IBM stock plunged on Claude Code COBOL fears, but Jefferies says IBM’s watsonx is already modernizing mainframes with GenAI—read more now.
International Business Machines Corporation stock plunges; downgrade IBM to Hold as Anthropic's Claude Code threatens ...
IBM or International Business Machines Corp had its worst day on stock market in more than 25 years on Monday, February 23.
On 23 Feb 2026, IBM shares dropped 13%, losing nearly $30B, after Anthropic's Claude AI promised faster COBOL modernization, threatening legacy IT services dependent on scarce expertise.
After Anthropic introduced a tool for automating time-consuming COBOL modernization, IBM's stock plummeted over 13 percent.
IBM is the latest victim to investor fears about Anthropic's AI code.
IBM's market value drops $25 billion as AI threatens its lucrative COBOL modernization business, sparking a historic stock ...