Seasonality
WAT seasonality — Waters Corporation
Over the last 11 years, WAT's strongest month on average has been November (+8.0%) and its weakest February (-2.4%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +3.03% | +1.50% | 50% | +22.6% | -14.1% | 10 |
| Feb | -2.36% | -3.07% | 40% | +9.4% | -13.8% | 10 |
| Mar | -1.05% | -1.20% | 40% | +3.9% | -6.8% | 10 |
| Apr | -2.08% | -2.68% | 40% | +8.7% | -15.2% | 10 |
| May | +3.26% | +3.98% | 70% | +24.0% | -16.4% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.63% | +0.71% | 60% | +7.2% | -9.7% | 10 |
| Jul | +3.79% | +2.76% | 70% | +18.1% | -17.3% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.12% | +2.33% | 80% | +9.9% | -18.0% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.01% | -1.41% | 40% | +6.0% | -13.7% | 10 |
| Oct | +2.79% | +4.09% | 60% | +16.6% | -13.0% | 10 |
| Nov | +7.95% | +4.94% | 89% | +19.1% | -10.7% | 9 |
| Dec | +2.50% | -0.65% | 40% | +17.3% | -5.8% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — WAT
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -2.4 | -13.8 | -6.8 | 3.8 | 24.0 | -2.2 | 0.6 | 9.9 | 6.0 | 5.3 | -1.1 | +20.5% | |
| 2025 | 12.0 | -9.2 | -2.3 | -5.7 | 0.4 | -0.1 | -17.3 | 4.5 | -0.7 | 16.6 | 15.4 | -5.8 | +2.4% |
| 2024 | -3.5 | 6.2 | 2.0 | -10.2 | -0.1 | -6.1 | 15.9 | 3.0 | 3.9 | -10.2 | 19.1 | -3.6 | +12.7% |
| 2023 | -4.1 | -5.4 | -0.4 | -3.0 | -16.4 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 1.7 | -2.4 | -13.0 | 17.6 | 17.3 | -3.9% |
| 2022 | -14.1 | -1.1 | -2.0 | -2.4 | 8.2 | 0.9 | 10.0 | -18.0 | -9.7 | 11.0 | 15.8 | -1.2 | -8.1% |
| 2021 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 12.8 | 6.2 | -13.7 | 2.9 | -10.7 | 13.6 | +50.6% |
| 2020 | -4.2 | -12.9 | -6.6 | 2.7 | 6.9 | -9.7 | 18.1 | 1.5 | -9.5 | 13.9 | 4.1 | 6.6 | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 22.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | -15.2 | -6.0 | 7.2 | -2.2 | 0.6 | 5.3 | -5.2 | 4.9 | 5.2 | +23.9% |
| 2018 | 11.6 | -5.1 | -2.9 | -5.2 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 1.9 | -4.0 | 2.7 | -2.6 | 4.7 | -5.0 | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 5.4 | 9.4 | 0.8 | 8.7 | 5.7 | 2.4 | -5.7 | 5.8 | -2.2 | 9.2 | 0.6 | -2.0 | +43.8% |
| 2016 | -0.1 |