Seasonality
XLK seasonality — Information Technology
Over the last 11 years, XLK's strongest month on average has been May (+5.3%) and its weakest September (-1.4%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +2.50% | +3.13% | 60% | +9.3% | -6.8% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.05% | +0.00% | 50% | +6.9% | -7.3% | 10 |
| Mar | -0.35% | +1.12% | 60% | +10.6% | -9.1% | 10 |
| Apr | +3.22% | +1.85% | 70% | +20.0% | -11.0% | 10 |
| May | +5.34% | +6.93% | 70% | +19.8% | -8.7% | 10 |
| Jun | +3.15% | +6.24% | 60% | +9.7% | -9.5% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.82% | +3.63% | 80% | +13.4% | -8.0% | 10 |
| Aug | +2.27% | +1.81% | 60% | +11.9% | -6.2% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.42% | +0.05% | 50% | +7.4% | -12.2% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.01% | +1.97% | 60% | +8.2% | -8.3% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.47% | +5.17% | 78% | +12.9% | -4.8% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.11% | +1.21% | 70% | +5.3% | -8.8% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — XLK
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -0.1 | -3.6 | -4.2 | 20.0 | 19.8 | -0.3 | -8.0 | 6.4 | 5.0 | -8.3 | -8.2 | +14.4% | |
| 2025 | -0.7 | -2.3 | -8.4 | 1.7 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 3.8 | -0.1 | 7.4 | 6.7 | -4.8 | 0.6 | +23.8% |
| 2024 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 0.6 | -5.8 | 7.1 | 7.7 | -3.3 | 0.7 | 2.5 | -1.6 | 5.2 | -0.5 | +20.8% |
| 2023 | 9.3 | 0.4 | 10.6 | -0.1 | 8.9 | 5.8 | 2.6 | -1.5 | -6.7 | 0.1 | 12.9 | 4.0 | +54.7% |
| 2022 | -6.8 | -4.9 | 3.1 | -11.0 | -0.7 | -9.5 | 13.4 | -6.2 | -12.2 | 7.7 | 6.3 | -8.5 | -28.4% |
| 2021 | -0.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 5.2 | -0.9 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 3.6 | -6.0 | 8.2 | 4.5 | 3.0 | +33.7% |
| 2020 | 4.0 | -7.3 | -9.1 | 13.7 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 11.9 | -5.5 | -5.0 | 11.4 | 5.3 | +41.8% |
| 2019 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 6.4 | -8.7 | 8.6 | 3.5 | -1.5 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 4.0 | +47.9% |
| 2018 | 7.0 | -0.4 | -4.0 | 0.1 | 6.8 | -0.6 | 2.1 | 6.6 | -0.4 | -8.0 | -2.0 | -8.8 | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 4.0 | -3.2 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 1.4 | 0.2 | +32.2% |
| 2016 | 1.8 |