Seasonality
VRSK seasonality — Verisk Analytics
Over the last 11 years, VRSK's strongest month on average has been November (+5.9%) and its weakest September (-3.2%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +0.24% | +2.43% | 70% | +8.8% | -14.2% | 10 |
| Feb | -2.16% | -2.19% | 50% | +7.7% | -10.7% | 10 |
| Mar | +2.48% | +1.01% | 60% | +21.0% | -10.1% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.22% | +1.62% | 60% | +9.7% | -7.5% | 10 |
| May | +1.69% | -0.50% | 40% | +16.0% | -14.3% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.04% | +1.96% | 70% | +6.6% | -1.4% | 10 |
| Jul | +3.57% | +3.51% | 80% | +10.9% | -10.5% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.62% | +1.84% | 50% | +7.7% | -7.1% | 10 |
| Sep | -3.24% | -1.94% | 20% | +2.6% | -13.4% | 10 |
| Oct | +0.41% | +0.82% | 50% | +16.9% | -13.0% | 10 |
| Nov | +5.91% | +6.19% | 100% | +13.4% | +0.5% | 9 |
| Dec | -1.87% | -0.84% | 30% | +4.7% | -11.6% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — VRSK
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -2.8 | -4.5 | -8.6 | -2.8 | -5.2 | 2.6 | 8.5 | -0.6 | -13.4 | 16.9 | 4.2 | -8.5% | |
| 2025 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 0.2 | -0.4 | 6.0 | -0.8 | -10.5 | -3.8 | -6.2 | -13.0 | 2.9 | -0.6 | -18.8% |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 0.1 | -2.5 | -7.5 | 16.0 | 6.6 | -2.9 | 4.2 | -1.8 | 2.5 | 7.1 | -6.4 | +15.3% |
| 2023 | 3.0 | -5.9 | 12.1 | 1.2 | 12.9 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 5.8 | -2.5 | -3.8 | 6.2 | -1.1 | +35.4% |
| 2022 | -14.2 | -9.6 | 21.0 | -4.9 | -14.3 | -1.1 | 9.9 | -1.6 | -8.9 | 7.2 | 0.5 | -4.0 | -22.9% |
| 2021 | -11.6 | -10.7 | 7.8 | 6.5 | -8.2 | 1.1 | 8.7 | 6.2 | -0.7 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 1.7 | +10.2% |
| 2020 | 8.8 | -4.5 | -10.1 | 9.7 | 13.0 | -1.4 | 10.9 | -1.1 | -0.7 | -4.0 | 11.4 | 4.7 | +39.0% |
| 2019 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 5.2 | 6.1 | -0.8 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 6.5 | -2.1 | -8.5 | 1.9 | 1.3 | +37.0% |
| 2018 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.4 | -0.2 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 7.7 | 1.2 | -0.6 | 2.9 | -11.6 | +13.6% |
| 2017 | 1.8 | 0.3 | -2.1 | 2.1 | -2.3 | 4.3 | 3.4 | -7.1 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 13.4 | -0.4 | +18.3% |
| 2016 | -2.3 |