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Imperial Brands PLC (IMB) stock price history
Every LSE trading session of Imperial Brands PLC from Oct 1, 1996 to Sep 28, 2026: 7,653 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Sep 17, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.
IMB adjusted close, 1996 to 2026
- £41.08
- All time high, 2016
- £36.30
- 52 week high, £24.34 low
- 7,653
- Daily sessions since 1996
Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1996 to 2026 series and minute bars.
IMB key facts
- Imperial Brands PLC (IMB) closed at £24.50 on Sep 28, 2026 on LSE.
- IMB's all time high close is £41.08, set on Aug 16, 2016; its all time low close is £2.51 on Nov 5, 1996.
- IMB's 52 week range is £24.34 to £36.30.
- IMB returned -22.8% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +58.4% over five years.
- Over ten years IMB returned -37%, -4.5% a year compounded.
- IMB's deepest drawdown was -70.5% from Aug 16, 2016 to Nov 6, 2020.
- DataCedar holds 7,653 daily sessions of IMB history from Oct 1, 1996 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
IMB price chart, 1996 to 2026
IMB returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | -3.0% |
| 3 months | -11.9% |
| 6 months | -20.3% |
| Year to date | -21.7% |
| 1 year | -22.8% |
| 3 years | +46.1% |
| 5 years | +58.4% |
| 10 years | -37.2% |
| Since Oct 1, 1996 | +774.5% |
| Compound annual growth, 30.0 years | +7.5% |
IMB records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- £41.08 on Aug 16, 2016
- All time low close
- £2.51 on Nov 5, 1996
- 52 week high
- £36.30 on Dec 19, 2025
- 52 week low
- £24.34 on Sep 25, 2026
- Deepest drawdown
- -70.5% from Aug 16, 2016 to Nov 6, 2020, not yet recovered
- Best single session
- +12.3% on Mar 31, 2020
- Worst single session
- -12.9% on Sep 26, 2019
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 22.1%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 48%
- Growth of 1 since 1996
- 8.7×
- Best calendar year
- 1998, +68%
- Worst calendar year
- 2018, -25%
IMB price history by year
Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 1996 starts on Oct 1, 1996; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £31.19 | £33.40 | £24.34 | £24.50 | -21.4% | 494.4M | 187 |
| 2025 | £25.62 | £36.30 | £25.18 | £31.18 | +22.2% | 553.7M | 253 |
| 2024 | £18.19 | £26.33 | £16.60 | £25.50 | +41.4% | 654.3M | 253 |
| 2023 | £20.69 | £21.09 | £15.50 | £18.03 | -12.7% | 579.4M | 251 |
| 2022 | £16.25 | £21.79 | £14.30 | £20.66 | +28.2% | 637.8M | 250 |
| 2021 | £15.48 | £16.80 | £13.25 | £16.11 | +5.4% | 473.4M | 253 |
| 2020 | £18.78 | £20.61 | £11.37 | £15.29 | -17.8% | 665.5M | 254 |
| 2019 | £24.22 | £26.97 | £16.28 | £18.60 | -21.3% | 727.2M | 253 |
| 2018 | £31.51 | £31.72 | £22.26 | £23.63 | -24.9% | 728.5M | 253 |
| 2017 | £35.17 | £39.29 | £29.93 | £31.45 | -10.6% | 556.1M | 252 |
| 2016 | £35.29 | £41.23 | £33.00 | £35.17 | -1.2% | 563.8M | 253 |
| 2015 | £28.28 | £36.37 | £27.41 | £35.59 | +26.5% | 573.2M | 253 |
| 2014 | £23.24 | £29.49 | £21.38 | £28.13 | +21.4% | 490.4M | 253 |
| 2013 | £23.69 | £24.65 | £20.36 | £23.18 | -1.4% | 506.5M | 253 |
| 2012 | £24.37 | £26.04 | £21.92 | £23.51 | -2.5% | 552.6M | 251 |
| 2011 | £19.55 | £24.26 | £17.48 | £24.12 | +23.8% | 639.5M | 252 |
| 2010 | £19.55 | £21.37 | £17.10 | £19.48 | +0.5% | 716.4M | 253 |
| 2009 | £18.30 | £19.67 | £13.97 | £19.39 | +6.0% | 743.8M | 253 |
| 2008 | £23.27 | £23.80 | £13.53 | £18.30 | -21.3% | 1B | 254 |
| 2007 | £17.26 | £23.42 | £17.26 | £23.25 | +35.0% | 1.2B | 253 |
| 2006 | £14.84 | £17.97 | £13.43 | £17.22 | +15.8% | 1B | 252 |
| 2005 | £12.22 | £15.33 | £11.61 | £14.88 | +21.8% | 568.8M | 260 |
| 2004 | £9.41 | £12.42 | £9.00 | £12.22 | +29.8% | 390M | 262 |
| 2003 | £9.03 | £9.56 | £7.62 | £9.41 | +4.3% | 529.3M | 261 |
| 2002 | £6.46 | £9.98 | £6.34 | £9.03 | +39.7% | 943.6M | 261 |
| 2001 | £4.97 | £6.78 | £4.44 | £6.46 | +30.1% | 696.4M | 261 |
| 2000 | £3.64 | £5.42 | £2.74 | £4.97 | +36.6% | 563.3M | 260 |
| 1999 | £4.59 | £5.50 | £3.60 | £3.64 | -20.8% | 587M | 261 |
| 1998 | £2.74 | £4.84 | £2.74 | £4.59 | +67.8% | 560.2M | 261 |
| 1997 | £2.68 | £3.12 | £2.59 | £2.74 | +1.9% | 790.9M | 261 |
| 1996 | £2.80 | £2.97 | £2.51 | £2.68 | n/a | 558.4M | 66 |
IMB monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | £24.50 | -3.0% |
| August 2026 | £25.27 | -10.5% |
| July 2026 | £28.25 | +1.3% |
| June 2026 | £27.89 | +3.4% |
| May 2026 | £26.96 | -3.7% |
| April 2026 | £28.00 | -8.4% |
| March 2026 | £30.56 | -8.1% |
| February 2026 | £33.24 | +8.5% |
| January 2026 | £30.65 | -1.7% |
| December 2025 | £31.18 | -2.8% |
| November 2025 | £32.07 | +6.1% |
| October 2025 | £30.23 | -4.2% |
About the IMB data
Daily bars. 7,653 sessions from Oct 1, 1996 to Sep 28, 2026, one row per LSE trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.
Minute bars. Stored from Sep 17, 2026 forward, most recent session Sep 28, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.
Time and currency. Session dates are LSE trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in GBP. Volume is shares traded on the session.
Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Oct 1, 1996, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.
curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/IMB/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"Nearby on LSE
Common questions
IMB share price history
