Seasonality
MC seasonality — Moelis & Company
Over the last 11 years, MC's strongest month on average has been July (+7.8%) and its weakest February (-5.1%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +7.39% | +6.14% | 80% | +27.2% | -9.7% | 10 |
| Feb | -5.09% | -5.11% | 30% | +7.9% | -17.2% | 10 |
| Mar | -3.69% | -3.29% | 40% | +6.3% | -17.4% | 10 |
| Apr | -0.99% | -1.52% | 30% | +14.2% | -13.6% | 10 |
| May | +2.61% | +4.67% | 60% | +15.3% | -22.4% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.86% | +3.20% | 60% | +19.7% | -16.1% | 10 |
| Jul | +7.85% | +6.49% | 90% | +19.6% | -4.4% | 10 |
| Aug | -1.97% | -2.34% | 40% | +7.1% | -10.6% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.60% | -1.56% | 30% | +10.1% | -18.8% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.04% | +0.58% | 50% | +25.6% | -26.4% | 10 |
| Nov | +3.04% | +1.79% | 78% | +15.9% | -15.7% | 9 |
| Dec | +3.05% | +1.60% | 60% | +19.2% | -14.9% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — MC
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.3 | -17.2 | -4.0 | 14.2 | 3.3 | -2.8 | 2.5 | 1.5 | -15.5 | 1.9 | -2.9 | -17.2% | |
| 2025 | 6.0 | -9.8 | -17.4 | -8.2 | 6.6 | 9.1 | 12.6 | 2.8 | -1.1 | -11.2 | 1.3 | 7.1 | -7.0% |
| 2024 | -2.1 | -1.7 | 5.0 | -13.6 | 15.3 | 0.4 | 19.6 | -1.8 | 2.6 | -3.1 | 15.9 | -4.0 | +31.6% |
| 2023 | 21.8 | -8.4 | -10.2 | -1.5 | -0.0 | 19.7 | 7.7 | -2.9 | -4.8 | -7.7 | 13.9 | 18.3 | +46.3% |
| 2022 | -9.7 | -14.6 | -2.6 | -5.7 | 6.0 | -16.1 | 18.4 | -10.6 | -18.8 | 25.6 | 1.8 | -11.2 | -38.6% |
| 2021 | 6.3 | 3.9 | 6.3 | -1.1 | -1.1 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 | -0.1 | 17.6 | -15.7 | 2.0 | +33.7% |
| 2020 | 12.8 | -11.2 | -12.1 | 6.3 | 12.6 | -7.3 | -4.4 | 7.1 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 19.2 | +46.5% |
| 2019 | 27.2 | 2.0 | -6.7 | -1.6 | -22.4 | 10.0 | 4.3 | -8.0 | -2.0 | 8.6 | -7.6 | -3.2 | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 6.6 | -1.8 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 10.1 | -1.0 | 8.4 | -8.7 | -5.6 | -26.4 | 0.1 | -14.9 | -29.1% |
| 2017 | 0.6 | 7.9 | 4.6 | -4.7 | -4.4 | 10.7 | 5.3 | -3.7 | 9.3 | -0.7 | 12.1 | 1.2 | +43.1% |
| 2016 | 16.1 |