Seasonality
EBAY seasonality — eBay Inc.
Over the last 11 years, EBAY's strongest month on average has been January (+5.8%) and its weakest October (-3.3%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +5.75% | +7.37% | 70% | +19.9% | -9.7% | 10 |
| Feb | +1.99% | +1.53% | 50% | +15.1% | -9.1% | 10 |
| Mar | +0.62% | +0.07% | 50% | +11.6% | -13.2% | 10 |
| Apr | +2.89% | +0.08% | 50% | +32.5% | -9.3% | 10 |
| May | +2.19% | +3.93% | 60% | +14.3% | -8.4% | 10 |
| Jun | +3.22% | +2.04% | 70% | +15.3% | -14.4% | 10 |
| Jul | +4.65% | +2.92% | 70% | +23.2% | -7.8% | 10 |
| Aug | +0.12% | -0.15% | 50% | +12.5% | -9.2% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.07% | -2.40% | 40% | +10.2% | -16.6% | 10 |
| Oct | -3.26% | -9.07% | 30% | +14.7% | -12.1% | 10 |
| Nov | +2.22% | +2.82% | 78% | +14.1% | -12.1% | 9 |
| Dec | +1.02% | +0.65% | 50% | +8.8% | -8.7% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — EBAY
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.7 | -0.4 | 0.2 | 13.7 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 2.0 | -9.2 | 2.4 | 14.7 | 0.3 | +40.0% | |
| 2025 | 8.9 | -4.1 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 7.3 | 1.8 | 23.2 | -1.2 | 0.4 | -10.6 | 1.8 | 5.2 | +40.6% |
| 2024 | -5.8 | 15.1 | 11.6 | -2.4 | 5.2 | -0.9 | 3.5 | 6.3 | 10.2 | -11.7 | 10.1 | -2.1 | +42.0% |
| 2023 | 19.4 | -7.3 | -3.3 | 4.6 | -8.4 | 5.0 | -0.4 | 0.6 | -1.5 | -11.0 | 4.5 | 6.4 | +5.2% |
| 2022 | -9.7 | -9.1 | 4.9 | -9.3 | -6.3 | -14.4 | 16.7 | -9.2 | -16.6 | 8.2 | 14.1 | -8.7 | -37.6% |
| 2021 | 12.5 | -0.2 | 8.5 | -8.9 | 9.1 | 15.3 | -2.9 | 12.5 | -9.2 | 10.1 | -12.1 | -1.4 | +32.3% |
| 2020 | -7.1 | 3.2 | -13.2 | 32.5 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 5.4 | -0.9 | -4.9 | -8.6 | 5.9 | -0.4 | +39.2% |
| 2019 | 19.9 | 10.4 | -0.0 | 4.3 | -7.3 | 9.9 | 4.3 | -2.2 | -3.2 | -9.6 | 0.8 | 1.7 | +28.6% |
| 2018 | 7.5 | 5.6 | -6.1 | -5.9 | -0.4 | -3.9 | -7.8 | 3.5 | -4.6 | -12.1 | 2.8 | -6.0 | -25.6% |
| 2017 | 7.2 | 6.5 | -1.0 | -0.5 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 6.5 | -2.1 | -7.9 | 8.8 | +27.1% |
| 2016 | 6.8 |