Seasonality
MA seasonality — Mastercard
Over the last 11 years, MA's strongest month on average has been July (+4.9%) and its weakest September (-2.5%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +4.03% | +5.65% | 80% | +11.9% | -11.4% | 10 |
| Feb | +1.28% | +3.82% | 60% | +11.9% | -8.1% | 10 |
| Mar | -1.54% | +0.14% | 50% | +4.8% | -16.8% | 10 |
| Apr | +3.49% | +2.60% | 80% | +13.8% | -6.3% | 10 |
| May | +1.37% | -1.00% | 40% | +9.4% | -5.6% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.14% | +0.04% | 50% | +7.8% | -11.8% | 10 |
| Jul | +4.89% | +4.73% | 100% | +12.1% | +0.2% | 10 |
| Aug | +3.08% | +4.27% | 80% | +16.1% | -10.3% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.46% | -3.77% | 40% | +5.9% | -12.3% | 10 |
| Oct | +0.23% | -0.89% | 50% | +15.7% | -14.7% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.87% | +5.57% | 78% | +16.6% | -6.1% | 9 |
| Dec | +2.09% | +1.60% | 70% | +14.1% | -6.2% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — MA
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -5.6 | -4.0 | -3.4 | 0.7 | -1.8 | 4.0 | 11.6 | 2.8 | -6.4 | 15.7 | 2.3 | +14.3% | |
| 2025 | 5.5 | 3.8 | -4.9 | -0.0 | 6.8 | -4.0 | 0.8 | 5.1 | -4.5 | -3.0 | -0.3 | 3.7 | +8.4% |
| 2024 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 1.4 | -6.3 | -0.9 | -1.3 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 6.7 | -1.2 | +23.5% |
| 2023 | 6.6 | -4.1 | 2.3 | 4.6 | -4.0 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 4.7 | -4.0 | -4.9 | 10.0 | 3.1 | +22.7% |
| 2022 | 7.5 | -6.6 | -0.9 | 1.7 | -1.5 | -11.8 | 12.1 | -8.3 | -12.3 | 15.4 | 8.6 | -2.4 | -3.2% |
| 2021 | -11.4 | 11.9 | 0.6 | 7.3 | -5.6 | 1.2 | 5.7 | -10.3 | 0.4 | -3.5 | -6.1 | 14.1 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 5.8 | -8.1 | -16.8 | 13.8 | 9.4 | -1.7 | 4.3 | 16.1 | -5.6 | -14.7 | 16.6 | 6.1 | +19.5% |
| 2019 | 11.9 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 8.0 | -1.1 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 3.3 | -3.5 | 1.9 | 5.6 | 2.2 | +58.3% |
| 2018 | 11.7 | 4.0 | -0.3 | 1.8 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 8.9 | 3.3 | -11.2 | 1.7 | -6.2 | +24.6% |
| 2017 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 5.6 | -1.2 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | +46.6% |
| 2016 | 1.0 |