Growth Metrics

International Business Machines (IBM) Shares Repurchased (2016 - 2019)

International Business Machines has reported Shares Repurchased over the past 11 years, most recently at $125.0 million for Q3 2019.

  • Quarterly Shares Repurchased fell 80.03% to $125.0 million in Q3 2019 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $1.4 billion through Dec 2019, down 69.37% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $1.4 billion for FY2019, 69.37% down from the prior year.
  • Shares Repurchased was $125.0 million for Q3 2019 at International Business Machines, down from $316.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Shares Repurchased peaked at $2.1 billion in Q4 2018 and troughed at $125.0 million in Q3 2019.
  • The 5-year median for Shares Repurchased is $920.0 million (2019), against an average of $960.8 million.
  • Peak annual rise in Shares Repurchased hit 478.03% in 2015, while the deepest fall reached 85.73% in 2015.
  • Tracing IBM's Shares Repurchased over 5 years: stood at $763.0 million in 2015, then grew by 14.02% to $870.0 million in 2016, then decreased by 23.45% to $666.0 million in 2017, then surged by 207.81% to $2.1 billion in 2018, then crashed by 93.9% to $125.0 million in 2019.
  • According to Business Quant data, Shares Repurchased over the past three periods came in at $125.0 million, $316.0 million, and $920.0 million for Q3 2019, Q2 2019, and Q1 2019 respectively.