Seasonality
XOM seasonality — ExxonMobil
Over the last 11 years, XOM's strongest month on average has been January (+5.2%) and its weakest May (-2.0%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +5.15% | +4.78% | 70% | +24.1% | -11.0% | 10 |
| Feb | +0.73% | +2.45% | 60% | +21.2% | -17.2% | 10 |
| Mar | +1.25% | +2.46% | 70% | +11.2% | -26.2% | 10 |
| Apr | +2.07% | +2.14% | 60% | +22.4% | -11.2% | 10 |
| May | -1.99% | -1.78% | 30% | +12.6% | -13.7% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.87% | +1.06% | 60% | +8.3% | -10.8% | 10 |
| Jul | +1.35% | -0.43% | 40% | +13.7% | -8.7% | 10 |
| Aug | -1.69% | -1.51% | 30% | +3.7% | -7.9% | 10 |
| Sep | +0.66% | +2.11% | 60% | +7.9% | -14.1% | 10 |
| Oct | +2.88% | +0.53% | 50% | +26.9% | -10.0% | 10 |
| Nov | +1.13% | +0.48% | 56% | +16.9% | -7.2% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.62% | +1.34% | 60% | +8.1% | -14.2% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — XOM
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17.5 | 7.8 | 11.2 | -9.0 | -5.9 | -5.9 | 13.7 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 15.1 | -11.4 | +37.8% | |
| 2025 | -0.7 | 4.2 | 6.8 | -11.2 | -3.1 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 2.4 | -1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 3.8 | +11.9% |
| 2024 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 11.2 | 1.8 | -0.8 | -1.8 | 3.0 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.4 | 1.0 | -8.8 | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 5.2 | -5.3 | -0.2 | 7.9 | -13.7 | 5.0 | -0.0 | 3.7 | 5.8 | -10.0 | -2.9 | -2.7 | -9.4% |
| 2022 | 24.1 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 12.6 | -10.8 | 13.2 | -1.4 | -8.7 | 26.9 | 0.5 | -0.9 | +80.3% |
| 2021 | 8.8 | 21.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 8.1 | -8.7 | -5.3 | 7.9 | 9.6 | -7.2 | 2.3 | +48.5% |
| 2020 | -11.0 | -17.2 | -26.2 | 22.4 | -2.1 | -1.6 | -5.9 | -5.1 | -14.1 | -5.0 | 16.9 | 8.1 | -40.9% |
| 2019 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 2.2 | -0.6 | -11.8 | 8.3 | -3.0 | -7.9 | 3.1 | -4.3 | 0.8 | 2.4 | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 4.4 | -13.2 | -1.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 1.8 | -1.5 | -1.6 | 6.0 | -6.3 | -0.2 | -14.2 | -18.5% |
| 2017 | -7.1 | -3.1 | 0.8 | -0.4 | -1.4 | 0.3 | -0.8 | -4.6 | 7.4 | 1.7 | -0.1 | 0.4 | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 3.4 |