Seasonality
COF seasonality — Capital One
Over the last 11 years, COF's strongest month on average has been January (+5.1%) and its weakest March (-8.4%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +5.06% | +3.80% | 80% | +28.0% | -9.7% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.53% | +0.07% | 50% | +15.3% | -11.6% | 10 |
| Mar | -8.44% | -7.21% | 20% | +8.2% | -42.9% | 10 |
| Apr | +4.44% | +0.86% | 60% | +28.4% | -7.2% | 10 |
| May | +1.37% | +3.16% | 60% | +7.8% | -7.5% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.53% | +2.77% | 60% | +12.5% | -18.5% | 10 |
| Jul | +4.23% | +4.25% | 100% | +9.3% | +1.1% | 10 |
| Aug | -0.88% | -0.16% | 50% | +8.2% | -12.5% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.38% | -3.30% | 40% | +6.3% | -12.9% | 10 |
| Oct | +3.81% | +3.93% | 80% | +15.0% | -6.8% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.76% | +0.43% | 56% | +17.9% | -7.0% | 9 |
| Dec | +2.89% | +3.53% | 70% | +17.4% | -15.7% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — COF
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -9.7 | -10.6 | -6.8 | 4.9 | -1.8 | 6.8 | 4.2 | 2.6 | -10.0 | 6.1 | -1.4 | -16.7% | |
| 2025 | 14.2 | -1.6 | -10.6 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 12.5 | 1.1 | 5.7 | -6.4 | 3.5 | -0.4 | 10.6 | +35.9% |
| 2024 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 8.2 | -3.7 | -4.0 | 0.6 | 9.3 | -3.0 | 1.9 | 8.7 | 17.9 | -7.1 | +36.0% |
| 2023 | 28.0 | -8.3 | -11.8 | 1.2 | 7.1 | 5.0 | 7.0 | -12.5 | -5.2 | 4.4 | 10.2 | 17.4 | +41.0% |
| 2022 | 1.1 | 4.5 | -14.3 | -5.1 | 2.6 | -18.5 | 5.4 | -3.6 | -12.9 | 15.0 | -2.6 | -10.0 | -35.9% |
| 2021 | 5.5 | 15.3 | 5.9 | 17.2 | 7.8 | -3.8 | 4.5 | 2.6 | -2.4 | -6.8 | -7.0 | 3.2 | +46.8% |
| 2020 | -3.0 | -11.6 | -42.9 | 28.4 | 5.1 | -8.0 | 1.9 | 8.2 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 17.2 | 15.4 | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 6.6 | 3.7 | -2.3 | 13.6 | -7.5 | 5.7 | 1.9 | -6.3 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 7.2 | 2.9 | +36.1% |
| 2018 | 4.4 | -5.8 | -2.1 | -5.4 | 3.7 | -2.2 | 2.6 | 5.1 | -4.2 | -5.9 | 0.4 | -15.7 | -24.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2 | 7.4 | -7.7 | -7.2 | -4.3 | 7.4 | 4.3 | -7.6 | 6.3 | 8.9 | -0.2 | 8.2 | +14.1% |
| 2016 | 3.8 |