Seasonality
LOPE seasonality — Grand Canyon Education
Over the last 11 years, LOPE's strongest month on average has been February (+5.8%) and its weakest September (-2.3%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.70% | -0.10% | 50% | +10.3% | -18.3% | 10 |
| Feb | +5.85% | +3.49% | 80% | +24.5% | -8.5% | 10 |
| Mar | +3.59% | +1.67% | 70% | +16.7% | -5.4% | 10 |
| Apr | +2.02% | +1.16% | 60% | +12.8% | -4.5% | 10 |
| May | +0.23% | +3.87% | 60% | +13.4% | -16.0% | 10 |
| Jun | -1.68% | -1.63% | 30% | +5.6% | -7.2% | 10 |
| Jul | +0.13% | +1.78% | 60% | +11.5% | -10.8% | 10 |
| Aug | +3.89% | +4.11% | 70% | +19.5% | -15.3% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.30% | -0.82% | 40% | +10.7% | -21.8% | 10 |
| Oct | -0.50% | -2.21% | 30% | +22.4% | -14.2% | 10 |
| Nov | +2.89% | +6.09% | 56% | +20.0% | -16.2% | 9 |
| Dec | +1.25% | +0.94% | 50% | +18.3% | -21.4% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — LOPE
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.5 | -8.5 | 6.9 | -0.6 | -11.4 | -4.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | -2.5 | -20.4 | -29.2% | |
| 2025 | 7.2 | 2.4 | -3.8 | 3.1 | 10.9 | -4.5 | -10.8 | 19.5 | 8.9 | -14.2 | -16.2 | 5.4 | +1.5% |
| 2024 | -1.1 | 3.2 | 1.1 | -4.5 | 9.6 | -1.8 | 11.5 | -7.0 | -2.2 | -3.3 | 20.0 | -0.5 | +24.1% |
| 2023 | 10.3 | -2.8 | 0.5 | 4.2 | -11.7 | -1.5 | 5.2 | 8.0 | -0.3 | 1.2 | 15.5 | -3.4 | +25.0% |
| 2022 | -2.4 | 3.8 | 11.8 | -1.2 | -7.1 | 5.6 | 2.0 | -15.3 | 1.1 | 22.4 | 12.4 | -6.5 | +23.3% |
| 2021 | -8.8 | 23.2 | 2.3 | 1.1 | -16.0 | -1.1 | 2.7 | -3.5 | -1.3 | -9.4 | -9.1 | 18.3 | -8.0% |
| 2020 | -18.3 | 3.1 | -5.4 | 12.8 | 13.4 | -7.2 | -2.0 | 6.0 | -15.0 | -2.0 | 6.5 | 11.6 | -2.8% |
| 2019 | -3.3 | 24.5 | -1.0 | 1.2 | 3.4 | -2.4 | -7.0 | 15.5 | -21.8 | -6.3 | -7.4 | 12.4 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 6.9 | -0.9 | 6.8 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 2.2 | -5.3 | 10.6 | -1.9 | -21.4 | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 16.7 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | -6.2 | 11.5 | 10.7 | -1.4 | 6.1 | -5.7 | +53.2% |
| 2016 | 2.4 |