Seasonality
DLTR seasonality — Dollar Tree
Over the last 11 years, DLTR's strongest month on average has been November (+8.0%) and its weakest August (-7.0%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.40% | -3.26% | 40% | +7.2% | -8.1% | 10 |
| Feb | +0.42% | -0.66% | 30% | +12.3% | -10.8% | 10 |
| Mar | +0.08% | +0.57% | 50% | +16.6% | -13.4% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.62% | +3.46% | 80% | +8.9% | -11.3% | 10 |
| May | -0.45% | -3.72% | 30% | +22.8% | -15.1% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.31% | +2.48% | 60% | +9.7% | -10.0% | 10 |
| Jul | +3.74% | +4.13% | 80% | +14.7% | -5.2% | 10 |
| Aug | -6.97% | -6.56% | 20% | +10.5% | -20.7% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.96% | -2.41% | 50% | +12.4% | -16.8% | 10 |
| Oct | +5.18% | +4.70% | 70% | +17.4% | -8.1% | 10 |
| Nov | +7.96% | +11.25% | 78% | +24.2% | -17.2% | 9 |
| Dec | +2.80% | +4.26% | 70% | +14.9% | -12.4% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — DLTR
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -4.4 | 7.6 | -13.4 | -11.3 | 19.9 | 3.9 | 5.2 | -0.5 | -9.9 | 17.4 | -2.0 | +6.6% | |
| 2025 | -2.1 | -0.7 | 3.0 | 8.9 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 14.7 | -3.9 | -13.6 | 5.0 | 11.8 | 11.0 | +64.1% |
| 2024 | -8.1 | 12.3 | -9.2 | -11.2 | -0.2 | -9.5 | -2.3 | -19.0 | -16.8 | -8.1 | 10.3 | 5.2 | -47.2% |
| 2023 | 6.2 | -3.3 | -1.2 | 7.1 | -12.2 | 6.4 | 7.5 | -20.7 | -13.0 | 4.4 | 11.2 | 14.9 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | -6.6 | 8.3 | 12.7 | 1.4 | -1.3 | -2.8 | 6.1 | -17.9 | 0.3 | 16.5 | -5.2 | -5.9 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | -5.9 | -3.4 | 16.6 | 0.4 | -15.1 | 2.0 | 0.3 | -9.3 | 5.7 | 12.6 | 24.2 | 5.0 | +30.1% |
| 2020 | -7.4 | -4.6 | -11.5 | 8.4 | 22.8 | -5.3 | 0.7 | 3.1 | -5.1 | -1.1 | 20.9 | -1.1 | +14.9% |
| 2019 | 7.2 | -0.5 | 9.0 | 5.9 | -8.7 | 5.7 | -5.2 | -0.2 | 12.4 | -3.3 | -17.2 | 2.8 | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 7.2 | -10.8 | -7.5 | 1.0 | -13.9 | 2.9 | 7.4 | -11.8 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 4.1 | -15.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0 | -0.7 | 2.3 | 5.5 | -6.1 | -10.0 | 3.1 | 10.5 | 9.0 | 5.1 | 12.6 | 4.4 | +39.0% |
| 2016 | -12.4 |