Seasonality
NWSA seasonality — News Corp (Class A)
Over the last 11 years, NWSA's strongest month on average has been November (+7.1%) and its weakest March (-2.7%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +4.71% | +4.52% | 80% | +13.0% | -3.7% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.46% | +0.92% | 60% | +20.9% | -15.3% | 10 |
| Mar | -2.72% | -1.40% | 40% | +8.4% | -25.7% | 10 |
| Apr | -0.00% | +0.49% | 50% | +10.4% | -10.3% | 10 |
| May | +2.67% | +3.50% | 60% | +23.6% | -12.4% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.41% | +1.89% | 60% | +18.4% | -10.5% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.34% | +0.84% | 60% | +11.0% | -4.4% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.63% | +1.51% | 60% | +18.9% | -13.3% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.69% | -3.41% | 40% | +4.7% | -10.7% | 10 |
| Oct | -0.25% | +0.82% | 50% | +11.7% | -13.7% | 10 |
| Nov | +7.13% | +6.58% | 56% | +34.4% | -6.0% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.36% | +1.01% | 60% | +11.4% | -12.6% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — NWSA
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.5 | -10.1 | 2.6 | 5.6 | -0.8 | -4.9 | 11.0 | 11.4 | -6.7 | 1.6 | -9.4 | +1.0% | |
| 2025 | 2.1 | 1.8 | -4.9 | -0.4 | 4.1 | 5.2 | -1.4 | 0.3 | 4.4 | -13.7 | -3.1 | 1.7 | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 9.1 | -2.6 | -9.1 | 14.2 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 2.7 | -6.0 | 2.3 | 7.7 | -6.2 | +12.2% |
| 2023 | 11.3 | -15.3 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 8.4 | -6.7 | 3.1 | 6.6 | 11.4 | +34.9% |
| 2022 | -0.3 | 0.4 | -0.8 | -10.3 | -12.4 | -10.5 | 10.0 | -1.3 | -10.7 | 11.7 | 13.5 | -5.0 | -18.4% |
| 2021 | 8.0 | 20.9 | 8.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | -4.5 | -4.4 | -8.8 | 4.7 | -2.7 | -5.6 | 3.2 | +24.1% |
| 2020 | -3.7 | -11.3 | -25.7 | 10.4 | 23.6 | -3.2 | 7.2 | 18.9 | -7.3 | -6.3 | 34.4 | 1.8 | +27.1% |
| 2019 | 13.0 | 1.5 | -4.5 | -0.2 | -8.3 | 18.4 | -2.5 | 4.5 | 1.2 | -1.5 | -6.0 | 9.8 | +24.6% |
| 2018 | 5.5 | -5.7 | -2.0 | 1.1 | -5.9 | 3.1 | -2.8 | -13.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | -1.6 | -12.6 | -30.0% |
| 2017 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 1.4 | -2.1 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 4.5 | -6.6 | -0.8 | 3.0 | 18.3 | 0.3 | +41.5% |
| 2016 | -0.9 |