Seasonality
OLED seasonality — Universal Display
Over the last 11 years, OLED's strongest month on average has been May (+6.6%) and its weakest April (-5.5%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +1.18% | -0.62% | 50% | +22.7% | -14.5% | 10 |
| Feb | +3.71% | +1.69% | 60% | +43.7% | -18.6% | 10 |
| Mar | -2.82% | -0.97% | 50% | +14.2% | -22.2% | 10 |
| Apr | -5.48% | -5.87% | 30% | +13.9% | -23.5% | 10 |
| May | +6.59% | +8.08% | 60% | +26.9% | -7.9% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.56% | -0.06% | 50% | +28.0% | -19.9% | 10 |
| Jul | +6.40% | +8.14% | 80% | +16.6% | -7.4% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.43% | -1.03% | 50% | +27.1% | -13.0% | 10 |
| Sep | -5.00% | -3.55% | 40% | +8.3% | -18.3% | 10 |
| Oct | +4.11% | +5.75% | 80% | +19.2% | -14.1% | 10 |
| Nov | +0.07% | -2.98% | 44% | +23.6% | -25.3% | 9 |
| Dec | +1.81% | +1.11% | 60% | +15.4% | -11.1% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — OLED
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -1.7 | -7.1 | -14.1 | -5.0 | 5.8 | -6.0 | -7.4 | 3.8 | -7.4 | 8.9 | 5.2 | -24.4% | |
| 2025 | 2.5 | 2.5 | -9.2 | -9.9 | 14.1 | 7.8 | -6.5 | -4.0 | 3.6 | 2.5 | -19.2 | -1.8 | -20.1% |
| 2024 | -11.2 | 2.7 | -3.4 | -6.2 | 11.2 | 19.7 | 5.9 | -13.0 | 8.3 | -14.1 | -8.8 | -11.1 | -23.6% |
| 2023 | 22.7 | 2.5 | 14.2 | -14.0 | 10.4 | -2.2 | 1.2 | 11.4 | -3.4 | -11.3 | 21.6 | 13.0 | +77.0% |
| 2022 | -7.0 | 0.9 | 7.8 | -23.5 | -1.1 | -19.9 | 14.2 | -3.2 | -15.6 | 0.9 | 18.3 | -4.1 | -34.5% |
| 2021 | 0.4 | -8.3 | 11.8 | -5.5 | -3.5 | 3.0 | 5.5 | -11.1 | -18.0 | 7.2 | -21.9 | 15.4 | -28.2% |
| 2020 | -14.5 | -9.9 | -17.0 | 13.9 | -2.3 | 2.1 | 16.6 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 9.7 | 15.5 | 0.3 | +11.5% |
| 2019 | 11.0 | 43.7 | 2.4 | 4.4 | -7.9 | 28.0 | 12.2 | -2.7 | -18.3 | 19.2 | -3.0 | 6.1 | +120.2% |
| 2018 | -7.7 | -18.6 | -22.2 | -12.8 | 12.4 | -13.1 | 12.0 | 27.1 | -3.7 | 4.3 | -25.3 | 1.9 | -45.8% |
| 2017 | 17.2 | 28.6 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 26.9 | -3.7 | 10.4 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 13.7 | 23.6 | -4.6 | +206.7% |
| 2016 | 3.0 |