Seasonality
MLM seasonality — Martin Marietta Materials
Over the last 11 years, MLM's strongest month on average has been October (+4.7%) and its weakest September (-1.7%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +1.19% | +3.01% | 80% | +6.4% | -11.7% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.31% | -1.22% | 50% | +17.2% | -13.8% | 10 |
| Mar | -1.49% | +0.38% | 50% | +7.1% | -16.8% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.55% | +1.59% | 70% | +10.3% | -8.0% | 10 |
| May | +1.63% | +1.38% | 60% | +14.4% | -6.0% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.14% | -0.24% | 50% | +16.0% | -11.8% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.19% | +2.50% | 70% | +17.7% | -10.7% | 10 |
| Aug | -0.67% | -0.79% | 30% | +7.2% | -10.0% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.74% | -5.04% | 40% | +16.0% | -10.4% | 10 |
| Oct | +4.69% | +4.73% | 60% | +15.0% | -5.9% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.22% | +2.48% | 78% | +13.6% | -3.9% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.30% | +2.57% | 60% | +9.2% | -13.9% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — MLM
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.7 | 3.8 | -13.0 | 5.2 | -6.0 | -0.8 | -8.9 | -1.2 | -7.5 | 12.6 | -4.1 | -16.8% | |
| 2025 | 5.3 | -11.2 | -1.0 | 9.6 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 4.7 | 7.2 | 2.2 | -2.7 | 1.6 | -0.1 | +20.6% |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 13.6 | 6.3 | -4.4 | -2.5 | -5.3 | 9.5 | -10.0 | 0.8 | 10.1 | 1.3 | -13.9 | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 6.4 | 0.1 | -1.3 | 2.3 | 9.6 | 16.0 | -3.3 | -0.0 | -8.1 | -0.4 | 13.6 | 7.4 | +47.6% |
| 2022 | -11.7 | -2.5 | 1.4 | -8.0 | -4.2 | -11.8 | 17.7 | -1.2 | -7.4 | 4.3 | 9.1 | -7.8 | -23.3% |
| 2021 | 1.2 | 17.2 | -0.3 | 5.2 | 3.0 | -3.3 | 3.3 | 4.9 | -10.4 | 15.0 | 2.7 | 9.2 | +55.1% |
| 2020 | -5.7 | -13.8 | -16.8 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 0.3 | -2.1 | 16.0 | 13.2 | -0.3 | 6.9 | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 10.3 | -5.1 | 9.3 | 7.7 | 2.4 | 8.0 | -4.5 | 2.5 | 4.2 | +62.7% |
| 2018 | 3.2 | -10.6 | 1.6 | -6.0 | 14.4 | 0.2 | -10.7 | -0.3 | -8.4 | -5.9 | 11.3 | -9.9 | -22.2% |
| 2017 | 3.6 | -6.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 | -0.7 | 1.7 | -6.4 | -2.7 | 5.2 | -3.9 | 6.1 | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9 |