Seasonality
MCY seasonality — Mercury General
Over the last 11 years, MCY's strongest month on average has been November (+9.0%) and its weakest September (-2.9%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.82% | +1.14% | 60% | +7.3% | -25.0% | 10 |
| Feb | +1.59% | +1.54% | 60% | +21.6% | -11.8% | 10 |
| Mar | -0.26% | +0.25% | 50% | +6.0% | -6.8% | 10 |
| Apr | +0.92% | +0.70% | 60% | +10.4% | -8.3% | 10 |
| May | +2.13% | +1.44% | 60% | +16.4% | -8.9% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.47% | +1.08% | 60% | +8.8% | -9.5% | 10 |
| Jul | +3.04% | +4.07% | 70% | +12.9% | -9.3% | 10 |
| Aug | -2.00% | -2.94% | 40% | +11.7% | -23.9% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.94% | -3.98% | 20% | +9.6% | -10.9% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.36% | +0.39% | 50% | +18.2% | -14.0% | 10 |
| Nov | +9.03% | +9.24% | 67% | +25.1% | -6.4% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.77% | -0.17% | 50% | +17.4% | -15.8% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — MCY
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -6.9 | 3.4 | -2.7 | 10.4 | 0.7 | 8.8 | 0.5 | -4.8 | -3.0 | 3.6 | -19.3 | -12.2% | |
| 2025 | -25.0 | 8.2 | 3.6 | -0.9 | 16.4 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 11.7 | 9.6 | -8.8 | 20.5 | 1.0 | +41.5% |
| 2024 | 7.3 | 21.6 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 6.8 | -4.8 | 12.7 | 10.6 | -4.9 | 7.4 | 16.8 | -15.8 | +78.2% |
| 2023 | 4.5 | -4.7 | -6.8 | -4.2 | -1.3 | 0.9 | 6.3 | -11.1 | -2.0 | 10.2 | 20.6 | 0.2 | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | -8.3 | -2.9 | -9.5 | -5.3 | -23.9 | -10.9 | 2.0 | 25.1 | -5.7 | -35.5% |
| 2021 | 1.5 | 10.2 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | -6.3 | -1.8 | -6.8 | -2.1 | -6.4 | 4.0 | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.7 | -11.8 | -6.0 | 0.6 | -1.8 | 1.3 | 5.3 | 4.2 | -7.5 | -1.6 | 9.2 | 17.4 | +7.1% |
| 2019 | -0.0 | 2.5 | -5.5 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 8.4 | -9.3 | -5.7 | 4.5 | -14.0 | 1.9 | -0.5 | -5.8% |
| 2018 | -8.4 | -6.8 | 0.5 | -0.3 | 3.0 | -3.3 | 12.9 | 4.8 | -6.9 | 18.2 | -4.5 | -8.7 | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 5.0 | -7.3 | 4.0 | 0.8 | -8.9 | -3.6 | 10.9 | -4.0 | -1.4 | -1.3 | -1.9 | -2.6 | -11.2% |
| 2016 | 3.1 |