Imperial Brands (IMB-L)
FTSE 100 · Tobacco · data since 1996-10-01 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.93%
7d
-1.64%
30d
+1.58%
YTD
-9.47%
1y
-2.77%
Imperial Brands (IMB-L) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -1.7 | 8.5 | -8.1 | -8.4 | -3.7 | 3.5 | 1.2 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 6.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 7.3 | -8.6 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 1.1 | -4.2 | 6.1 | -2.8 |
| 2024 | 5.1 | -10.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 1.7 | -0.3 | 7.5 | 9.9 | -0.6 |
| 2023 | -1.9 | -1.3 | -7.0 | 5.5 | -13.8 | 2.6 | 5.8 | -2.7 | -6.8 | 5.0 | 5.5 | -2.2 |
| 2022 | 8.3 | -6.4 | -1.7 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 2.5 | -2.0 | 5.4 | -2.2 | 14.5 | 0.1 | -2.5 |
| 2021 | -4.3 | -9.3 | 11.9 | 1.0 | 6.2 | -2.7 | -1.0 | -0.0 | 1.1 | -1.1 | 0.0 | 4.8 |
| 2020 | 4.4 | -20.3 | -3.7 | 12.2 | -12.6 | 4.9 | -17.1 | -1.8 | 9.1 | -10.5 | 11.2 | 12.8 |
| 2019 | 6.2 | -0.6 | 4.5 | -7.2 | -21.4 | -3.6 | 13.4 | 1.4 | -13.9 | -7.4 | 0.7 | 9.7 |
| 2018 | -8.4 | -9.6 | -7.4 | 7.4 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.5 | -6.1 | -2.7 | -0.7 | -9.1 | -1.4 |
| 2017 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 1.9 | -2.2 | -4.0 | -5.0 | -9.5 | 2.6 | -0.5 | -3.6 | -0.2 | 3.3 |
| 2016 | 5.6 | -1.7 | 3.8 | -3.7 | 1.1 | 7.8 | -1.7 | 0.3 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -13.2 | 3.2 |
| 2015 | 10.2 | 2.2 | -7.2 | 7.7 | 5.6 | -9.0 | 9.7 | -6.1 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 2.6 | -0.0 |
| 2014 | -4.9 | 9.6 | -0.6 | 5.5 | 5.3 | -2.3 | -2.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 9.2 | -4.2 |
| 2013 | -1.1 | 1.9 | -3.8 | 0.0 | 3.1 | -3.8 | -3.2 | -3.4 | 7.3 | 1.8 | -0.2 | 0.6 |
| 2012 | -6.8 | 9.7 | 1.8 | -2.8 | -5.0 | 4.8 | 1.0 | -0.9 | -6.7 | 2.1 | 6.7 | -5.0 |
| 2011 | -9.3 | 10.7 | -2.4 | 9.3 | 3.3 | -4.8 | 2.2 | -3.5 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 6.4 |
| 2010 | 3.4 | 1.0 | -1.8 | -7.1 | -3.6 | 4.4 | -4.0 | -0.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 | -5.7 | 4.3 |
| 2009 | 2.4 | -11.3 | -6.7 | -1.0 | 3.2 | -1.4 | 8.4 | 1.1 | 4.5 | -0.4 | -1.8 | 10.9 |
| 2008 | -9.6 | -4.5 | -0.9 | 4.4 | -3.4 | -7.6 | 1.0 | -4.1 | -0.8 | -7.3 | -2.8 | 14.3 |
| 2007 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 7.3 | -4.3 | 0.3 | 5.6 | -6.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 3.4 | 7.8 |
| 2006 | -3.7 | 2.6 | -0.5 | -0.2 | -4.0 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 3.4 | -1.7 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 7.5 |
| 2005 | -2.4 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 7.6 | -0.4 | 0.9 | -2.6 | 5.3 | 5.5 | -0.3 | 6.4 | 0.8 |
| 2004 | -1.6 | 7.1 | 2.3 | 5.3 | -2.8 | -2.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | -1.6 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 4.7 |
| 2003 | -11.9 | 6.6 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 5.1 | -1.6 | -9.7 | 1.0 | -0.7 | -0.4 | 9.0 | 3.3 |
| 2002 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 23.2 | 1.0 | 19.3 | -8.4 | -7.7 | 9.8 | -6.6 | -0.5 | -8.7 | 15.6 |
| 2001 | -6.7 | 13.1 | -7.8 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 9.0 | -1.3 | 3.0 | -6.1 | 7.8 | -3.4 | 9.2 |
| 2000 | -11.6 | -7.1 | 22.7 | -6.6 | 22.4 | 7.7 | 2.7 | -3.5 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 12.4 | -8.4 |
| 1999 | 8.5 | 4.7 | -12.4 | -3.5 | 13.6 | -1.4 | -8.8 | 11.3 | 3.3 | -11.0 | 1.6 | -22.1 |
| 1998 | 15.6 | -3.8 | 2.8 | -2.3 | 8.7 | -5.2 | 17.1 | 2.6 | 17.2 | -1.2 | 6.0 | -1.2 |
| 1997 | 8.4 | 3.9 | -1.6 | -3.0 | -4.9 | 0.4 | -1.7 | 1.6 | -3.8 | -1.4 | 7.5 | -2.5 |
| 1996 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | -8.9 | 5.6 | -0.4 |
| Avg | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +0.2% | +0.2% | +0.6% | +1.3% | +1.1% | +0.3% | +0.0% | +1.1% | +0.7% | +0.6% | +2.2% | +2.2% |
| Win rate | 50%/30 | 57%/30 | 47%/30 | 57%/30 | 57%/30 | 53%/30 | 48%/29 | 62%/29 | 45%/29 | 47%/30 | 70%/30 | 57%/30 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-70.5%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±6.7%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
54%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+23.16%
2002-03
Worst month
-22.11%
1999-12
Longest streaks
6▲ / 5▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Imperial Brands
Imperial Brands shows up, compounds, repeats — with price receipts on this site going back to 1996. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1996) would be about $1,092 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was March 2002 at +23.16%; its worst, December 1999 at -22.11%.
- It has closed November in the green 21 out of 30 times — past performance, future shrug.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.