Seasonality
AN seasonality — AutoNation
Over the last 11 years, AN's strongest month on average has been July (+11.6%) and its weakest March (-3.9%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +3.91% | +5.34% | 60% | +18.1% | -12.7% | 10 |
| Feb | -2.12% | -1.30% | 50% | +7.7% | -16.6% | 10 |
| Mar | -3.88% | -4.20% | 40% | +24.3% | -34.3% | 10 |
| Apr | +8.62% | +8.16% | 60% | +32.7% | -2.7% | 10 |
| May | -0.51% | -0.47% | 40% | +6.0% | -11.6% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.72% | +2.61% | 50% | +25.7% | -7.2% | 10 |
| Jul | +11.61% | +10.28% | 70% | +36.6% | -3.0% | 10 |
| Aug | +0.30% | -2.46% | 40% | +13.7% | -10.1% | 10 |
| Sep | -3.55% | -1.88% | 40% | +11.6% | -21.8% | 10 |
| Oct | -1.31% | -0.33% | 40% | +14.1% | -14.1% | 10 |
| Nov | +6.74% | +5.71% | 89% | +16.8% | -8.3% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.85% | -4.33% | 30% | +13.9% | -13.4% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — AN
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -0.7 | -4.8 | 0.1 | 8.8 | -11.6 | -1.0 | 14.3 | -5.2 | -21.8 | 14.1 | 2.4 | -10.9% | |
| 2025 | 11.0 | -3.3 | -11.2 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 8.1 | -3.0 | 13.7 | -0.1 | -8.6 | 5.7 | -2.3 | +21.6% |
| 2024 | -7.0 | 7.3 | 10.5 | -2.7 | 5.7 | -6.4 | 19.7 | -6.7 | 0.5 | -13.1 | 15.1 | -5.1 | +13.1% |
| 2023 | 18.1 | 7.7 | -1.6 | -2.0 | -0.6 | 25.7 | -2.2 | -2.4 | -3.6 | -14.1 | 4.0 | 11.0 | +40.0% |
| 2022 | -6.7 | 5.2 | -13.2 | 16.4 | 3.1 | -6.5 | 6.2 | 4.9 | -18.2 | 4.4 | 16.6 | -13.4 | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 2.1 | 5.2 | 24.3 | 9.9 | -0.3 | -7.2 | 28.0 | -10.1 | 11.6 | -0.5 | 2.2 | -5.7 | +67.4% |
| 2020 | -12.7 | 0.7 | -34.3 | 32.7 | 6.0 | -4.8 | 36.6 | 10.8 | -6.9 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 13.9 | +43.5% |
| 2019 | 8.5 | -9.0 | 1.3 | 17.4 | -5.9 | 6.3 | 16.1 | -2.5 | 6.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | -4.8 | +36.2% |
| 2018 | 17.3 | -16.6 | -6.8 | -1.3 | -1.1 | 6.4 | -0.1 | -6.5 | -8.4 | -2.6 | -8.3 | -3.9 | -30.4% |
| 2017 | 9.2 | -13.6 | -7.9 | -0.7 | -5.9 | 6.7 | 0.5 | 7.1 | 4.6 | -0.1 | 16.8 | -7.3 | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 8.9 |