Seasonality
CAR seasonality — Avis Budget Group
Over the last 11 years, CAR's strongest month on average has been November (+10.9%) and its weakest December (-8.4%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +3.52% | +2.10% | 70% | +22.0% | -15.0% | 10 |
| Feb | +1.37% | -0.40% | 50% | +34.5% | -34.0% | 10 |
| Mar | +5.14% | +0.50% | 50% | +49.7% | -57.1% | 10 |
| Apr | +6.89% | +4.30% | 80% | +23.9% | -22.1% | 10 |
| May | -2.36% | -3.85% | 30% | +31.5% | -28.9% | 10 |
| Jun | +4.98% | -0.89% | 50% | +38.8% | -22.7% | 10 |
| Jul | +5.34% | +4.88% | 70% | +23.8% | -7.0% | 10 |
| Aug | -1.34% | -5.09% | 40% | +31.7% | -31.9% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.85% | +2.39% | 60% | +28.4% | -27.7% | 10 |
| Oct | +10.83% | +3.18% | 60% | +59.3% | -15.3% | 10 |
| Nov | +10.86% | +4.16% | 67% | +58.4% | -7.6% | 9 |
| Dec | -8.37% | -4.88% | 30% | +15.2% | -26.7% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — CAR
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -10.4 | -15.3 | 49.7 | 23.9 | -2.7 | -15.9 | -7.0 | 7.3 | -27.7 | 1.2 | 10.0 | -7.4% | |
| 2025 | 11.3 | -11.9 | -3.9 | 22.0 | 31.5 | 38.8 | 0.7 | -7.0 | 1.5 | -15.3 | -0.1 | -5.6 | +59.2% |
| 2024 | -7.6 | -34.0 | 13.3 | -22.1 | 19.1 | -8.1 | -3.4 | -18.8 | 6.8 | -5.2 | 31.4 | -26.1 | -54.5% |
| 2023 | 22.0 | 9.8 | -11.3 | -9.3 | -5.0 | 36.3 | -3.7 | -3.1 | -15.8 | -9.4 | 12.3 | -3.1 | +8.1% |
| 2022 | -15.0 | 4.1 | 43.5 | 1.7 | -28.9 | -22.7 | 23.8 | -8.1 | -11.3 | 59.3 | -5.4 | -26.7 | -20.9% |
| 2021 | 10.8 | 34.4 | 30.6 | 23.5 | -2.0 | -11.3 | 6.3 | 9.6 | 28.4 | 48.8 | 58.4 | -24.5 | +455.9% |
| 2020 | 1.7 | -1.3 | -57.1 | 18.6 | 30.6 | 6.3 | 13.2 | 31.7 | -22.8 | 27.9 | 4.5 | 6.1 | +15.7% |
| 2019 | 18.5 | 34.5 | -2.7 | 2.0 | -20.2 | 24.0 | 3.5 | -31.9 | 14.1 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 8.4 | +43.4% |
| 2018 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 5.5 | -21.1 | -16.6 | 7.2 | -10.7 | 3.3 | -12.5 | 4.2 | -23.2 | -48.8% |
| 2017 | 1.5 | -7.1 | -14.5 | 3.1 | -24.9 | 19.1 | 12.9 | 17.7 | 5.0 | 8.4 | -7.6 | 15.2 | +19.6% |
| 2016 | -4.2 |