All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

IBM: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

IBM real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, IBM returned −19.11% over the past year and −16.62% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, IBM is up +1,467.55% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.08%/yr, and is currently −23.44% below its real total-return high on Jun. 2, 2026.

Data ending Mon Nov. 2, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Mon 2026-11-02 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
IBM × 		+1,467.55%
+6.08%/yr 		+5.70%/yr
R2=0.808
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Mon 2026-11-02 Start
Value 		End
Value
IBM × 		$10,000.00
1980-03-17 		$156,755.24
2026-11-02

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-11-02

  YTD YoY
IBM × 		−16.62% −19.11%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
IBM × 		−23.44%
on 2026-11-02
from 2026-06-02 peak 		−75.83%
on 1993-08-16
from 1987-08-20 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-11-02 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
IBM × 		−19.11% +19.45%
+9.29%/yr 		+71.45%
+19.69%/yr 		+107.64%
+15.73%/yr 		+88.69%
+6.56%/yr

Annual Returns

Year IBM
2026 (YTD) −16.62%
2025 +34.63%
2024 +35.37%
2023 +17.90%
2022 +3.92%
2021 +9.08%
2020 −2.49%
2019 +20.82%
2018 −24.00%
2017 −5.97%
2016 +22.67%
2015 −12.06%
2014 −13.04%
2013 −1.65%
2012 +4.12%
2011 +23.74%
2010 +12.58%
2009 +54.44%
2008 −20.85%
2007 +8.40%
2006 +16.83%
2005 −18.62%
2004 +3.81%
2003 +18.28%
2002 −36.96%
2001 +40.82%
2000 −23.43%
1999 +14.50%
1998 +74.66%
1997 +36.98%
1996 +62.31%
1995 +22.56%
1994 +28.77%
1993 +12.74%
1992 −41.73%
1991 −20.00%
1990 +18.46%
1989 −23.00%
1988 +4.95%
1987 −4.95%
1986 −21.21%
1985 +25.85%
1984 +0.49%
1983 +26.18%
1982 +71.42%
1981 −18.34%
1980 +10.34%