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IBM stock buybacks
IBM—No share repurchases in the company’s standard SEC financial data for the last twelve months.
IBM’s filings haven’t reported share repurchases in standard form since Q4 2019.
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| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Q4 '20 | $0 |
| Q1 '21 | $0 |
| Q2 '21 | $0 |
| Q3 '21 | $0 |
| Q4 '21 | $0 |
| Q1 '22 | $0 |
| Q2 '22 | $0 |
| Q3 '22 | $0 |
| Q4 '22 | $0 |
| Q1 '23 | $0 |
| Q2 '23 | $0 |
| Q3 '23 | $0 |
| Q4 '23 | $0 |
| Q1 '24 | $0 |
| Q2 '24 | $0 |
| Q3 '24 | $0 |
| Q4 '24 | $0 |
| Q1 '25 | $0 |
| Q2 '25 | $0 |
| Q3 '25 | $0 |
| Q4 '25 | $0 |
| Q1 '26 | $0 |
| Q2 '26 | $0 |
| Q3 '26 | $0 |
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| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Q4 '20 | 899.0M |
| Q1 '21 | 901.7M |
| Q2 '21 | 904.2M |
| Q3 '21 | 906.0M |
| Q4 '21 | 906.6M |
| Q1 '22 | 909.2M |
| Q2 '22 | 910.7M |
| Q3 '22 | 904.1M |
| Q4 '22 | 925.0M |
| Q1 '23 | 917.8M |
| Q2 '23 | 919.5M |
| Q3 '23 | 923.7M |
| Q4 '23 | 927.3M |
| Q1 '24 | 933.4M |
| Q2 '24 | 934.4M |
| Q3 '24 | 923.6M |
| Q4 '24 | 957.2M |
| Q1 '25 | 945.4M |
| Q2 '25 | 948.0M |
| Q3 '25 | 948.9M |
| Q4 '25 | 952.4M |
| Q1 '26 | 952.1M |
| Q2 '26 | 953.3M |
| Q3 '26 | 953.5M |
$0last quarter (Q3 2026)
−$2.0Bnet of stock compensation ($2.0B)
+0.5%diluted shares, 1 year
+5.8%diluted shares, 5 years
$6.3Bdividends, 12 months
0%of free cash flow ($14.7B) spent on buybacks
$737Mraised by issuing stock, 12 months
$2.0Bleft under its authorization as of Dec 31, 2025
IBM’s recent filings don’t report repurchases in the standard XBRL fields we read. That usually means it didn’t buy back stock, but some companies report buybacks only in custom fields. Check its latest 10-Q to be sure.
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Questions
- Does IBM buy back its stock?
- IBM’s filings haven’t reported share repurchases in standard form since Q4 2019.
- How much did IBM spend on buybacks in fiscal 2019?
- $1.4B, according to its 10-K for the fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2019.
- Is IBM's share count going down?
- Its diluted share count changed +5.8% over five fiscal years and +0.5% over the last year.
- Does IBM have a buyback authorization?
- Its filings show $2.0B remaining under its repurchase authorization as of Dec 31, 2025.
Latest filing used: 10-Q for the period ending Sep 30, 2026, filed Oct 22, 2026 · open on SEC.gov