Seasonality
SFM seasonality — Sprouts Farmers Market
Over the last 11 years, SFM's strongest month on average has been November (+10.0%) and its weakest October (-4.8%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +1.73% | +0.35% | 50% | +24.6% | -19.2% | 10 |
| Feb | +0.54% | -1.94% | 40% | +24.0% | -7.8% | 10 |
| Mar | +8.96% | +8.35% | 80% | +26.1% | -8.9% | 10 |
| Apr | +2.33% | +0.92% | 50% | +12.0% | -6.8% | 10 |
| May | +2.48% | +1.01% | 60% | +20.9% | -13.3% | 10 |
| Jun | -1.09% | -1.53% | 50% | +6.3% | -6.6% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.57% | +3.07% | 60% | +19.4% | -10.4% | 10 |
| Aug | +0.14% | +2.61% | 60% | +23.2% | -17.2% | 10 |
| Sep | -4.65% | -4.92% | 40% | +7.7% | -22.6% | 10 |
| Oct | -4.82% | -1.86% | 30% | +16.3% | -27.4% | 10 |
| Nov | +10.00% | +11.13% | 89% | +26.4% | -14.4% | 9 |
| Dec | -1.10% | -3.61% | 40% | +12.2% | -17.7% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — SFM
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -11.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 3.0 | -5.9 | -19.1 | -25.1 | -1.2 | -38.4% | |
| 2025 | 24.6 | -6.3 | 2.9 | 12.0 | 1.1 | -4.8 | -8.0 | -7.3 | -22.6 | -27.4 | 6.1 | -4.9 | -37.3% |
| 2024 | 4.7 | 24.0 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 19.6 | 5.9 | 19.4 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 16.3 | 20.3 | -17.7 | +164.1% |
| 2023 | -1.3 | -5.2 | 15.7 | -1.1 | -0.3 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 3.9 | 4.9 | -1.8 | 2.5 | 11.7 | +48.6% |
| 2022 | -8.6 | 4.9 | 12.3 | -6.8 | -9.1 | -6.5 | 9.2 | 4.6 | -4.0 | 6.3 | 16.4 | -5.7 | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 12.7 | -6.8 | 26.1 | -3.8 | 3.9 | -6.6 | -1.1 | 1.3 | -7.0 | -4.5 | 19.5 | 12.2 | +47.7% |
| 2020 | -19.2 | 2.2 | 16.3 | 11.8 | 20.9 | 1.8 | 3.1 | -11.5 | -10.4 | -9.0 | 11.1 | -5.0 | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 2.0 | -2.8 | -7.6 | -0.6 | -6.4 | -5.8 | -10.4 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 0.4 | 2.0 | -2.3 | -17.7% |
| 2018 | 14.7 | -7.8 | -8.9 | 6.7 | -13.3 | 1.7 | -2.6 | 23.2 | 3.5 | -1.9 | -14.4 | 2.1 | -3.5% |
| 2017 | -1.3 | -1.1 | 25.2 | -3.5 | 7.4 | -5.4 | 6.2 | -17.2 | -5.9 | -1.5 | 26.4 | 4.2 | +28.7% |
| 2016 | -5.5 |