Seasonality
CVS seasonality — CVS Health
Over the last 11 years, CVS's strongest month on average has been November (+7.9%) and its weakest February (-2.5%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +1.65% | -0.04% | 50% | +25.8% | -8.7% | 10 |
| Feb | -2.55% | -3.80% | 30% | +16.4% | -13.9% | 10 |
| Mar | -2.00% | -2.47% | 40% | +10.4% | -11.1% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.64% | +1.19% | 60% | +16.0% | -15.1% | 10 |
| May | -1.34% | -3.85% | 40% | +13.1% | -12.0% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.38% | +1.57% | 60% | +13.7% | -4.2% | 10 |
| Jul | +0.27% | +0.87% | 60% | +8.0% | -10.0% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.78% | +0.64% | 50% | +17.8% | -12.8% | 10 |
| Sep | +1.40% | +3.30% | 60% | +9.8% | -8.8% | 10 |
| Oct | -2.03% | -0.93% | 40% | +5.3% | -15.7% | 10 |
| Nov | +7.94% | +7.58% | 78% | +20.9% | -1.5% | 9 |
| Dec | -2.43% | -1.27% | 40% | +16.2% | -25.0% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — CVS
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -6.1 | 7.2 | -10.1 | 16.0 | 9.2 | 13.7 | 0.9 | -10.1 | -8.8 | 5.3 | -7.1 | +5.7% | |
| 2025 | 25.8 | 16.4 | 3.1 | -1.5 | -4.0 | 7.7 | -10.0 | 17.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | -1.2 | +76.8% |
| 2024 | -5.8 | 0.0 | 7.2 | -15.1 | -12.0 | -0.9 | 2.1 | -5.1 | 9.8 | -10.2 | 6.0 | -25.0 | -43.1% |
| 2023 | -5.3 | -5.3 | -11.1 | -1.4 | -7.2 | 1.6 | 8.0 | -12.8 | 7.1 | -1.2 | -1.5 | 16.2 | -15.3% |
| 2022 | 3.2 | -2.7 | -2.4 | -5.0 | 0.6 | -4.2 | 3.3 | 2.6 | -2.8 | -0.7 | 7.6 | -8.5 | -9.7% |
| 2021 | 4.9 | -4.9 | 10.4 | 1.6 | 13.1 | -3.5 | -1.3 | 4.9 | -1.8 | 5.2 | -0.2 | 15.8 | +51.0% |
| 2020 | -8.7 | -12.7 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 6.5 | -0.9 | -3.1 | -1.3 | -6.0 | -4.0 | 20.9 | 0.8 | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 0.1 | -11.8 | -6.7 | 0.8 | -3.7 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 13.4 | -1.3 | +13.4% |
| 2018 | 8.5 | -13.9 | -8.2 | 12.2 | -9.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 16.0 | 4.6 | -8.0 | 10.8 | -18.3 | -9.6% |
| 2017 | -0.1 | 2.2 | -2.6 | 5.0 | -6.8 | 4.7 | -0.7 | -3.2 | 5.2 | -15.7 | 11.8 | -5.3 | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 2.6 |