Seasonality
RBC seasonality — RBC Bearings
Over the last 11 years, RBC's strongest month on average has been November (+8.3%) and its weakest March (-5.3%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +2.57% | -0.26% | 40% | +16.6% | -10.7% | 10 |
| Feb | +4.74% | +2.30% | 80% | +19.0% | -5.8% | 10 |
| Mar | -5.31% | -1.03% | 40% | +4.1% | -34.1% | 10 |
| Apr | +0.61% | +1.73% | 60% | +12.3% | -13.2% | 10 |
| May | +4.73% | +5.74% | 70% | +20.7% | -12.7% | 10 |
| Jun | +3.53% | +2.16% | 70% | +17.2% | -8.6% | 10 |
| Jul | +4.67% | +2.75% | 70% | +27.6% | -14.4% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.09% | +1.98% | 70% | +7.9% | -10.3% | 10 |
| Sep | -0.92% | +0.44% | 70% | +13.5% | -13.7% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.42% | -1.78% | 30% | +22.0% | -7.4% | 10 |
| Nov | +8.35% | +3.84% | 78% | +41.8% | -15.5% | 9 |
| Dec | -1.75% | -1.88% | 50% | +10.5% | -14.3% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — RBC
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11.4 | 15.3 | -5.7 | 10.3 | -4.5 | 12.6 | -14.4 | -10.3 | 1.0 | -7.4 | 2.6 | +5.8% | |
| 2025 | 16.6 | 3.0 | -10.4 | 2.1 | 11.3 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 9.8 | 3.8 | 0.8 | +49.9% |
| 2024 | -5.7 | 1.6 | -0.9 | -9.5 | 20.7 | -8.6 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 0.5 | -6.4 | 19.5 | -10.7 | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 16.5 | -5.8 | 1.3 | -2.5 | -12.7 | 9.7 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 | -6.1 | 17.2 | 10.5 | +36.1% |
| 2022 | -10.7 | 7.4 | 0.0 | -13.2 | 10.7 | -0.8 | 27.6 | 2.0 | -13.7 | 22.0 | -6.5 | -11.7 | +3.6% |
| 2021 | -6.5 | 19.0 | -1.1 | 1.4 | -1.8 | 1.9 | 17.8 | -1.5 | -8.3 | 10.2 | -15.5 | 2.2 | +12.8% |
| 2020 | -1.8 | 10.1 | -34.1 | 12.3 | 11.0 | -4.7 | -8.7 | 7.9 | -8.2 | -1.8 | 41.8 | 6.0 | +13.1% |
| 2019 | 6.3 | 0.5 | -9.3 | 8.2 | 3.5 | 17.2 | -2.5 | -1.9 | 4.0 | -3.3 | 3.4 | -4.5 | +20.8% |
| 2018 | -0.3 | -4.4 | 3.1 | -6.3 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 12.9 | 3.0 | 0.4 | -1.8 | 3.6 | -14.3 | +3.7% |
| 2017 | -0.2 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 6.7 | 13.5 | -1.1 | 7.8 | -5.3 | +36.2% |
| 2016 | 9.5 |