Seasonality
XLY seasonality — Consumer Discretionary
Over the last 11 years, XLY's strongest month on average has been November (+4.9%) and its weakest February (-1.7%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +3.01% | +2.48% | 70% | +15.1% | -9.5% | 10 |
| Feb | -1.73% | -2.80% | 30% | +7.9% | -7.6% | 10 |
| Mar | -1.71% | +0.77% | 50% | +4.3% | -15.3% | 10 |
| Apr | +2.65% | +2.39% | 60% | +18.9% | -12.0% | 10 |
| May | +0.67% | +1.54% | 70% | +8.4% | -7.6% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.87% | +3.07% | 70% | +12.0% | -11.0% | 10 |
| Jul | +3.78% | +1.91% | 90% | +18.4% | -1.0% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.23% | +0.12% | 50% | +9.6% | -4.5% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.30% | -0.92% | 50% | +7.1% | -8.4% | 10 |
| Oct | +0.15% | +0.12% | 60% | +12.1% | -10.1% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.93% | +2.48% | 89% | +12.9% | -1.4% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.59% | +0.96% | 60% | +5.9% | -11.6% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — XLY
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.5 | -3.6 | -6.7 | 8.6 | 2.1 | -3.0 | -1.0 | 0.4 | -6.7 | 6.0 | 1.9 | -1.5% | |
| 2025 | 3.5 | -7.0 | -8.6 | -0.1 | 8.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 0.1 | -1.4 | 1.0 | +6.5% |
| 2024 | -4.4 | 7.9 | -0.3 | -4.5 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 2.8 | -0.2 | 7.1 | -1.7 | 12.9 | 0.9 | +25.5% |
| 2023 | 15.1 | -2.1 | 2.8 | -1.1 | 2.5 | 12.0 | 2.3 | -1.7 | -5.7 | -5.5 | 11.0 | 5.9 | +38.4% |
| 2022 | -9.5 | -4.1 | 4.3 | -12.0 | -5.1 | -11.0 | 18.4 | -4.5 | -8.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | -11.6 | -36.8% |
| 2021 | 0.8 | -0.5 | 4.3 | 6.5 | -3.4 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 1.8 | -2.3 | 12.1 | 1.6 | 0.0 | +27.2% |
| 2020 | -0.1 | -7.6 | -15.3 | 18.9 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 9.6 | -2.1 | -2.7 | 10.0 | 2.2 | +28.2% |
| 2019 | 9.9 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 5.5 | -7.6 | 7.5 | 1.3 | -0.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 2.4 | +26.7% |
| 2018 | 9.2 | -3.5 | -2.7 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 0.2 | -10.1 | 2.5 | -8.3 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.1 | -1.6 | 1.9 | -1.9 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 2.1 | +21.2% |
| 2016 | -0.6 |