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IBM — structural market context

International Business Machine

Structural market context from public regulatory and market data, shown with its as-of dates. Descriptive only: nothing on this page is a recommendation, a prediction, or advice to buy or sell any security.

What changed

As of the close on Oct 21. Each line shows the earlier value, the later value and their dates.

Price

Close $251.46 (Oct 21) vs $241.92 (Oct 20): +3.94%.

Volume

1.91× its 20-session average (5.2M) on Oct 21.

Includes pre- and post-market trading.

Short interest

Short interest 24.2M shares (settlement Sep 30) vs 22.4M (Sep 15).

No new publication in this window. Latest: settlement Sep 30, published Oct 10.

Fails-to-deliver

Latest file (settlements Sep 15–Sep 30, published Oct 16): 10 days with fails, largest 22K shares on Sep 21.

Previous file (settlements Sep 1–Sep 14, published Sep 30): 6 days with fails, largest 9K shares on Sep 9.

No new publication in this window.

Analyst rating actions

1 rating action recorded.

Susquehanna — Rating maintained — Oct 21

Insider filings (Form 4)

None recorded in this window.

IBM: what the public data shows

Each row is the latest public record we hold for IBM, with its own date and source. Figures are descriptive and delayed by their source.

DataLatest recordAs ofSource
Short interest→ Short Interest & FTD tracker24.2M shares short · 4.1 days to cover · 2.6% of float · +7.7% vs 2026-09-152026-09-30FINRA
Fails-to-deliver→ Short Interest & FTD tracker3K shares failed to deliver on 2026-09-302026-09-30SEC fails-to-deliver files
Insider Form 4 (P/S)→ Insider Buying tracker0 purchases and 1 sale in 12 months · latest filed 2026-08-28 by Thomas Robert David2026-08-28SEC Form 4
Offering filings1 filing in 90 days · latest 424B5 on 2026-08-112026-10-21SEC EDGAR
Analyst rating actions5 recent actions · latest published by Stifel Nicolaus on 2026-10-222026-10-22Firms' published actions
Short interest→ Short Interest & FTD tracker
Latest record
24.2M shares short · 4.1 days to cover · 2.6% of float · +7.7% vs 2026-09-15
As of
2026-09-30
Source
FINRA
Fails-to-deliver→ Short Interest & FTD tracker
Latest record
3K shares failed to deliver on 2026-09-30
As of
2026-09-30
Source
SEC fails-to-deliver files
Insider Form 4 (P/S)→ Insider Buying tracker
Latest record
0 purchases and 1 sale in 12 months · latest filed 2026-08-28 by Thomas Robert David
As of
2026-08-28
Source
SEC Form 4
Offering filings
Latest record
1 filing in 90 days · latest 424B5 on 2026-08-11
As of
2026-10-21
Source
SEC EDGAR
Analyst rating actions
Latest record
5 recent actions · latest published by Stifel Nicolaus on 2026-10-22
As of
2026-10-22
Source
Firms' published actions

IBM short interest & days to cover

SHARES SHORT
24.2M
% OF FLOAT
2.6%
DAYS TO COVER
4.1
CHANGE VS PRIOR
+7.7%

FINRA consolidated short interest, reported twice a month and published ~2 weeks after each settlement date. % of float uses reported free float. · as of 2026-09-30 (22d ago)

IBM fails-to-deliver (FTD)

Settlement dateFailed sharesPrice
2026-09-30 · 22d3K$219.99
2026-09-29 · 23d8K$220.67
2026-09-28 · 24d15K$225.51

SEC fails-to-deliver files, published twice a month with ~6 weeks of delay.

IBM insider buying and selling (Form 4)

Last 12 months, Form 4 codes P and S: 0 purchases · 1 sale

Most recent Form 4 shown for IBM: Thomas Robert David (Senior Vice President) reported a sale (code S) of 25,000 shares at $230.32 on 2026-08-26, filed 2026-08-28 (2 days after the trade).

InsiderTypeSharesPriceValueTrade dateFiled
Thomas Robert David · officer: Senior Vice PresidentSale (S)25K$230.32$5.8M2026-08-262026-08-28 · +2d

SEC Form 4 filings: purchases and sales reported on Form 4 (transaction codes P and S) only; grants and option exercises excluded. Attributed public records.

IBM offering filings (SEC)

1 SEC filing in the last 90 days, by filing date.

FiledFormDocument
2026-08-11Prospectus supplement filed under Rule 424(b)(5) 424B5View on sec.gov ↗

See all filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SEC filings listed by filing date. A registration statement or prospectus does not by itself show that any shares were sold, how many, or at what price. Some of these filings cover debt securities or resales by existing holders. A filing is made by the issuer and appears under each of its tickers. Source: SEC EDGAR daily index; each filing links to its page on sec.gov.

Source: SEC EDGAR daily index, read once a day after the SEC publishes it (around 10:30 pm ET). Forms covered: S-1, S-3, F-1 and F-3 with their amendments, S-3ASR, F-3ASR, 424B4 and 424B5. · as of 2026-10-21

IBM analyst ratings

FirmActionRatingPublished
Stifel Nicolausprice_target—2026-10-22
Susquehannaprice_target—2026-10-22
Goldman SachsholdBuy2026-10-22
Goldman Sachsprice_target—2026-10-22
UBSprice_target—2026-10-22

Rating actions as published by the firms, from public feeds. They are not graded here.

Frequently asked questions

What is IBM's short interest?
As of the FINRA settlement date 2026-09-30, IBM had 24.2M shares sold short — 2.6% of its float, with 4.1 days to cover at average volume. FINRA publishes this data roughly two weeks after each twice-monthly settlement, so it is inherently delayed. A short-interest figure describes an aggregate position; it does not predict what the stock will do.
Are insiders buying IBM?
In the last 12 months of SEC Form 4 filings, IBM recorded 0 insider purchases and 1 sale reported on Form 4 (transaction codes P and S; grants and option exercises excluded). These are attributed public records — information, not instruction.
What are the SEC offering filings listed for IBM?
They are registration statements (Forms S-1, S-3, F-1 and F-3, with their amendments and the S-3ASR and F-3ASR automatic shelf forms) and prospectuses filed under Rule 424(b)(4) or 424(b)(5). In the last 90 days the issuer of IBM filed 1; the most recent was a prospectus supplement filed under Rule 424(b)(5) on 2026-08-11. A registration statement or prospectus does not by itself show that any shares were sold, how many, or at what price, and some of these filings cover debt securities or resales by existing holders.
What do analysts say about IBM?
The most recent action: Stifel Nicolaus price_target on 2026-10-22. Rating actions are shown as published by the firms; they are not graded here.
Is this page telling me to buy or sell IBM?
No. Everything on this page is descriptive, structural market context from public data, shown with its as-of dates. TradeAI News does not issue directional recommendations, price predictions, or buy/sell advice — for any ticker.
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