Seasonality
XLB seasonality — Materials
Over the last 11 years, XLB's strongest month on average has been November (+5.1%) and its weakest September (-2.6%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +1.80% | +4.27% | 60% | +9.0% | -6.8% | 10 |
| Feb | +0.43% | +0.26% | 50% | +8.4% | -8.5% | 10 |
| Mar | -1.00% | -0.56% | 50% | +7.1% | -14.6% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.78% | +0.69% | 60% | +15.2% | -4.6% | 10 |
| May | +0.57% | +1.61% | 70% | +6.9% | -8.2% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.16% | +0.59% | 50% | +10.9% | -14.4% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.64% | +2.47% | 70% | +7.1% | -0.8% | 10 |
| Aug | +0.86% | +1.34% | 60% | +5.2% | -3.5% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.63% | -2.57% | 40% | +3.1% | -9.8% | 10 |
| Oct | +0.81% | -0.37% | 40% | +8.9% | -9.2% | 10 |
| Nov | +5.07% | +3.80% | 89% | +12.4% | -0.6% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.71% | +1.54% | 60% | +7.0% | -11.2% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — XLB
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8.6 | 8.4 | -6.4 | 3.0 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.8 | 4.5 | -7.6 | 8.3 | -1.5 | +14.6% | |
| 2025 | 5.5 | -0.0 | -3.1 | -2.4 | 2.9 | 1.7 | -0.1 | 5.2 | -2.9 | -4.4 | 4.3 | 1.4 | +7.8% |
| 2024 | -3.9 | 6.5 | 6.1 | -4.6 | 3.3 | -3.5 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | -3.1 | 1.5 | -11.2 | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 9.0 | -3.3 | -1.4 | -0.1 | -6.9 | 10.5 | 3.4 | -3.3 | -5.2 | -3.2 | 8.3 | 3.8 | +10.1% |
| 2022 | -6.8 | -1.3 | 5.7 | -3.5 | 1.2 | -14.4 | 6.2 | -3.5 | -9.8 | 8.9 | 11.7 | -6.1 | -14.3% |
| 2021 | -2.4 | 4.1 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 5.1 | -5.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | -7.6 | 7.6 | -0.6 | 7.0 | +25.2% |
| 2020 | -6.2 | -8.5 | -14.6 | 15.2 | 6.9 | 1.6 | 7.1 | 4.4 | 1.0 | -0.7 | 12.4 | 2.0 | +17.9% |
| 2019 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 3.5 | -8.2 | 10.9 | -0.3 | -2.8 | 2.7 | -0.0 | 3.2 | 2.3 | +21.6% |
| 2018 | 4.0 | -5.3 | -4.5 | 0.1 | 2.0 | -0.2 | 2.9 | -0.8 | -2.3 | -9.2 | 3.8 | -7.5 | -16.5% |
| 2017 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 1.6 | +21.8% |
| 2016 | -0.5 |