Seasonality
BLK seasonality — BlackRock
Over the last 11 years, BLK's strongest month on average has been November (+7.2%) and its weakest February (-3.3%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +1.73% | +4.72% | 60% | +9.4% | -10.1% | 10 |
| Feb | -3.31% | -3.59% | 30% | +6.8% | -12.2% | 10 |
| Mar | -1.26% | -2.17% | 30% | +8.6% | -9.6% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.28% | +0.29% | 60% | +14.1% | -18.2% | 10 |
| May | +1.96% | +3.87% | 70% | +7.2% | -14.4% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.93% | +2.45% | 60% | +12.9% | -9.0% | 10 |
| Jul | +5.31% | +5.55% | 80% | +13.4% | -0.9% | 10 |
| Aug | +0.12% | +0.75% | 50% | +8.8% | -9.7% | 10 |
| Sep | -3.05% | -3.39% | 40% | +6.7% | -17.4% | 10 |
| Oct | +3.17% | +4.46% | 70% | +17.4% | -12.7% | 10 |
| Nov | +7.18% | +6.45% | 78% | +22.7% | -4.1% | 9 |
| Dec | +1.25% | +1.89% | 80% | +8.1% | -8.2% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — BLK
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.5 | -5.0 | -9.6 | 10.8 | -1.8 | -8.2 | 13.4 | 6.0 | -8.4 | 8.4 | 2.7 | +10.1% | |
| 2025 | 4.9 | -9.1 | -3.2 | -3.4 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 3.4 | -7.1 | -3.3 | 2.2 | +4.4% |
| 2024 | -4.6 | 4.8 | 2.8 | -9.5 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 11.3 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 0.2 | +26.3% |
| 2023 | 7.1 | -9.2 | -3.0 | 0.3 | -2.0 | 5.1 | 6.9 | -5.2 | -7.7 | -5.3 | 22.7 | 8.1 | +14.6% |
| 2022 | -10.1 | -9.6 | 2.7 | -18.2 | 7.1 | -9.0 | 9.9 | -0.4 | -17.4 | 17.4 | 10.8 | -1.0 | -22.6% |
| 2021 | -2.8 | -1.0 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 7.0 | -0.2 | -0.9 | 8.8 | -11.1 | 12.5 | -4.1 | 1.2 | +26.9% |
| 2020 | 4.9 | -12.2 | -5.0 | 14.1 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 3.3 | -5.2 | 6.3 | 16.6 | 3.3 | +43.5% |
| 2019 | 5.7 | 6.8 | -3.6 | 13.5 | -14.4 | 12.9 | -0.3 | -9.7 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 7.2 | 1.6 | +28.0% |
| 2018 | 9.4 | -2.2 | -1.4 | -3.7 | 2.4 | -6.6 | 0.8 | -4.7 | -1.6 | -12.7 | 4.0 | -8.2 | -23.5% |
| 2017 | -1.7 | 3.6 | -1.0 | 0.3 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 1.0 | -1.8 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 2.5 | +35.0% |
| 2016 | 2.6 |