Seasonality
IBM seasonality — IBM
Over the last 11 years, IBM's strongest month on average has been January (+6.0%) and its weakest February (-4.3%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +5.97% | +5.92% | 70% | +18.2% | -5.4% | 10 |
| Feb | -4.31% | -2.65% | 30% | +3.0% | -21.7% | 10 |
| Mar | +0.49% | +1.15% | 60% | +12.1% | -14.8% | 10 |
| Apr | -1.67% | -3.16% | 30% | +13.2% | -13.0% | 10 |
| May | +2.72% | +0.85% | 60% | +28.9% | -9.5% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.45% | +1.84% | 70% | +13.8% | -5.6% | 10 |
| Jul | -1.99% | -1.02% | 50% | +11.1% | -20.5% | 10 |
| Aug | -0.28% | -0.07% | 50% | +5.2% | -8.6% | 10 |
| Sep | +1.70% | +0.21% | 50% | +15.9% | -7.5% | 10 |
| Oct | -0.45% | -1.70% | 50% | +17.2% | -23.7% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.93% | +7.66% | 78% | +10.6% | -2.1% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.04% | -0.33% | 40% | +14.1% | -8.5% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — IBM
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.5 | -21.7 | 0.9 | -4.7 | 28.9 | -5.6 | -20.5 | 4.6 | -6.0 | 17.2 | -5.0 | -17.3% | |
| 2025 | 16.3 | -1.3 | -1.5 | -2.8 | 7.1 | 13.8 | -14.1 | -3.8 | 15.9 | 8.9 | 0.4 | -4.0 | +34.8% |
| 2024 | 12.3 | 0.8 | 3.2 | -13.0 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 11.1 | 5.2 | 9.4 | -6.5 | 10.0 | -3.3 | +34.4% |
| 2023 | -4.4 | -4.0 | 1.4 | -3.6 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 7.8 | 1.8 | -4.5 | 3.1 | 9.6 | 3.1 | +16.1% |
| 2022 | -0.1 | -8.3 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 1.7 | -7.4 | -1.8 | -7.5 | 16.4 | 7.7 | -5.4 | +5.4% |
| 2021 | -5.4 | -0.1 | 12.1 | 6.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | -3.8 | -0.4 | -1.0 | -9.9 | -2.1 | 14.1 | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 7.2 | -9.4 | -14.8 | 13.2 | -0.5 | -3.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | -1.3 | -8.2 | 10.6 | 1.9 | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 18.2 | 2.8 | 2.1 | -0.6 | -9.5 | 8.6 | 7.5 | -8.6 | 7.3 | -8.0 | 0.5 | -0.3 | +17.9% |
| 2018 | 6.7 | -4.8 | -1.5 | -5.5 | -2.5 | -1.1 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 3.2 | -23.7 | 7.7 | -8.5 | -25.9% |
| 2017 | 5.1 | 3.0 | -3.2 | -8.0 | -4.8 | 0.8 | -6.0 | -1.1 | 1.4 | 6.2 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -7.6% |
| 2016 | 2.3 |