Seasonality
NYT seasonality — New York Times Company
Over the last 11 years, NYT's strongest month on average has been February (+6.7%) and its weakest September (-2.3%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +3.71% | +2.91% | 60% | +25.7% | -17.1% | 10 |
| Feb | +6.73% | +7.75% | 80% | +27.8% | -11.4% | 10 |
| Mar | -0.82% | +0.00% | 40% | +4.9% | -18.0% | 10 |
| Apr | -2.11% | -0.05% | 50% | +5.9% | -16.4% | 10 |
| May | +3.27% | -3.50% | 40% | +21.8% | -10.9% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.89% | +1.14% | 70% | +13.8% | -19.1% | 10 |
| Jul | +4.52% | +5.83% | 80% | +14.5% | -7.3% | 10 |
| Aug | -0.45% | -3.21% | 40% | +16.0% | -18.2% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.29% | -2.72% | 20% | +5.1% | -6.9% | 10 |
| Oct | +3.18% | +0.52% | 60% | +14.0% | -7.3% | 10 |
| Nov | +5.90% | +4.37% | 67% | +26.6% | -13.0% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.23% | +0.72% | 50% | +20.6% | -16.9% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — NYT
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.6 | 8.8 | 4.9 | -5.6 | -4.8 | -7.0 | 7.0 | -10.2 | -5.3 | 10.2 | -2.6 | -1.5% | |
| 2025 | 4.3 | -11.4 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 9.7 | -2.0 | -7.3 | 15.3 | -4.1 | -0.7 | 13.2 | 7.6 | +33.4% |
| 2024 | -0.9 | -8.8 | -2.4 | -0.4 | 19.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 | -2.8 | -4.1 | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 7.3 | 10.5 | 1.0 | 2.2 | -10.9 | 11.2 | 3.5 | 8.6 | -6.9 | -2.2 | 16.6 | 4.3 | +50.9% |
| 2022 | -17.1 | 9.9 | 4.2 | -16.4 | -10.0 | -19.1 | 14.5 | -4.6 | -5.7 | 0.7 | 26.6 | -11.4 | -32.8% |
| 2021 | -4.2 | 3.2 | -1.1 | -10.3 | -5.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 16.0 | -3.0 | 10.8 | -13.0 | 1.7 | -6.7% |
| 2020 | -0.5 | 17.0 | -18.0 | 5.9 | 20.6 | 7.1 | 9.8 | -6.1 | -1.2 | -7.3 | 8.2 | 20.6 | +60.9% |
| 2019 | 15.3 | 27.8 | 0.0 | 0.9 | -4.0 | 2.5 | 9.4 | -18.2 | -2.5 | 8.5 | 4.4 | -0.2 | +44.3% |
| 2018 | 25.7 | 3.7 | 0.0 | -2.7 | -3.0 | 13.8 | -4.2 | -6.0 | -0.6 | 14.0 | 1.6 | -16.9 | +20.5% |
| 2017 | 1.5 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 21.8 | 0.6 | 7.3 | -1.8 | 5.1 | -2.5 | -1.6 | -1.6 | +39.1% |
| 2016 | 2.3 |