The takeaway
AMC Networks Inc shows a pronounced seasonal pattern over 10 years of data — strongest in November (+8.8%) and softest in March (−9.6%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 40% of years, averaging +0.6%, roughly 1.5 pts behind the S&P 500.
The full picture
AMC Networks Inc's most dependable month has been November, higher in 6 of 10 years; March has been its least reliable, up just 20% of the time.
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Month by month
The stock's clearest edge over the S&P 500 lands in January (+6.6 pts); it has trailed the market most in March (−10.6 pts).
“vs S&P” is AMC Networks Inc’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating AMC Networks Inc’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, November has closed higher 60% of the time versus 60% across the last 10 years — the pattern is strengthening.
Figures are the typical (median) November return and how often it rose — the last 5 years versus the last 10(the heatmap’s default window). This verdict stays anchored to that 10-year window even if you zoom the chart, so it never disagrees with the badges above.
In plain English
The year leans November's way without overwhelming the rest of it: the stock has closed higher in 6 of 10 Novembers, its most dependable month if not a dominant one.
Its average (+8.8%) and median (+7.4%) land within a hair of each other — the tell of steady, year-after-year gains rather than one outlier doing the work. That reliability comes with real swings, mind — even November ranges by 17.7% from year to year, so any single year can land far from the average. Crucially, the gain is the stock's own rather than a rising tide's: November has cleared the S&P 500 by +6.5 points above the index. Some of that is a strong month market-wide, mind — November rises for about 62% of stocks — so the tendency is real if not unique.
A few other months pull their weight: May and December have also closed higher more often than not. At the other end of the calendar, March has been the soft spot — the weakest of 7 months that average a loss (−9.6%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in March, October, and June. Its roughest month on record was a −47.3% June in 2024 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
If anything it has sharpened recently — the last five Novembers run ahead of the earlier years.
Treat it as a tendency rather than a rule — seasonality describes the past, not a promise. With returns that swing hard year to year, the signal is best held loosely.
Short answers on the stock's best month (November), its worst (March), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a pronounced degree. Since 2016 its best month (November, +8.8%) has run well ahead of its worst (March, −9.6%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
November has been the strongest, averaging +8.8% and closing higher in 6 of 10 years since 2016.
It's the weakest, averaging −9.6% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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