Seasonality
GOOGL seasonality — Alphabet Inc. (Class A)
Over the last 11 years, GOOGL's strongest month on average has been April (+6.9%) and its weakest February (-3.4%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +5.62% | +7.36% | 90% | +12.2% | -6.6% | 10 |
| Feb | -3.40% | -3.85% | 30% | +10.7% | -16.5% | 10 |
| Mar | -0.23% | +1.17% | 60% | +15.2% | -13.2% | 10 |
| Apr | +6.90% | +5.67% | 80% | +33.8% | -17.9% | 10 |
| May | +4.08% | +6.21% | 70% | +14.5% | -7.7% | 10 |
| Jun | -0.74% | -1.61% | 40% | +5.6% | -6.0% | 10 |
| Jul | +5.85% | +7.72% | 80% | +12.5% | -5.8% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.32% | +0.70% | 60% | +10.9% | -7.0% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.36% | -0.31% | 50% | +14.2% | -11.6% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.43% | +3.13% | 60% | +15.7% | -18.7% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.04% | +3.60% | 78% | +13.9% | -4.2% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.52% | +1.87% | 60% | +12.0% | -12.6% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — GOOGL
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8.0 | -7.8 | -7.8 | 33.8 | -1.2 | -6.0 | -0.3 | -4.7 | 1.4 | -18.7 | 1.8 | -9.0% | |
| 2025 | 7.8 | -16.5 | -9.2 | 2.7 | 8.2 | 2.6 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 14.2 | 15.7 | 13.9 | -2.2 | +65.3% |
| 2024 | 0.3 | -1.2 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 5.6 | -5.8 | -4.8 | 1.5 | 3.2 | -1.3 | 12.0 | +35.5% |
| 2023 | 12.0 | -8.9 | 15.2 | 3.5 | 14.5 | -2.6 | 10.9 | 2.6 | -3.9 | -5.2 | 6.8 | 5.4 | +58.3% |
| 2022 | -6.6 | -0.2 | 3.0 | -17.9 | -0.3 | -4.2 | 6.8 | -7.0 | -11.6 | -1.2 | 6.9 | -12.6 | -39.1% |
| 2021 | 4.3 | 10.7 | 2.0 | 14.1 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 10.3 | 7.4 | -7.6 | 10.8 | -4.2 | 2.1 | +65.3% |
| 2020 | 7.0 | -6.5 | -13.2 | 15.9 | 6.5 | -1.1 | 4.9 | 9.5 | -10.1 | 10.3 | 8.6 | -0.1 | +30.9% |
| 2019 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 4.5 | 1.9 | -7.7 | -2.1 | 12.5 | -2.3 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 2.7 | +28.2% |
| 2018 | 12.2 | -6.6 | -6.0 | -1.8 | 8.0 | 2.6 | 8.7 | 0.4 | -2.0 | -9.7 | 1.8 | -5.8 | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 9.1 | 6.8 | -5.8 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 6.1 | 0.3 | 1.7 | +32.9% |
| 2016 | 2.1 |