Seasonality
MCO seasonality — Moody's Corporation
Over the last 11 years, MCO's strongest month on average has been November (+7.3%) and its weakest September (-5.5%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +4.31% | +6.84% | 80% | +15.8% | -12.2% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.94% | -1.16% | 50% | +9.2% | -10.1% | 10 |
| Mar | -0.38% | +2.09% | 60% | +8.6% | -11.9% | 10 |
| Apr | +3.30% | +3.96% | 70% | +15.3% | -6.2% | 10 |
| May | +1.82% | +1.92% | 70% | +9.6% | -7.0% | 10 |
| Jun | +3.08% | +3.69% | 70% | +9.7% | -9.8% | 10 |
| Jul | +5.68% | +4.69% | 100% | +14.1% | +0.3% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.08% | +1.55% | 70% | +6.8% | -8.3% | 10 |
| Sep | -5.55% | -6.10% | 10% | +3.9% | -14.6% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.32% | +1.55% | 60% | +13.8% | -13.0% | 10 |
| Nov | +7.35% | +7.39% | 89% | +18.5% | -3.3% | 9 |
| Dec | -1.42% | -1.39% | 40% | +7.0% | -12.0% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — MCO
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.9 | -7.4 | -8.7 | 5.9 | -1.9 | -0.1 | 5.6 | 5.5 | -10.0 | 8.8 | 2.4 | -1.0% | |
| 2025 | 5.5 | 0.9 | -7.6 | -2.7 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 2.8 | -1.2 | -6.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 4.1 | +7.9% |
| 2024 | 0.4 | -3.2 | 3.6 | -5.8 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 8.4 | 6.8 | -2.7 | -4.3 | 10.1 | -5.3 | +21.2% |
| 2023 | 15.8 | -10.1 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 9.7 | 1.4 | -4.5 | -6.1 | -2.6 | 18.5 | 7.0 | +40.2% |
| 2022 | -12.2 | -6.1 | 4.8 | -6.2 | -4.7 | -9.8 | 14.1 | -8.3 | -14.6 | 8.9 | 12.6 | -6.6 | -28.7% |
| 2021 | -8.3 | 3.2 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 2.6 | 8.1 | 3.8 | 1.3 | -6.7 | 13.8 | -3.3 | -0.0 | +34.6% |
| 2020 | 8.2 | -6.5 | -11.9 | 15.3 | 9.6 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 4.7 | -1.6 | -9.3 | 7.4 | 2.8 | +22.2% |
| 2019 | 13.2 | 9.2 | 4.6 | 8.6 | -7.0 | 6.8 | 9.7 | 0.6 | -5.0 | 7.7 | 2.7 | 4.7 | +69.5% |
| 2018 | 9.6 | 3.1 | -3.3 | 0.6 | 5.2 | -0.0 | 0.3 | 4.0 | -6.1 | -13.0 | 9.3 | -12.0 | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 10.0 | 7.4 | 0.6 | 5.6 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 8.2 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 6.6 | -2.8 | +56.6% |
| 2016 | -6.2 |