Seasonality
NHC seasonality — National Healthcare, Corp.
Over the last 11 years, NHC's strongest month on average has been May (+4.7%) and its weakest September (-2.0%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.61% | -0.59% | 50% | +4.4% | -4.5% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.38% | -0.44% | 40% | +14.2% | -11.6% | 10 |
| Mar | +0.44% | -1.36% | 40% | +12.0% | -6.8% | 10 |
| Apr | -0.48% | -0.43% | 40% | +8.5% | -9.8% | 10 |
| May | +4.67% | +4.47% | 80% | +16.4% | -8.0% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.41% | +2.45% | 70% | +14.6% | -5.4% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.72% | +2.02% | 60% | +25.6% | -10.3% | 10 |
| Aug | +2.15% | -0.76% | 50% | +18.2% | -7.8% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.96% | -2.19% | 40% | +7.1% | -8.8% | 10 |
| Oct | -0.43% | +0.17% | 50% | +5.5% | -7.7% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.38% | +3.67% | 78% | +14.1% | -7.8% | 9 |
| Dec | +1.38% | +1.13% | 60% | +20.7% | -14.1% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — NHC
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.4 | 14.2 | -2.3 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 14.6 | 6.9 | -4.2 | 1.4 | -6.1 | 1.3 | +52.4% | |
| 2025 | -4.5 | -9.2 | -0.4 | 1.8 | 10.2 | 2.8 | -10.3 | 18.2 | 7.1 | -1.7 | 14.1 | 0.6 | +27.4% |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 6.0 | -4.2 | -3.9 | 16.4 | 2.5 | 25.6 | 0.7 | -8.3 | -7.7 | 7.9 | -14.1 | +16.4% |
| 2023 | 0.1 | -6.4 | 4.2 | -0.3 | 4.8 | 1.9 | -4.5 | 11.7 | -3.0 | 5.3 | 13.7 | 20.7 | +55.3% |
| 2022 | -3.7 | -0.6 | 8.0 | -3.1 | 3.3 | -0.6 | 1.6 | -2.2 | -8.8 | -3.8 | 1.2 | -3.5 | -12.4% |
| 2021 | -3.5 | 8.6 | 12.0 | -9.8 | 4.1 | -4.5 | 11.1 | -4.9 | -5.2 | -0.1 | -7.8 | 5.3 | +2.3% |
| 2020 | -2.9 | -11.6 | -3.3 | -4.7 | -1.9 | -5.4 | -6.5 | 7.4 | -2.2 | 1.6 | -1.7 | 6.7 | -23.2% |
| 2019 | 2.4 | 1.3 | -6.8 | -0.6 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 8.0 | -7.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 1.7 | +10.2% |
| 2018 | 2.4 | -5.9 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 8.4 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 6.9 | -2.2 | 5.5 | 4.9 | -6.0 | +28.7% |
| 2017 | -1.2 | -0.3 | -4.5 | 4.4 | -8.0 | 2.4 | -7.1 | -4.3 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 3.7 | -8.2 | -19.6% |
| 2016 | 10.5 |