Seasonality
COP seasonality — ConocoPhillips
Over the last 11 years, COP's strongest month on average has been January (+3.8%) and its weakest May (-0.8%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +3.79% | +1.69% | 60% | +22.8% | -8.6% | 10 |
| Feb | +0.32% | +0.28% | 60% | +29.9% | -18.5% | 10 |
| Mar | +1.46% | +5.13% | 70% | +16.3% | -36.4% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.24% | -3.69% | 30% | +36.7% | -15.1% | 10 |
| May | -0.80% | -3.86% | 40% | +17.6% | -9.4% | 10 |
| Jun | -0.72% | +1.46% | 50% | +9.3% | -20.1% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.62% | +3.44% | 60% | +15.9% | -11.0% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.62% | +1.54% | 70% | +12.3% | -11.7% | 10 |
| Sep | +1.47% | -1.89% | 50% | +22.0% | -13.3% | 10 |
| Oct | +2.99% | +0.68% | 50% | +23.2% | -12.8% | 10 |
| Nov | +3.23% | -1.10% | 22% | +38.2% | -5.8% | 9 |
| Dec | +1.10% | +2.01% | 70% | +8.5% | -8.5% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — COP
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11.3 | 8.9 | 16.3 | -4.7 | -9.4 | -8.8 | 15.9 | 10.0 | -5.5 | 23.1 | -11.5 | +45.6% | |
| 2025 | -0.3 | 0.3 | 5.9 | -15.1 | -4.2 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 3.8 | -4.4 | -6.1 | -0.2 | 5.5 | -5.6% |
| 2024 | -3.6 | 0.6 | 13.1 | -1.3 | -7.3 | -1.8 | -2.8 | 2.3 | -7.5 | 4.0 | -1.1 | -8.5 | -14.6% |
| 2023 | 3.3 | -15.2 | -4.0 | 3.7 | -3.5 | 4.3 | 13.6 | 1.1 | 0.7 | -0.8 | -2.7 | 0.4 | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 22.8 | 7.0 | 5.4 | -4.5 | 17.6 | -20.1 | 8.5 | 12.3 | -6.5 | 23.2 | -2.0 | -4.5 | +63.5% |
| 2021 | 0.1 | 29.9 | 1.9 | -3.5 | 9.0 | 9.3 | -8.0 | -0.9 | 22.0 | 9.9 | -5.8 | 2.9 | +80.5% |
| 2020 | -8.6 | -18.5 | -36.4 | 36.7 | 0.2 | -0.4 | -11.0 | 1.3 | -13.3 | -12.8 | 38.2 | 1.1 | -38.5% |
| 2019 | 8.6 | 0.2 | -1.6 | -5.4 | -6.6 | 3.5 | -3.1 | -11.7 | 9.2 | -3.1 | 8.6 | 8.5 | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 7.1 | -7.7 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 5.4 | -9.7 | -5.3 | -5.8 | +13.6% |
| 2017 | -2.8 | -2.4 | 4.8 | -3.9 | -6.7 | -1.6 | 3.2 | -3.8 | 14.6 | 2.2 | -0.5 | 7.9 | +9.5% |
| 2016 | 3.3 |