Seasonality
SPGI seasonality — S&P Global
Over the last 11 years, SPGI's strongest month on average has been November (+6.0%) and its weakest September (-5.6%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +4.28% | +5.80% | 80% | +12.8% | -12.0% | 10 |
| Feb | -2.43% | -1.04% | 50% | +7.7% | -16.3% | 10 |
| Mar | +0.60% | +0.30% | 50% | +9.2% | -7.8% | 10 |
| Apr | +3.08% | +2.01% | 60% | +19.5% | -8.2% | 10 |
| May | +1.41% | +1.95% | 60% | +11.0% | -7.2% | 10 |
| Jun | +3.02% | +3.02% | 80% | +9.1% | -4.0% | 10 |
| Jul | +5.22% | +5.75% | 80% | +11.8% | -1.7% | 10 |
| Aug | +2.19% | +3.41% | 70% | +6.2% | -6.6% | 10 |
| Sep | -5.59% | -5.74% | 20% | +1.3% | -13.3% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.20% | +0.10% | 60% | +18.3% | -10.5% | 10 |
| Nov | +5.97% | +5.76% | 89% | +19.0% | -3.9% | 9 |
| Dec | -1.32% | -1.16% | 50% | +5.9% | -9.6% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — SPGI
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.0 | -16.3 | -3.7 | 1.4 | -1.7 | -4.0 | 6.9 | 5.8 | -9.5 | 18.3 | 0.3 | -5.4% | |
| 2025 | 4.7 | 2.4 | -4.8 | -1.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 4.5 | -0.5 | -11.3 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 4.8 | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 1.8 | -4.5 | -0.7 | -2.3 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 8.7 | 5.9 | 0.7 | -7.0 | 8.8 | -4.7 | +13.1% |
| 2023 | 11.9 | -9.0 | 1.1 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 9.1 | -1.6 | -0.9 | -6.5 | -4.4 | 19.0 | 5.9 | +31.5% |
| 2022 | -12.0 | -9.5 | 9.2 | -8.2 | -7.2 | -3.5 | 11.8 | -6.6 | -13.3 | 5.2 | 9.8 | -5.1 | -29.0% |
| 2021 | -3.6 | 3.9 | 7.1 | 10.6 | -2.8 | 8.2 | 4.5 | 3.5 | -4.3 | 11.6 | -3.9 | 3.5 | +43.6% |
| 2020 | 7.6 | -9.5 | -7.8 | 19.5 | 11.0 | 1.4 | 6.3 | 4.6 | -1.6 | -10.5 | 9.0 | -6.5 | +20.4% |
| 2019 | 12.8 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.8 | -3.1 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6.2 | -5.8 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 3.2 | +60.7% |
| 2018 | 6.9 | 5.9 | -0.4 | -1.3 | 4.7 | 3.2 | -1.7 | 3.3 | -5.6 | -6.7 | 0.3 | -7.1 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 11.8 | 7.7 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 5.8 | 2.4 | +57.5% |
| 2016 | -9.6 |