Seasonality
IQV seasonality — IQVIA
Over the last 11 years, IQV's strongest month on average has been July (+10.2%) and its weakest September (-4.4%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +1.17% | +2.29% | 70% | +12.0% | -13.2% | 10 |
| Feb | -2.33% | -4.91% | 30% | +18.7% | -22.3% | 10 |
| Mar | -2.90% | -0.02% | 50% | +4.1% | -22.7% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.39% | -4.40% | 30% | +32.2% | -12.0% | 10 |
| May | +1.43% | +2.45% | 60% | +15.1% | -9.5% | 10 |
| Jun | +4.85% | +2.22% | 80% | +18.4% | -5.1% | 10 |
| Jul | +10.24% | +11.18% | 80% | +22.2% | -1.1% | 10 |
| Aug | +2.00% | +3.02% | 70% | +11.1% | -11.5% | 10 |
| Sep | -4.39% | -3.73% | 20% | +2.9% | -14.8% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.99% | -1.44% | 40% | +15.8% | -13.2% | 10 |
| Nov | +3.59% | +1.74% | 67% | +18.4% | -5.6% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.65% | -1.51% | 40% | +8.9% | -7.1% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — IQV
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.1 | -22.3 | -4.6 | -7.1 | 15.1 | 6.0 | 21.6 | 11.1 | 2.9 | -0.6 | 1.7 | +20.6% | |
| 2025 | 2.5 | -6.2 | -6.6 | -12.0 | -9.5 | 12.3 | 17.9 | 2.7 | -0.5 | 14.0 | 6.3 | -2.0 | +14.7% |
| 2024 | -10.0 | 18.7 | 2.3 | -8.3 | -5.5 | -3.5 | 16.4 | 2.2 | -5.8 | -13.2 | -2.4 | -2.2 | -15.1% |
| 2023 | 12.0 | -9.1 | -4.6 | -5.4 | 4.6 | 14.2 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -11.6 | -8.1 | 18.4 | 8.1 | +12.9% |
| 2022 | -13.2 | -6.0 | 0.5 | -5.7 | -1.3 | 0.8 | 10.7 | -11.5 | -14.8 | 15.8 | 4.0 | -6.0 | -27.4% |
| 2021 | -0.8 | 8.4 | 0.2 | 21.5 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 4.9 | -7.8 | 9.1 | -0.9 | 8.9 | +57.5% |
| 2020 | 0.5 | -10.2 | -22.7 | 32.2 | 4.9 | -5.1 | 11.6 | 3.4 | -3.7 | -2.3 | 9.7 | 6.0 | +16.0% |
| 2019 | 11.1 | 8.6 | 2.7 | -3.4 | -2.2 | 18.4 | -1.1 | -2.5 | -3.7 | -3.3 | 1.1 | 5.8 | +33.0% |
| 2018 | 4.4 | -3.8 | -0.2 | -2.4 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 22.2 | 4.2 | 2.1 | -5.2 | 1.7 | -7.1 | +18.7% |
| 2017 | 3.2 | -1.4 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 6.0 | -1.0 | 13.7 | -5.6 | -4.0 | +28.7% |
| 2016 | -1.0 |