Seasonality
FCX seasonality — Freeport-McMoRan
Over the last 11 years, FCX's strongest month on average has been November (+9.8%) and its weakest September (-3.3%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +4.26% | +3.13% | 60% | +26.2% | -15.4% | 10 |
| Feb | +3.16% | -0.83% | 50% | +26.1% | -19.5% | 10 |
| Mar | -2.20% | -0.22% | 30% | +24.4% | -32.2% | 10 |
| Apr | -0.33% | -4.53% | 30% | +30.8% | -18.5% | 10 |
| May | +0.92% | +4.15% | 60% | +13.7% | -21.1% | 10 |
| Jun | +3.25% | +3.33% | 60% | +27.6% | -25.1% | 10 |
| Jul | +3.22% | +1.13% | 50% | +21.7% | -7.2% | 10 |
| Aug | -0.23% | -3.49% | 40% | +20.9% | -16.9% | 10 |
| Sep | -3.30% | -5.79% | 30% | +12.7% | -11.7% | 10 |
| Oct | +0.50% | +1.09% | 50% | +15.9% | -16.3% | 10 |
| Nov | +9.83% | +3.07% | 67% | +34.9% | -1.8% | 9 |
| Dec | +6.14% | +11.89% | 60% | +36.2% | -14.1% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — FCX
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18.6 | 13.0 | -13.7 | -1.7 | 13.7 | -4.3 | -0.4 | 20.9 | -7.6 | -10.8 | -4.9 | +17.0% | |
| 2025 | -5.9 | 3.0 | 2.6 | -4.8 | 6.8 | 12.7 | -7.2 | 10.3 | -11.7 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 18.2 | +33.4% |
| 2024 | -6.8 | -4.7 | 24.4 | 6.2 | 5.6 | -7.8 | -6.6 | -2.5 | 12.7 | -9.8 | -1.8 | -13.8 | -10.6% |
| 2023 | 17.4 | -8.2 | -0.1 | -7.3 | -9.4 | 16.5 | 11.6 | -10.6 | -6.6 | -9.4 | 10.5 | 14.1 | +12.0% |
| 2022 | -10.8 | 26.1 | 5.9 | -18.5 | -3.6 | -25.1 | 7.8 | -6.2 | -7.7 | 15.9 | 25.6 | -4.5 | -8.9% |
| 2021 | 3.4 | 26.0 | -2.9 | 14.5 | 13.3 | -13.1 | 2.7 | -4.5 | -10.6 | 15.9 | -1.7 | 12.5 | +60.4% |
| 2020 | -15.4 | -10.3 | -32.2 | 30.8 | 2.7 | 27.6 | 11.7 | 20.8 | 0.2 | 10.9 | 34.9 | 11.2 | +98.3% |
| 2019 | 12.9 | 10.8 | -0.1 | -4.5 | -21.1 | 19.6 | -4.7 | -16.9 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 15.9 | 15.3 | +27.3% |
| 2018 | 2.9 | -4.6 | -5.5 | -13.4 | 11.1 | 2.1 | -4.4 | -14.8 | -0.9 | -16.3 | 2.5 | -13.7 | -45.6% |
| 2017 | 26.2 | -19.5 | -0.3 | -4.6 | -9.9 | 4.5 | 21.7 | 1.1 | -5.0 | -0.4 | -0.4 | 36.2 | +43.8% |
| 2016 | -14.1 |