Seasonality
AFL seasonality — Aflac
Over the last 11 years, AFL's strongest month on average has been November (+8.0%) and its weakest February (-1.4%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +2.12% | +1.88% | 90% | +7.6% | -2.5% | 10 |
| Feb | -1.43% | +1.28% | 60% | +6.0% | -16.9% | 10 |
| Mar | -0.78% | +0.83% | 60% | +6.9% | -20.1% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.80% | +3.50% | 70% | +8.8% | -11.0% | 10 |
| May | +0.41% | -0.22% | 50% | +7.4% | -8.1% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.44% | +0.62% | 50% | +8.7% | -8.7% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.50% | +3.11% | 70% | +8.7% | -5.8% | 10 |
| Aug | +2.43% | +3.07% | 70% | +15.7% | -9.1% | 10 |
| Sep | -0.35% | +0.69% | 60% | +4.5% | -8.0% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.07% | +1.69% | 60% | +15.8% | -8.5% | 10 |
| Nov | +8.02% | +5.89% | 100% | +29.4% | +0.9% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.67% | -0.15% | 40% | +7.8% | -9.3% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — AFL
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.6 | 1.8 | -2.9 | 3.6 | -1.1 | 4.3 | 8.7 | -9.1 | -3.5 | 10.8 | 0.1 | +12.5% | |
| 2025 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 | -2.3 | -4.7 | 1.9 | -5.8 | 7.5 | 4.5 | -4.0 | 2.9 | -0.0 | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 2.2 | -4.3 | 6.3 | -2.6 | 7.4 | -0.6 | 6.8 | 15.7 | 1.3 | -6.3 | 8.8 | -9.3 | +25.4% |
| 2023 | 2.2 | -7.3 | -5.3 | 8.3 | -8.1 | 8.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 5.9 | -0.2 | +14.7% |
| 2022 | 7.6 | -2.8 | 5.4 | -11.0 | 5.7 | -8.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | -5.4 | 15.8 | 10.5 | 0.0 | +23.2% |
| 2021 | 1.6 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 5.0 | 5.5 | -5.3 | 2.5 | 3.0 | -8.0 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 7.8 | +31.3% |
| 2020 | -2.5 | -16.9 | -20.1 | 8.8 | -2.1 | -1.2 | -1.3 | 2.1 | 0.1 | -6.6 | 29.4 | 1.2 | -15.9% |
| 2019 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 6.8 | -4.0 | -4.7 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 3.2 | -3.5 | +16.1% |
| 2018 | 0.5 | 0.8 | -1.5 | 4.1 | -1.1 | -4.5 | 8.2 | -0.6 | 1.8 | -8.5 | 6.2 | -0.4 | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.5 | -1.4 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 0.2 | +26.1% |
| 2016 | -2.5 |