The takeaway
ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc shows a moderate seasonal pattern over 10 years of data — strongest in November (+5.0%) and softest in April (+0.7%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 60% of years, averaging +1.6%, roughly 0.5 pts behind the S&P 500.
The full picture
ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc's most dependable month has been November, higher in 8 of 10 years; April has been its least reliable, up just 30% of the time.
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Month by month
The stock's clearest edge over the S&P 500 lands in November (+2.7 pts); it has trailed the market most in March (−4.1 pts).
“vs S&P” is ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, November has closed higher 80% of the time versus 80% 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
Strip the year back and a single month does the heavy lifting: November, up in 8 of 10 Novembers while the other eleven tend to blur together.
A typical November brings +3.3%, a shade under the +5.0% average. Crucially, the gain is the stock's own rather than a rising tide's: November has cleared the S&P 500 by +2.7 points above the index. That consistency sets it apart from the field, where the average stock manages November only about 62% of the time.
The strength clusters rather than stands alone — November–January forms a firm stretch that carries much of the year. The weaker half of the year is plainer: April is the year's low point, though even there the stock has stayed positive on average (+0.7%), a sign every month leans up, and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in March, September, and October. Its roughest month on record was a −53.7% March in 2020 — 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.
The takeaway is less about when to buy than what to expect: November aside, the stock's months offer little reliable tilt.
Short answers on the stock's best month (November), its worst (April), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a moderate degree. Since 2016 its best month (November, +5.0%) has run well ahead of its worst (April, +0.7%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
November has been the strongest, averaging +5.0% and closing higher in 8 of 10 years since 2016.
It's the weakest month, but it has still averaged a small gain (+0.7%) — quiet rather than genuinely bad.
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