IBM Insider Buying & Government Contracts (2026)

IBM insider buying and selling over the past year

Every open-market Form 4 transaction filed for INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP in the past year was a purchase: 3 buys worth $417.2K in total, and no open-market sales.

Activity clustered in 2026-02 (2 trades) and 2026-01 (1 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2026-02-25. The single largest trade was a purchase of 1,000 shares worth $304.0K on 2026-01-30. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved -2.3%, from $237.54. Insiders paid an average of $281.10 per share for their open-market purchases; against the last close of $232.14 that cost basis is under water at -17.4%.

Where IBM trades relative to its one-year range

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP closed at $232.14 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $205.77 to $329.23. That puts the stock in the middle of its range, at 21.4% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved -15.9%, and over roughly three months +9.2%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 5,739,586 shares.

Across 75 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 35) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was +17.7%. IBM is behind that median and beat 20% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded IBM

STOCK Act disclosures show 69 trades in IBM by 19 members of Congress over five years (40 purchases, 29 sales), most recently on 2026-09-10. The most active traders were Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), 15 trades; Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), 11 trades; Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), 8 trades; Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), 6 trades; Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL), 5 trades.

By party the trades split 45 by Democrats, 24 by Republicans; by chamber, 64 from the House, 5 from the Senate.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP federal contract exposure

Federal procurement records resolve 13 prime award actions to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP, worth $263.21M across 7 agencies. Social Security Administration accounts for 29.4% of that value ($77.40M), so revenue from this channel is spread across several buyers.

IBM lobbying disclosures

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP appears in 5 Lobbying Disclosure Act filings between 2018 and 2018, with $1.48M in reported lobbying spend.

Compare IBM with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to IBM:

• CARR one-year return -3.1%
• IR one-year return +2.6%
• ETN one-year return +4.2%
• SMCI one-year return -41.3%
• ITW one-year return +10.3%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2026-02-25
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-09-10
• FPDS / USAspending (edge_contracts, tier-1 resolved) — as of 2026-10-09
• Senate LDA filings (edge_lobbying_filings)

IBM data questions

Are IBM insiders buying or selling stock?

Every open-market Form 4 transaction filed for INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP in the past year was a purchase: 3 buys worth $417.2K in total, and no open-market sales.

What is the one-year price range for IBM?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, IBM traded between $205.77 and $329.23, last closing at $232.14.

Has any member of Congress traded IBM stock?

Yes. 19 members disclosed 69 trades in IBM over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-09-10.