IBM SEC Filing News — International Business Machines Corporation

Latest SEC filings for International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) explained in plain English. Covers insider buying and selling (Form 4), proposed insider sales (Form 144), material company events (8-K), and quarterly & annual reports (10-Q / 10-K). StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries; original filings remain at the SEC/source links and were authored by their filers, not StrongBuyAnalytics. Filing dates shown are source dates. Coverage and detection can be delayed or incomplete because of SEC availability, amendments, parsing, caching, or outages. Latest source filing date shown: 2026-10-01.

International Business Machines Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated solutions and services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through Software, Consulting, Infrastructure, and Financing segments. The Software segment offers hybrid cloud and AI platforms that allow clients to realize their digital and AI transformations across the applications, data, and environments in which they operate. The Consulting segment deliver…
Sector: Technology Industry: Information Technology Services Market Cap: $210.7B CIK: 51143
20
Total Filings
0
Bullish Classifications
2
Bearish Classifications
14
Insider Transactions
4
Material Events (8-K)
1
Periodic Reports
Rule-based classifications for IBM currently lean bearish. Of the 20 filing records displayed, 2 carry bearish classifications (such as insider sales or negative 8-K disclosures) versus 0 bullish. This does not necessarily signal fundamental deterioration — insiders sell for many reasons — but it is worth monitoring alongside the company's core financial metrics.
IBM Filing Activity Snapshot 2026-07-14 — 2026-10-01
Insider Transactions (Form 4)
0 buys vs 1 sell
Net insider selling in this period — insiders sell for many reasons beyond conviction.
Largest Form 144 Filing
$5.76M
Robert Thomas · 2026-08-26
25,000 shares · Form 144
Form 144 Notices
1
Proposed insider sale filed — Form 144 is a notice of intent, not a confirmed transaction. Actual sales are confirmed via Form 4.
Insider Transactions 14 · Forms 3, 4 and 5

A Form 4 is filed within two business days of a company insider — an officer, a director, or a holder of more than ten percent of the stock — changing their position in the shares. All 14 filings in this group are Form 4s for International Business Machines Corporation.

The difficulty with reading these filings as a group is that a single form type covers transactions that mean entirely different things. An executive spending their own money to buy stock and an executive having shares withheld to pay tax on a vesting grant both appear as a Form 4. Every filing below is therefore tagged with the nature of the underlying transaction, taken from the transaction code reported on the form itself.

Across the 14 insider filings shown, the breakdown is 12 compensation award, 1 other reported transaction and 1 open-market sale. 1 of them involved a discretionary open-market trade; the rest are compensation and administrative mechanics.

What each transaction type means

Compensation award ×12
Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.
Other reported transaction ×1
The filing reports a transaction type that does not map to a routine purchase, sale, award or withholding.
Open-market sale ×1
The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-01

IBM insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Laguarta Ramon (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
A Compensation award derivative · Promised Fee Share 415 $219.93 $91.3K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Laguarta Ramon (Director)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-01

IBM insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Gorsky Alex (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
A Compensation award derivative · Promised Fee Share 489 $219.93 $107.5K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Gorsky Alex (Director)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-01

IBM insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

HOWARD MICHELLE J (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
A Compensation award derivative · Promised Fee Share 291 $219.93 $64.0K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: HOWARD MICHELLE J (Director)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-01

IBM insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

LIVERIS ANDREW N (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
A Compensation award derivative · Promised Fee Share 444 $219.93 $97.6K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: LIVERIS ANDREW N (Director)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-01

IBM insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

MCNABB FREDERICK WILLIAM III (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
A Compensation award derivative · Promised Fee Share 415 $219.93 $91.3K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: MCNABB FREDERICK WILLIAM III (Director)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-01

IBM insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Miebach Michael (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
A Compensation award derivative · Promised Fee Share 415 $219.93 $91.3K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Miebach Michael (Director)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-01

IBM insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Pollack Martha E (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
A Compensation award derivative · Promised Fee Share 268 $219.93 $58.9K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Pollack Martha E (Director)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-01

IBM insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

VOSER PETER R. (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
A Compensation award derivative · Promised Fee Share 455 $219.93 $100.1K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: VOSER PETER R. (Director)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-01

IBM insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

ZOLLAR ALFRED W (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
A Compensation award derivative · Promised Fee Share 415 $219.93 $91.3K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: ZOLLAR ALFRED W (Director)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-01

IBM insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

FARR DAVID N (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
A Compensation award derivative · Promised Fee Share 268 $219.93 $58.9K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: FARR DAVID N (Director)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-01

IBM insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Buberl Thomas (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
A Compensation award derivative · Promised Fee Share 444 $219.93 $97.6K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Buberl Thomas (Director)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-01

IBM insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Brown Marianne Catherine (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
A Compensation award derivative · Promised Fee Share 415 $219.93 $91.3K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Brown Marianne Catherine (Director)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Other reported transaction Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-28

IBM insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

KRISHNA ARVIND (Director, Chairman, President & CEO) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

The filing reports a transaction type that does not map to a routine purchase, sale, award or withholding.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
I Discretionary transaction derivative · Phantom Stock 8,375 $238.79 $2.00M
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: KRISHNA ARVIND (Director, Chairman, President & CEO)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-08-28

IBM insider Thomas Robert David (Senior Vice President) sold 25,000 shares (~$5.76M)

Thomas Robert David, listed as Senior Vice President at INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP, reported an open-market sale of 25,000 IBM shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
S Open-market sale 25,000 $230.32 $5.76M
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Thomas Robert David (Senior Vice President) Shares: 25,000 Est. Value: $5.76M
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Proposed Insider Sales 1 · Form 144

A Form 144 is a notice of intent to sell restricted or control securities. It is not a record that anything was sold. International Business Machines Corporation has 1 such notice in this period.

The distinction matters because a Form 144 is frequently reported as though it were a completed insider sale. The filer may sell all of the shares covered, some of them, or none at all, and there is no obligation to update the notice either way. A sale that is actually executed by an officer or director shows up separately on a Form 4, which is the filing to check before treating a proposed sale as a real one.

Form 144 Large Proposed Insider Sale 2026-08-26

IBM Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by Robert Thomas (25,000 shares) ~$5.76M

Robert Thomas filed a Form 144 with the SEC indicating intent to sell IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP) shares. Form 144 reflects a proposed sale, not a completed transaction. The actual execution, if any, would typically appear later in a Form 4. The proposed dollar value is large enough to merit attention.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: Robert Thomas Shares: 25,000 Est. Value: $5.76M
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Material Events 4 · Form 8-K

An 8-K reports a material event in the window between scheduled reports. There are 4 in this period for International Business Machines Corporation. Each 8-K names the item number it is filed under, and that number is the fastest way to tell a routine disclosure from a consequential one.

Item 2.02 is an earnings release, Item 5.02 is a change of directors or officers, and Item 1.01 or 2.01 covers a material agreement or a completed acquisition. Item 7.01 and Item 8.01 are the general-purpose disclosure items and carry no fixed meaning on their own.

Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-10-01

IBM filed 8-K — material company event

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-08-14

IBM filed 8-K — material company event

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-07-22

IBM filed 8-K — material company event

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-07-14

IBM filed 8-K — material company event

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Periodic Reports 1 · Forms 10-K and 10-Q

The periodic reports are where the audited and reviewed financial statements live. This period contains 1 quarterly report (10-Q) for International Business Machines Corporation.

The two are not equivalent in weight. A 10-K is audited by an external firm and includes the full risk factor disclosure, business description and management discussion; a 10-Q is unaudited, reviewed rather than examined, and much shorter. When a figure in a quarterly report is later revised, the annual report is usually where the correction appears.

An amended report — 10-K/A or 10-Q/A — restates or corrects something in the original filing, and is worth reading against the version it replaces.

Form 10-Q Quarterly Report 2026-07-23

IBM filed Quarterly Report (10-Q)

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP filed its quarterly report with the SEC. This report includes unaudited financial statements and management discussion for the quarter.

Filing: 10-Q (Quarterly Report)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

How we classify International Business Machines Corporation's filings

Straight from EDGAR

Each displayed record links to an original source document. StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries, not the filing itself. Parsing may omit context or contain errors, so read the original document in full.

Transaction codes, not guesswork

The nature shown on each insider filing comes from the transaction code the filer entered on the form itself — P for an open-market purchase, A for a compensation award, F for shares withheld to pay tax, M for an option exercise. Where one filing contains several codes, the transaction table lists them line by line.

Why the distinction matters

Insider activity is routinely summarised as buying or selling, which flattens together decisions that mean very different things. Shares withheld for tax on a vesting grant are an automatic administrative step; shares bought on the open market are someone committing their own money at the current price.

What this page does not tell you

A filing records what happened, not why. Form 4 does not always disclose whether a sale was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, and no single filing is a basis for a decision on IBM. Read these alongside the fundamentals rather than in isolation.

Frequently Asked Questions — IBM SEC Filings

What SEC filings does International Business Machines Corporation submit to the SEC?

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) submits several types of SEC filings including Form 4 (insider transactions), Form 144 (proposed insider sales), 8-K reports (material events such as earnings releases, acquisitions, leadership changes), and periodic reports — the 10-Q (quarterly) and 10-K (annual). All filings are publicly available through SEC EDGAR.

What does a Form 4 filing tell me about IBM?

A Form 4 for IBM discloses a transaction by a company insider — typically a director, officer, or 10%+ shareholder. It shows the source-reported date, number of shares, price, and updated ownership. These facts do not establish motive or predict future returns.

How do I interpret an 8-K filing from International Business Machines Corporation?

An 8-K signals a material event requiring prompt disclosure. Common triggers include earnings pre-announcements, acquisitions, leadership appointments or departures, credit changes, or regulatory actions. Read the item codes inside the filing to understand exactly what was disclosed before drawing conclusions.

What is the difference between a 10-K and 10-Q for IBM?

The 10-K is International Business Machines Corporation's annual report with fully audited financial statements, comprehensive MD&A, and complete risk factor disclosures — filed 60–90 days after fiscal year-end. The 10-Q is a lighter quarterly report with unaudited financials filed for the first three quarters. Together they provide a continuous financial picture of the company.

Where can I see all IBM SEC filings directly on EDGAR?

You can view all historical International Business Machines Corporation filings on the SEC EDGAR company page for IBM. Each filing card on this page links directly to the original SEC document.

How often does International Business Machines Corporation file with the SEC?

International Business Machines Corporation files one 10-K per year and up to three 10-Qs per year. Form 4 insider transactions must be reported within two business days of each trade, so the frequency depends on how often insiders are buying or selling IBM shares. 8-K filings occur whenever a material event happens — which can be several times per quarter for an active company.

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