Seasonality
SYK seasonality — Stryker Corporation
Over the last 11 years, SYK's strongest month on average has been November (+3.8%) and its weakest September (-2.1%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +3.55% | +4.48% | 80% | +13.3% | -9.8% | 10 |
| Feb | +2.65% | +4.06% | 70% | +9.8% | -9.5% | 10 |
| Mar | -1.20% | +0.94% | 60% | +8.6% | -15.2% | 10 |
| Apr | +0.99% | +2.02% | 60% | +12.0% | -9.8% | 10 |
| May | -0.36% | -0.72% | 50% | +5.0% | -8.0% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.20% | +0.75% | 50% | +12.2% | -15.2% | 10 |
| Jul | +1.61% | +2.75% | 60% | +8.0% | -7.1% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.46% | +1.16% | 60% | +10.1% | -4.5% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.15% | -1.64% | 40% | +5.2% | -14.9% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.12% | -0.56% | 40% | +13.2% | -8.7% | 10 |
| Nov | +3.78% | +4.19% | 78% | +15.5% | -11.1% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.66% | +1.77% | 60% | +13.0% | -10.7% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — SYK
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.2 | 4.8 | -15.2 | -4.1 | -3.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | -0.6 | -14.9 | 6.0 | 11.7 | -7.3% | |
| 2025 | 8.7 | -1.3 | -3.6 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 3.4 | -0.7 | -0.3 | -5.5 | -3.6 | 4.2 | -5.3 | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 2.5 | -6.0 | 1.4 | -0.2 | -3.8 | 10.1 | 0.2 | -1.4 | 10.1 | -8.2 | +20.2% |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 8.6 | 5.0 | -8.0 | 10.7 | -7.1 | 0.1 | -3.6 | -1.1 | 9.7 | 1.1 | +22.5% |
| 2022 | -7.2 | 6.2 | 1.5 | -9.8 | -2.8 | -15.2 | 8.0 | -4.5 | -1.3 | 13.2 | 2.0 | 4.5 | -8.6% |
| 2021 | -9.8 | 9.8 | 0.4 | 7.8 | -2.8 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 2.3 | -4.8 | 0.9 | -11.1 | 13.0 | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 0.4 | -9.5 | -12.6 | 12.0 | 5.0 | -7.9 | 7.3 | 2.5 | 5.2 | -3.0 | 15.5 | 5.0 | +16.7% |
| 2019 | 13.3 | 6.2 | 4.8 | -4.4 | -3.0 | 12.2 | 2.0 | 5.2 | -2.0 | -0.0 | -5.3 | 2.5 | +33.9% |
| 2018 | 6.2 | -1.4 | -0.8 | 5.3 | 2.7 | -3.0 | -3.3 | 3.8 | 4.9 | -8.7 | 8.2 | -10.7 | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 4.8 | -2.9 | 6.0 | -3.9 | 0.5 | 9.1 | 0.7 | -0.7 | +29.2% |
| 2016 | 5.4 |