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it would be worth today
$2,776
+$1,776 profit2.78x14.1% a year
The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund: $3,453
Its shares paid about $84.71 in dividends over the last 12 months.
Aftertax on the gain, you’d keep$2,509
US federal long-term rates: 15% for most people, 0% on lower incomes, 20% + 3.8% on high incomes. No state tax included; none inside a Roth IRA.
Growth Over Time
Performance Metrics
Total Invested
$1,000.00
Current Value
$2,775.52
Total Profit
$1,775.52
Multiplier
2.78x
CAGR
14.1%
Max Drawdown
-27.2%
Inflation-Adjusted
$2,176.99
Benchmark Comparison
How does $1,000.00 invested in 2019 compare across different asset classes?
| Asset | Value Today | Return |
|---|---|---|
| IBM | $2,775.52 | 2.78x |
| S&P 500 | $3,453.01 | 3.45x |
| Gold | $3,277.07 | 3.28x |
| Savings (2% APY) | $1,165.76 | 1.17x |
Dividends
Over the last 12 months, the 12.57 shares you'd own now paid about $84.71 in dividends (about $7.06 a month). That's 8.5% of the $1,000 put in.
Price growth alone turned $1,000 into $2,005; reinvested dividends added the other $770.48, 43% of the gain.
Dividends from Yahoo Finance. Shares today assume every dividend was reinvested.
Back in 2019
- In January 2019, IBM unveiled the IBM Q System One at CES, a 20-qubit machine it called its first commercial quantum computer for use outside the lab. techcrunch.com
- In 2019, a gallon of gas averaged $2.60, a movie ticket averaged $9.16 and the new iPhone 11 Pro started at $999. eia.govapple.comhollywoodreporter.com
- During 2019 itself, IBM rose 23%, #66 of the 100 investments we track. The best was Chainlink (+511%); the worst was Stellar (−60%). Full 2019 results →
$1,000 in IBM, year by year
Of the 100 investments we track that were available at the start of 2019, IBM ranks #56 by growth to today — just behind Intel and ahead of Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD). See the full 2019 ranking →
IBM started 2019 29% below its start-of-2013 high, after falling 22% in 2018. It has been worth more than the $1,000 put in at every January since, and still is today. Its best January was 2026, at $3,590. Today it's 23% below that, so selling then would have beaten holding. It rose in 6 of the 7 full years since. It was ahead of the same $1,000 in the S&P 500 at the start of 2026 but has fallen behind it since. Month by month, the deepest fall ran from Nov 2025 ($3,815) to today ($2,776), a drop of 27%.
| When | Worth | Change | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of 2019 | $1,000 | — | $1,000 |
| Start of 2020 | $1,232 | +23% | $1,315 |
| Start of 2021 | $1,187 | −3.7% | $1,557 |
| Start of 2022 | $1,431 | +21% | $2,004 |
| Start of 2023 | $1,563 | +9.2% | $1,641 |
| Start of 2024 | $1,871 | +20% | $2,072 |
| Start of 2025 | $2,641 | +41% | $2,591 |
| Start of 2026 | $3,590 | +36% | $3,054 |
| Today | $2,776 | −23% | $3,453 |
Values at the start of each year (first trading day for stocks). The S&P 500 column includes reinvested dividends, like the stock values.
Historical Context
At the start of 2019, IBM was priced at $79.57 (adjusted for later splits and dividends). $1,000 would have bought about 12.57 shares. IBM sells enterprise software, consulting and mainframe computers.
Measured from one January to the next, IBM's best year since then was 2024 (+41%) and its worst was 2020 (−3.7%).
Frequently Asked Questions
A $1,000 investment in IBM at the start of 2019 would be worth approximately $2,775.52 today — a 2.78x return ($1,775.52 profit) over 7.7 years.
Methodology & Sources
Price data: Historical prices are the closing price on the first trading day of each year, adjusted for splits and dividends (so returns assume dividends were reinvested), from Yahoo Finance and MacroTrends. Current prices come from Yahoo Finance and refresh hourly; if that source is unavailable, the last saved price is used.
Calculation: Assumes a single purchase at the start of 2019 (or the first trading day, for companies that listed that year), held until today. No transaction fees, taxes, or slippage are included.
Benchmarks: The S&P 500 comparison uses the S&P 500 Total Return index (dividends reinvested, like an index fund) at the start of2019 and today. Gold uses the price per troy ounce. Savings account assumes a 2% APY compounded annually.
Inflation adjustment: Uses U.S. CPI-U annual averages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 2026 CPI value is estimated.
Educational purposes only. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Not financial advice.
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