Seasonality
MSFT seasonality — Microsoft
Over the last 11 years, MSFT's strongest month on average has been July (+5.4%) and its weakest September (-1.9%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +1.91% | +3.69% | 70% | +11.1% | -11.0% | 10 |
| Feb | -1.20% | -1.17% | 40% | +7.3% | -8.7% | 10 |
| Mar | +1.37% | +1.59% | 60% | +15.6% | -5.8% | 10 |
| Apr | +4.23% | +5.93% | 80% | +13.6% | -10.0% | 10 |
| May | +4.20% | +3.97% | 70% | +16.5% | -5.3% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.31% | +5.68% | 60% | +11.1% | -17.1% | 10 |
| Jul | +5.41% | +5.32% | 80% | +24.6% | -6.4% | 10 |
| Aug | +2.04% | +2.01% | 60% | +10.0% | -6.9% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.92% | +0.24% | 50% | +3.1% | -10.9% | 10 |
| Oct | +2.50% | +0.86% | 50% | +17.6% | -6.6% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.14% | +4.21% | 78% | +12.1% | -5.0% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.28% | +0.58% | 50% | +4.2% | -8.4% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — MSFT
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -11.0 | -8.7 | -5.8 | 10.2 | 10.4 | -17.1 | 24.6 | 9.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | +9.7% | |
| 2025 | -1.5 | -4.3 | -5.4 | 5.3 | 16.5 | 8.1 | 7.3 | -5.0 | 2.2 | -0.0 | -5.0 | -1.7 | +14.7% |
| 2024 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 1.7 | -7.5 | 6.6 | 7.7 | -6.4 | -0.3 | 3.1 | -5.6 | 4.2 | -0.5 | +12.1% |
| 2023 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 15.6 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 3.7 | -1.4 | -2.4 | -3.7 | 7.1 | 12.1 | -0.8 | +56.8% |
| 2022 | -7.5 | -3.9 | 3.2 | -10.0 | -2.0 | -5.5 | 9.3 | -6.9 | -10.9 | -0.3 | 9.9 | -6.0 | -28.7% |
| 2021 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 7.0 | -1.0 | 8.5 | 5.2 | 6.0 | -6.6 | 17.6 | -0.3 | 1.7 | +51.2% |
| 2020 | 8.0 | -4.8 | -2.6 | 13.6 | 2.2 | 11.1 | 0.7 | 10.0 | -6.7 | -3.7 | 5.7 | 3.9 | +41.0% |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 5.3 | 10.7 | -5.3 | 8.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 4.2 | +55.3% |
| 2018 | 11.1 | -1.3 | -2.7 | 2.5 | 5.7 | -0.2 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 1.8 | -6.6 | 3.8 | -8.4 | +18.7% |
| 2017 | 4.0 | -1.0 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 2.0 | -1.3 | 5.5 | 2.9 | -0.4 | 11.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 | +37.7% |
| 2016 | 3.1 |