Seasonality
BHF seasonality — Brighthouse Financial
Over the last 10 years, BHF's strongest month on average has been January (+7.7%) and its weakest March (-5.5%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +7.66% | +5.12% | 56% | +28.5% | -2.3% | 9 |
| Feb | -3.17% | -4.02% | 33% | +12.8% | -15.6% | 9 |
| Mar | -5.53% | -2.23% | 22% | +10.9% | -32.6% | 9 |
| Apr | +2.63% | +0.40% | 67% | +15.2% | -6.4% | 9 |
| May | -2.29% | -4.36% | 44% | +15.6% | -15.1% | 9 |
| Jun | -3.86% | -6.36% | 33% | +17.6% | -16.5% | 9 |
| Jul | +3.26% | +5.85% | 67% | +15.1% | -11.0% | 9 |
| Aug | -2.59% | -4.58% | 30% | +13.7% | -14.4% | 10 |
| Sep | +0.33% | -1.67% | 40% | +14.8% | -11.4% | 10 |
| Oct | +4.38% | +3.66% | 60% | +31.4% | -12.0% | 10 |
| Nov | +5.09% | +6.04% | 67% | +14.9% | -5.5% | 9 |
| Dec | -3.90% | -1.16% | 33% | +6.6% | -24.3% | 9 |
Monthly returns heat map — BHF
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -1.1 | -6.4 | -0.2 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | -2.2 | -14.4 | -5.9 | -12.0 | -3.0 | -34.2% | |
| 2025 | 28.5 | -3.9 | -2.2 | 0.4 | 2.7 | -10.1 | -11.0 | -1.2 | 12.3 | 7.5 | 14.9 | -1.2 | +34.9% |
| 2024 | -2.2 | -10.1 | 10.7 | -6.4 | -7.8 | -2.6 | 15.1 | -8.0 | -1.9 | 5.0 | 10.5 | -8.1 | -9.2% |
| 2023 | 9.8 | 2.8 | -23.7 | 0.2 | -8.9 | 17.6 | 10.1 | -4.7 | -1.4 | -7.4 | 14.9 | 1.7 | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 5.1 | -4.0 | -1.1 | -0.6 | -4.4 | -16.5 | 5.8 | 9.5 | -8.7 | 31.4 | -2.3 | -8.0 | -1.0% |
| 2021 | -2.3 | 12.8 | 10.9 | 5.7 | 4.0 | -6.4 | -5.5 | 13.7 | -7.6 | 11.1 | -3.2 | 6.6 | +43.1% |
| 2020 | -0.8 | -7.9 | -32.6 | 6.4 | 15.6 | -6.4 | 1.9 | 7.1 | -11.4 | 23.0 | 6.0 | 3.1 | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 22.5 | 3.7 | -6.3 | 15.2 | -15.1 | 3.4 | 6.8 | -10.0 | 14.8 | -6.7 | 9.0 | -4.7 | +28.7% |
| 2018 | 9.6 | -15.6 | -5.3 | -1.2 | -7.2 | -14.9 | 8.4 | -4.4 | 6.6 | -10.4 | 1.6 | -24.3 | -48.0% |
| 2017 | -13.5 | 6.5 | 2.3 | -5.5 | -0.3 |