Seasonality
IT seasonality — Gartner
Over the last 11 years, IT's strongest month on average has been November (+7.7%) and its weakest February (-5.0%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +0.15% | +1.00% | 60% | +12.7% | -16.9% | 10 |
| Feb | -5.04% | -3.82% | 40% | +17.9% | -25.0% | 10 |
| Mar | -1.34% | +2.17% | 70% | +6.6% | -23.1% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.14% | +1.72% | 60% | +19.3% | -13.4% | 10 |
| May | +4.85% | +4.24% | 80% | +18.4% | -9.7% | 10 |
| Jun | -1.22% | +1.15% | 60% | +7.0% | -20.1% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.70% | +3.31% | 80% | +16.5% | -16.2% | 10 |
| Aug | +3.12% | +1.53% | 50% | +31.2% | -25.8% | 10 |
| Sep | +0.77% | +0.72% | 50% | +7.0% | -5.8% | 10 |
| Oct | +2.89% | -0.06% | 50% | +22.6% | -6.9% | 10 |
| Nov | +7.65% | +3.84% | 67% | +31.0% | -6.3% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.63% | +0.08% | 50% | +8.4% | -16.6% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — IT
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -16.9 | -25.0 | 0.7 | -6.2 | 9.2 | -20.1 | 16.5 | 31.2 | -5.8 | 22.6 | -16.9 | -24.6% | |
| 2025 | 12.1 | -8.2 | -15.8 | 0.3 | 3.6 | -7.4 | -16.2 | -25.8 | 4.7 | -5.5 | -6.3 | 8.4 | -47.9% |
| 2024 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.4 | -13.4 | 1.7 | 7.0 | 11.6 | -1.8 | 3.0 | -0.8 | 3.1 | -6.5 | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 0.6 | -3.0 | -0.6 | -7.2 | 13.4 | 2.2 | 0.9 | -1.1 | -1.7 | -3.4 | 31.0 | 3.7 | +34.2% |
| 2022 | -12.1 | -4.6 | 6.1 | -2.3 | -9.7 | -7.8 | 9.8 | 7.5 | -3.0 | 9.1 | 16.1 | -4.1 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | -5.2 | 17.9 | 2.0 | 7.3 | 18.4 | 4.5 | 9.3 | 16.6 | -1.6 | 9.2 | -5.9 | 7.1 | +108.7% |
| 2020 | 4.3 | -19.5 | -23.1 | 19.3 | 2.4 | -0.3 | 2.7 | 4.2 | -3.8 | -3.9 | 26.6 | 5.4 | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 6.6 | 4.8 | -4.8 | 6.4 | -13.4 | -4.1 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 4.1 | -4.0 | +20.5% |
| 2018 | 12.7 | -18.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 9.4 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 10.6 | 5.8 | -6.9 | 3.8 | -16.6 | +3.8% |
| 2017 | -1.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 3.9 | -6.0 | 3.2 | 0.7 | -3.5 | 1.9 | +21.9% |
| 2016 | -1.7 |