Seasonality
PM seasonality — Philip Morris International
Over the last 11 years, PM's strongest month on average has been January (+4.3%) and its weakest September (-2.8%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +4.28% | +4.03% | 70% | +14.9% | -3.8% | 10 |
| Feb | +4.21% | +1.57% | 50% | +19.3% | -6.7% | 10 |
| Mar | -1.89% | +0.81% | 50% | +5.6% | -11.5% | 10 |
| Apr | +0.86% | +2.52% | 60% | +8.0% | -17.5% | 10 |
| May | +0.99% | +3.45% | 60% | +8.1% | -10.9% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.38% | +1.18% | 60% | +8.4% | -7.1% | 10 |
| Jul | +3.31% | +3.81% | 70% | +13.7% | -9.9% | 10 |
| Aug | -1.48% | -0.76% | 50% | +7.1% | -13.8% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.83% | -3.29% | 30% | +5.3% | -13.1% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.86% | +3.50% | 50% | +10.7% | -11.0% | 10 |
| Nov | +2.05% | +1.83% | 67% | +9.1% | -9.1% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.07% | +2.23% | 80% | +10.5% | -22.9% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — PM
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11.9 | 4.1 | -11.5 | -0.2 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 5.5 | -1.8 | 1.9 | 9.4 | -5.2 | +23.4% | |
| 2025 | 8.2 | 19.3 | 2.2 | 8.0 | 5.4 | 0.8 | -9.9 | 1.9 | -3.0 | -11.0 | 9.1 | 1.9 | +33.3% |
| 2024 | -3.4 | -1.0 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 6.8 | -0.1 | 13.7 | 7.1 | -1.5 | 9.3 | 0.3 | -9.6 | +27.9% |
| 2023 | 3.0 | -6.7 | -0.1 | 2.8 | -10.0 | 8.4 | 2.1 | -3.7 | -3.6 | -3.7 | 4.7 | 0.8 | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 8.3 | -1.7 | -7.0 | 6.5 | 6.2 | -7.1 | -1.6 | -1.7 | -13.1 | 10.7 | 8.5 | 1.6 | +6.5% |
| 2021 | -3.8 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 2.9 | -8.0 | -0.3 | -9.1 | 10.5 | +14.8% |
| 2020 | -2.8 | -1.0 | -10.9 | 2.2 | -1.7 | -4.5 | 9.6 | 3.9 | -6.0 | -5.3 | 6.7 | 9.3 | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 14.9 | 13.3 | 1.7 | -2.1 | -10.9 | 1.8 | 6.5 | -13.8 | 5.3 | 7.3 | 1.8 | 2.6 | +27.5% |
| 2018 | 1.5 | -3.4 | -4.0 | -17.5 | -3.0 | 1.5 | 6.9 | -9.8 | 4.7 | 8.0 | -1.8 | -22.9 | -36.8% |
| 2017 | 5.1 | 13.8 | 3.2 | -1.8 | 8.1 | -2.0 | -0.6 | 0.2 | -5.1 | -5.7 | -1.8 | 2.8 | +15.5% |
| 2016 | 3.6 |