Seasonality
PYPL seasonality — PayPal
Over the last 11 years, PYPL's strongest month on average has been July (+8.7%) and its weakest February (-6.3%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +2.71% | +2.28% | 70% | +15.9% | -9.8% | 10 |
| Feb | -6.35% | -6.05% | 30% | +10.9% | -34.9% | 10 |
| Mar | -0.68% | +0.15% | 50% | +11.0% | -11.3% | 10 |
| Apr | +4.36% | +4.70% | 80% | +28.5% | -24.0% | 10 |
| May | +0.91% | -1.77% | 40% | +26.0% | -18.4% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.70% | +3.54% | 70% | +12.4% | -18.0% | 10 |
| Jul | +8.71% | +10.81% | 60% | +32.5% | -7.5% | 10 |
| Aug | +2.01% | +4.44% | 70% | +12.4% | -17.6% | 10 |
| Sep | -3.07% | -4.66% | 20% | +7.7% | -9.9% | 10 |
| Oct | -0.73% | -1.20% | 50% | +13.3% | -11.4% | 10 |
| Nov | +1.06% | +3.76% | 67% | +15.0% | -20.5% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.39% | -0.74% | 50% | +9.4% | -9.2% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — PYPL
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -9.8 | -12.3 | -2.1 | 10.9 | -10.8 | -3.5 | 32.5 | -7.9 | -0.3 | 8.5 | 3.9 | +1.5% | |
| 2025 | 3.8 | -19.8 | -8.2 | 0.9 | 6.7 | 5.8 | -7.5 | 2.1 | -4.5 | 3.3 | -9.5 | -6.9 | -31.6% |
| 2024 | -0.1 | -1.6 | 11.0 | 1.4 | -7.3 | -7.9 | 13.4 | 10.1 | 7.7 | 1.6 | 9.4 | -1.6 | +39.0% |
| 2023 | 14.4 | -9.7 | 3.2 | 0.1 | -18.4 | 7.7 | 13.6 | -17.6 | -6.5 | -11.4 | 11.2 | 6.6 | -13.8% |
| 2022 | -8.8 | -34.9 | 3.3 | -24.0 | -3.1 | -18.0 | 23.9 | 8.0 | -7.9 | -2.9 | -6.2 | -9.2 | -62.2% |
| 2021 | 0.1 | 10.9 | -6.5 | 8.0 | -0.9 | 12.1 | -5.5 | 4.8 | -9.9 | -10.6 | -20.5 | 2.0 | -19.5% |
| 2020 | 5.3 | -5.2 | -11.3 | 28.5 | 26.0 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 4.1 | -3.5 | -5.5 | 15.0 | 9.4 | +116.5% |
| 2019 | 5.5 | 10.5 | 5.9 | 8.6 | -2.7 | 4.3 | -3.5 | -1.2 | -5.0 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 0.1 | +28.6% |
| 2018 | 15.9 | -6.9 | -4.5 | -1.7 | 10.0 | 1.5 | -1.4 | 12.4 | -4.9 | -4.2 | 1.9 | -2.0 | +14.2% |
| 2017 | 0.8 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 2.8 | 9.1 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 13.3 | 4.4 | -2.8 | +86.5% |
| 2016 | 0.5 |