Seasonality
ADM seasonality — Archer Daniels Midland
Over the last 11 years, ADM's strongest month on average has been July (+4.2%) and its weakest February (-1.4%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +0.51% | +0.31% | 50% | +17.1% | -23.0% | 10 |
| Feb | -1.44% | -3.63% | 40% | +13.1% | -15.9% | 10 |
| Mar | +3.85% | +1.60% | 80% | +18.3% | -6.6% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.64% | +1.00% | 50% | +10.8% | -6.6% | 10 |
| May | -0.92% | +1.25% | 60% | +7.0% | -14.1% | 10 |
| Jun | -0.23% | +0.51% | 50% | +9.3% | -14.6% | 10 |
| Jul | +4.19% | +3.20% | 90% | +12.4% | -1.4% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.60% | +1.51% | 60% | +15.6% | -7.4% | 10 |
| Sep | -0.79% | -1.15% | 40% | +7.9% | -8.5% | 10 |
| Oct | +0.51% | -1.82% | 40% | +20.6% | -7.6% | 10 |
| Nov | +0.48% | +0.35% | 56% | +7.6% | -3.2% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.66% | -0.77% | 50% | +8.7% | -11.0% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — ADM
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17.1 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 7.0 | -4.2 | 3.8 | 2.5 | -2.4 | -3.1 | -9.0 | +21.7% | |
| 2025 | 1.4 | -7.9 | 1.7 | -0.5 | 1.1 | 9.3 | 2.6 | 15.6 | -4.6 | 1.3 | 0.3 | -5.3 | +13.8% |
| 2024 | -23.0 | -4.4 | 18.3 | -6.6 | 6.4 | -3.2 | 2.6 | -1.6 | -2.0 | -7.6 | -1.1 | -7.5 | -30.1% |
| 2023 | -10.8 | -3.9 | 0.1 | -2.0 | -9.5 | 7.0 | 12.4 | -6.7 | -4.9 | -5.1 | 3.0 | -2.0 | -22.2% |
| 2022 | 11.0 | 4.6 | 15.1 | -0.8 | 1.4 | -14.6 | 6.7 | 6.2 | -8.5 | 20.6 | 0.5 | -4.8 | +37.4% |
| 2021 | -0.8 | 13.1 | 0.7 | 10.8 | 5.4 | -8.9 | -1.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 7.0 | -3.2 | 8.7 | +34.1% |
| 2020 | -3.4 | -15.9 | -6.6 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 | -0.5 | 7.6 | 1.3 | +8.8% |
| 2019 | 9.6 | -5.3 | 1.5 | 3.4 | -14.1 | 6.5 | 0.7 | -7.4 | 7.9 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 8.0 | +13.1% |
| 2018 | 7.2 | -3.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | -3.7 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.4 | -0.3 | -6.0 | -2.6 | -11.0 | +2.2% |
| 2017 | -3.0 | 6.1 | -2.0 | -0.6 | -9.1 | -0.5 | 1.9 | -2.0 | 2.9 | -3.9 | -2.4 | 0.5 | -12.2% |
| 2016 | 5.6 |