2010 +14.26%
2009 +58.64%
2008 −20.78%
2007 +12.84%
2006 +19.78%
2005 −15.83%
2004 +7.19%
2003 +20.50%
2002 −35.46%
2001 +43.00%
2000 −20.84%
1999 +17.58%
1998 +77.48%
1997 +39.31%
1996 +67.70%
1995 +25.68%
1994 +32.22%
1993 +15.83%
1992 −40.04%
1991 −17.55%
1990 +25.71%
1989 −19.43%
1988 +9.58%
1987 −0.73%
1986 −20.35%
1985 +30.63%
1984 +4.46%
1983 +30.95%
1982 +77.99%
1981 −11.05%
1980 +19.70%