Seasonality
AXP seasonality — American Express
Over the last 11 years, AXP's strongest month on average has been November (+7.6%) and its weakest March (-4.0%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +4.90% | +5.64% | 80% | +18.4% | -4.8% | 10 |
| Feb | +0.83% | +2.14% | 50% | +16.3% | -15.3% | 10 |
| Mar | -3.96% | -2.98% | 30% | +4.6% | -22.1% | 10 |
| Apr | +2.81% | +4.32% | 70% | +8.4% | -6.6% | 10 |
| May | +0.89% | -1.09% | 40% | +10.4% | -3.4% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.39% | +5.03% | 70% | +9.9% | -17.9% | 10 |
| Jul | +1.53% | +0.96% | 60% | +11.1% | -6.2% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.38% | -0.15% | 50% | +10.7% | -6.5% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.62% | -0.53% | 50% | +5.1% | -11.2% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.70% | +1.66% | 50% | +10.0% | -9.0% | 10 |
| Nov | +7.64% | +6.16% | 89% | +30.0% | -12.4% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.45% | +1.80% | 70% | +9.7% | -15.1% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — AXP
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -4.8 | -12.3 | -2.1 | 6.8 | -2.0 | 6.9 | -0.6 | -1.8 | -7.9 | 4.9 | 0.6 | -13.2% | |
| 2025 | 7.0 | -5.2 | -10.6 | -1.0 | 10.4 | 8.5 | -6.2 | 10.7 | 0.3 | 8.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | +24.6% |
| 2024 | 7.2 | 9.3 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | -3.5 | 9.3 | 2.2 | 4.8 | -0.4 | 12.8 | -2.6 | +58.4% |
| 2023 | 18.4 | -0.5 | -5.2 | -2.2 | -1.7 | 9.9 | -3.0 | -6.5 | -5.6 | -2.1 | 16.9 | 9.7 | +26.8% |
| 2022 | 9.9 | 8.2 | -3.9 | -6.6 | -3.4 | -17.9 | 11.1 | -1.3 | -11.2 | 10.0 | 6.2 | -6.2 | -9.7% |
| 2021 | -3.9 | 16.3 | 4.6 | 8.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | -2.7 | 0.9 | 3.7 | -12.4 | 7.4 | +35.3% |
| 2020 | 4.3 | -15.3 | -22.1 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 0.1 | -2.0 | 8.9 | -1.3 | -9.0 | 30.0 | 2.0 | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 7.7 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 7.3 | -2.1 | 7.6 | 0.8 | -3.2 | -1.7 | -0.8 | 2.4 | 3.6 | +30.6% |
| 2018 | 0.1 | -1.9 | -4.3 | 5.9 | -0.5 | -0.3 | 1.6 | 6.5 | 0.5 | -3.5 | 9.3 | -15.1 | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 3.1 | 4.8 | -1.2 | 0.2 | -2.9 | 9.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 | +34.1% |
| 2016 | 2.8 |