The takeaway
Albertsons Companies shows a pronounced seasonal pattern over 6 years of data — strongest in March (+7.4%) and softest in September (−3.3%).
Right now
In July, the stock has fallen 33% of years, averaging −1.6%, roughly 3.7 pts behind the S&P 500.
The full picture
Albertsons Companies's most dependable month has been March, higher in 5 of 5 years; September has been its least reliable, up just 33% of the time.
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Month by month
The stock's clearest edge over the S&P 500 lands in March (+6.4 pts); it has trailed the market most in July (−3.7 pts).
“vs S&P” is Albertsons Companies’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Albertsons Companies’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, March has closed higher 100% of the time versus 100% across the last 6 years — the pattern is holding.
Figures are the typical (median) March return and how often it rose — the last 5 years versus the last 6(the heatmap’s default window). This verdict stays anchored to that 6-year window even if you zoom the chart, so it never disagrees with the badges above.
In plain English
Strip the year back and a single month does the heavy lifting: March, up in all 5 Marches while the other eleven tend to blur together.
Its average (+7.4%) and median (+5.9%) land within a hair of each other — the tell of steady, year-after-year gains rather than one outlier doing the work. It is among its calmest months, too, its returns swinging least from year to year (a 3.6% spread), and even its worst March in 6 years lost only 4.6% — the gentlest downside anywhere on its calendar. Crucially, the gain is the stock's own rather than a rising tide's: March has cleared the S&P 500 by +6.4 points above the index. That consistency sets it apart from the field, where the average stock manages March only about 56% of the time.
A few other months pull their weight: January, May, and October have also closed higher more often than not. At the other end of the calendar, September has been the soft spot — the weakest of 5 months that average a loss (−3.3%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in July, April, and September. Its roughest month on record was a −12.4% June in 2022 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
March has now closed higher 5 years running.
The takeaway is less about when to buy than what to expect: March aside, the stock's months offer little reliable tilt. With a short 6-year record, the signal is best held loosely.
Short answers on the stock's best month (March), its worst (September), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a pronounced degree. Since 2020 its best month (March, +7.4%) has run well ahead of its worst (September, −3.3%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
March has been the strongest, averaging +7.4% and closing higher in all 5 years on record since 2020.
It's the weakest, averaging −3.3% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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