- Pays: quarterly — 226 dividends in our record since 1970.
- The streak: annual payouts have risen for 30 consecutive full years in our data — every year since the mid-1990s turnaround.
- Current rate: $1.69 per quarter after the May 2026 raise (from $1.68) — $6.74 over the trailing twelve months.
- Today's yield: about 2.9% on the recent ~$234.19 share price.
- The signature move: penny-per-quarter raises — small, annual, and utterly reliable, the tech sector's most bond-like dividend.
IBM's modern streak began after its early-1990s crisis — the record's one dark stretch, when the dividend was slashed during the company's near-collapse. Everything since is one of tech's only long dividend-growth records: thirty consecutive rising years, built a penny at a time.
Each point is one IBM dividend since 1970. The early-1990s dip is the famous crisis cut; the unbroken staircase since is the modern streak.
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Each point is one payment; the line ends at the most recent payout. The table below totals them by year.
- Trailing 12 months: $6.74 per share across 4 payments — up 1% from $6.70 in the 12 months before (split-adjusted, in today's share terms). What a change like that does to your income →
- Current pace: recent payments annualize to $6.72 — 0% below the trailing figure. When those two disagree, the trailing yield is quoting the past. Live cut & raise board →
- Share price, same 12 months: down 9% (dividends excluded) — income and principal are one story. Erosion Index →
- Record: 226 payments over 56 years; the largest single payment was $1.69 (May 2026), split-adjusted.
- Payment drops ≥20% below trend, last 24 months: none. Get one short email if that changes →
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"Next expected" is estimated from IBM's recent payment rhythm — the fund announces exact dates shortly before each payout, and the data feed can lag a few days. You must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout; the cash typically arrives days later. See every fund's upcoming date on the live dividend calendar.
A real total-return estimate, assuming every payout was reinvested — including what happened to the share price. Before taxes and fees. Past performance does not predict the future.
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Technology companies mostly treat dividends as an afterthought — which makes IBM's record singular: thirty consecutive rising years, currently $1.69 a quarter after May 2026's penny raise, yielding about 2.9%. The raises are deliberately small; the reliability is the product. IBM survived the transition from mainframes to services to cloud-and-AI while treating the dividend as a fixed obligation, and the trailing year's $6.74 per share extends the pattern.
Against QQQ — whose dividend grows fast off a tiny base — IBM is the opposite tech-income profile: meaningful yield now, minimal growth. The compare tool puts either against the high-yield funds for the full spectrum.
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Data source: Yahoo Finance. Figures are per share; the current year may be partial and figures should be verified against official sources.
Calculated from complete calendar years in the data above. Past results don't guarantee future payments.
When Is IBM's Next Ex-Dividend Date?
IBM pays quarterly — usually going ex-dividend in February, May, August, and November. The exact date of each payout is announced by the fund only shortly beforehand, so no site can promise the next date — but the live schedule box above shows the most recent ex-dividend date and the expected window for the next one, computed from IBM's actual payment rhythm. Remember: you must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.
From Crisis Cut to Thirty-Year Streak
IBM's chart contains both halves of the dividend lifecycle. The early 1990s show what crisis looks like — the famous cut during the company's brush with irrelevance. Every year since the mid-1990s shows the opposite: 30 consecutive rising annual totals, currently $1.69 per quarter following May 2026's raise, with the trailing year at $6.74 per share — about 2.9% of the recent $234.19 price.
The Penny-Raise Philosophy
IBM's raises are famously minimal — the May 2026 increase was one cent per quarter. That isn't stinginess so much as a policy signature: the company sets the payout high enough to matter (it out-yields nearly every large-cap tech peer) and grows it just enough to keep the streak alive while funding its cloud-and-AI reinvention. Holders effectively own a technology bond whose coupon ticks upward annually — a profile nothing else in big tech offers.
Where IBM Fits
It's the yield-now candidate of the tech sector: triple QQQ's yield today, a fraction of its dividend growth rate. Income investors pairing tech exposure with current cash flow have few other places to stand. The compare tool quantifies the trade against the index or any high-yield fund, and the live calendar carries the next expected ex-date.
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