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International Business Machines dividend yield IBM

Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 1970.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
2.66%
10-year median
4.3%
Against its 10-year history
10th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
2.2% to 6.8%
Peer median
2.2%

International Business Machines pays 2.66% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 4.3%, lower than on 90% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 2.2% in Dec 2025 to 6.8% in Mar 2020.

The median for 3 IT services stocks of a similar size is 2.2%.

Dividend yield over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far2.7%2.2%3.2%
20252.2%2.2%3.0%
20243.0%2.8%4.2%
20234.1%4.1%5.4%
20224.7%4.4%5.5%
20214.7%4.3%5.5%
20205.2%4.2%6.8%
20194.8%4.2%5.3%
20185.5%3.5%5.6%
20173.8%3.1%4.2%
20163.3%3.2%4.3%
20153.6%2.5%3.8%
20142.6%1.9%2.7%
20132.0%1.6%2.1%
20121.7%1.4%1.8%
20111.6%1.5%1.8%
20101.7%1.6%1.9%
20091.6%1.6%2.3%
20082.3%1.3%2.5%
20071.4%1.1%1.5%

Against its peers

Companies in Information Technology Services nearest International Business Machines' size, closest first, today.

CompanyDividend yield
IBMInternational Business Machines2.66%
ACNAccenture2.61%
CTSHCognizant Technology Solutions1.84%
FISVFiservn/m
Peer median2.23%

Where International Business Machines ranks

What the dividend yield tells you

Yearly dividends per share divided by the share price.

A yield that suddenly looks high often means the price fell because the dividend is at risk.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.