Seasonality
VMC seasonality — Vulcan Materials Company
Over the last 11 years, VMC's strongest month on average has been November (+3.6%) and its weakest March (-2.5%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +1.77% | +2.71% | 70% | +6.6% | -8.3% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.75% | -2.99% | 40% | +17.6% | -15.1% | 10 |
| Mar | -2.51% | -1.57% | 40% | +6.2% | -12.2% | 10 |
| Apr | +2.83% | +3.30% | 70% | +12.4% | -6.2% | 10 |
| May | +1.67% | +0.16% | 50% | +14.4% | -6.2% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.59% | +1.33% | 60% | +15.3% | -13.8% | 10 |
| Jul | +1.04% | +1.06% | 60% | +16.4% | -13.2% | 10 |
| Aug | +0.04% | +0.54% | 60% | +6.0% | -10.7% | 10 |
| Sep | -0.42% | -0.50% | 50% | +12.9% | -9.3% | 10 |
| Oct | +2.60% | +2.80% | 60% | +15.0% | -9.1% | 10 |
| Nov | +3.64% | +3.20% | 78% | +12.0% | -3.6% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.17% | +0.55% | 50% | +8.3% | -10.7% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — VMC
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.4 | 3.1 | -12.2 | 10.8 | -6.2 | 4.3 | -9.0 | 0.4 | -9.3 | 15.0 | 0.5 | -0.9% | |
| 2025 | 6.6 | -9.8 | -5.7 | 12.4 | 1.0 | -1.6 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 5.7 | -5.9 | 2.7 | -4.0 | +10.9% |
| 2024 | -0.4 | 17.6 | 2.7 | -5.6 | -0.7 | -2.8 | 10.4 | -10.7 | 2.1 | 9.4 | 5.2 | -10.7 | +13.3% |
| 2023 | 4.7 | -1.3 | -5.2 | 2.1 | 11.6 | 15.3 | -2.2 | -1.0 | -7.4 | -2.7 | 8.7 | 6.3 | +29.6% |
| 2022 | -8.3 | -4.7 | 1.2 | -6.2 | -4.3 | -13.8 | 16.4 | 0.7 | -5.3 | 3.8 | 12.0 | -4.5 | -15.6% |
| 2021 | 0.6 | 12.0 | 1.1 | 5.6 | 2.9 | -5.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | -9.0 | 12.4 | 0.8 | 8.3 | +40.0% |
| 2020 | -1.6 | -15.1 | -10.1 | 4.5 | -4.1 | 7.0 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 12.9 | 6.9 | -3.6 | 6.2 | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 2.9 | 9.7 | 6.2 | 6.5 | -0.9 | 9.9 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 7.1 | -5.5 | -0.7 | 1.5 | +45.7% |
| 2018 | 5.5 | -13.1 | -3.0 | -2.2 | 14.4 | 1.0 | -13.2 | -1.1 | 0.4 | -9.1 | 4.5 | -6.5 | -23.0% |
| 2017 | 2.5 | -6.0 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 1.6 | -2.8 | -1.5 | -1.4 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 2.2 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | -0.4 |