Seasonality
GOOG seasonality — Alphabet Inc. (Class C)
Over the last 11 years, GOOG's strongest month on average has been April (+7.2%) and its weakest February (-3.3%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +5.77% | +7.53% | 90% | +12.6% | -6.2% | 10 |
| Feb | -3.34% | -3.50% | 30% | +11.0% | -16.2% | 10 |
| Mar | -0.22% | +1.17% | 60% | +15.2% | -13.2% | 10 |
| Apr | +7.22% | +6.09% | 80% | +33.1% | -17.7% | 10 |
| May | +3.69% | +5.81% | 70% | +14.0% | -7.1% | 10 |
| Jun | -0.63% | -1.51% | 40% | +5.4% | -6.1% | 10 |
| Jul | +5.76% | +7.27% | 90% | +12.6% | -5.6% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.33% | +0.51% | 60% | +10.7% | -6.4% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.48% | -0.38% | 50% | +14.1% | -11.9% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.53% | +3.33% | 60% | +15.7% | -18.4% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.08% | +3.56% | 78% | +13.6% | -3.9% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.48% | +1.69% | 60% | +11.7% | -12.5% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — GOOG
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7.9 | -8.0 | -7.9 | 33.1 | -1.4 | -6.1 | 0.9 | -6.0 | 1.6 | -18.4 | 2.0 | -9.5% | |
| 2025 | 8.0 | -16.2 | -9.3 | 3.0 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 8.7 | 10.7 | 14.1 | 15.7 | 13.6 | -2.0 | +64.8% |
| 2024 | 0.6 | -1.4 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 5.4 | -5.6 | -4.6 | 1.3 | 3.3 | -1.3 | 11.7 | +35.1% |
| 2023 | 12.6 | -9.6 | 15.2 | 4.1 | 14.0 | -1.9 | 10.0 | 3.2 | -4.0 | -5.0 | 6.9 | 5.2 | +58.8% |
| 2022 | -6.2 | -0.6 | 3.5 | -17.7 | -0.8 | -4.1 | 6.6 | -6.4 | -11.9 | -1.6 | 7.2 | -12.5 | -38.7% |
| 2021 | 4.8 | 11.0 | 1.6 | 16.5 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 7.9 | 7.6 | -8.4 | 11.3 | -3.9 | 1.6 | +65.2% |
| 2020 | 7.3 | -6.6 | -13.2 | 16.0 | 6.0 | -1.1 | 4.9 | 10.2 | -10.1 | 10.3 | 8.6 | -0.5 | +31.0% |
| 2019 | 7.8 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 1.3 | -7.1 | -2.1 | 12.6 | -2.4 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.5 | +29.1% |
| 2018 | 11.8 | -5.6 | -6.6 | -1.4 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 9.1 | 0.1 | -2.0 | -9.8 | 1.6 | -5.4 | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 9.2 | 6.5 | -5.8 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | +35.6% |
| 2016 | 1.8 |