Seasonality
RSG seasonality — Republic Services
Over the last 11 years, RSG's strongest month on average has been November (+4.9%) and its weakest September (-2.2%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +1.02% | +1.63% | 70% | +7.8% | -8.4% | 10 |
| Feb | +2.18% | +2.77% | 60% | +9.3% | -5.8% | 10 |
| Mar | +1.43% | +2.33% | 70% | +11.5% | -16.8% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.98% | +2.19% | 80% | +7.0% | -4.5% | 10 |
| May | +1.18% | +1.56% | 60% | +9.1% | -4.2% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.38% | +1.07% | 70% | +8.2% | -4.2% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.00% | +1.54% | 60% | +7.6% | -6.5% | 10 |
| Aug | +2.64% | +2.26% | 90% | +7.2% | -4.6% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.16% | -2.47% | 20% | +1.3% | -5.0% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.35% | -0.69% | 50% | +16.3% | -9.3% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.89% | +5.03% | 78% | +10.2% | -1.7% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.95% | +0.34% | 50% | +5.4% | -7.8% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — RSG
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.5 | 6.5 | -4.4 | -4.5 | -4.2 | 6.3 | -1.2 | 4.9 | -5.0 | 16.3 | 1.1 | +16.5% | |
| 2025 | 7.8 | 9.3 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 2.6 | -4.2 | -6.5 | 1.4 | -1.9 | -9.3 | 4.2 | -2.4 | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 3.8 | 7.3 | 4.3 | 0.1 | -3.4 | 4.9 | -0.0 | 7.2 | -3.5 | -1.4 | 10.2 | -7.8 | +22.0% |
| 2023 | -3.2 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 7.0 | -2.1 | 8.2 | -1.3 | -4.6 | -1.1 | 4.2 | 9.0 | 1.9 | +27.9% |
| 2022 | -8.4 | -5.8 | 10.2 | 1.3 | -0.3 | -2.2 | 6.0 | 2.9 | -4.7 | -2.5 | 5.0 | -7.4 | -7.5% |
| 2021 | -6.0 | -1.6 | 11.5 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 7.6 | 4.9 | -3.3 | 12.1 | -1.7 | 5.4 | +44.8% |
| 2020 | 6.0 | -5.0 | -16.8 | 4.4 | 9.1 | -4.0 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 0.7 | -5.5 | 9.7 | -0.4 | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 6.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 0.7 | -3.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | +24.3% |
| 2018 | 1.8 | -2.4 | -1.4 | -2.3 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 6.0 | 1.2 | -0.9 | 0.0 | 6.4 | -6.8 | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 0.6 | 8.0 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | -1.5 | -0.2 | 4.1 | +18.5% |
| 2016 | 2.8 |