The takeaway
Bandwidth Inc shows a moderate seasonal pattern over 9 years of data — strongest in December (+3.9%) and softest in October (−2.6%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 38% of years, averaging +1.9% — essentially in line with the S&P 500.
The full picture
Bandwidth Inc's most dependable month has been December, higher in 7 of 9 years; October has been its least reliable, up just 25% of the time.
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Month by month
The stock's clearest edge over the S&P 500 lands in January (+4.7 pts); it has trailed the market most in September (−7.5 pts).
“vs S&P” is Bandwidth Inc’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Bandwidth Inc’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, December has closed higher 80% of the time versus 78% across the last 9 years — the pattern is strengthening.
Figures are the typical (median) December return and how often it rose — the last 5 years versus the last 9(the heatmap’s default window). This verdict stays anchored to that 9-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: December, up in 7 of 9 Decembers while the other eleven tend to blur together.
Its average (+3.9%) and median (+4.1%) 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 December ranges by 12.6% 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: December has cleared the S&P 500 by +2.9 points above the index. That consistency sets it apart from the field, where the average stock manages December only about 58% of the time.
A few other months pull their weight: January, June, and August have also closed higher more often than not. On the other side of the ledger, October has been the soft spot — the weakest of 4 months that average a loss (−2.6%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in September, February, and October. Its roughest month on record was a −50.8% February in 2022 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
If anything it has sharpened recently — the last five Decembers run ahead of the earlier years.
The takeaway is less about when to buy than what to expect: December aside, the stock's months offer little reliable tilt. With a short 9-year record and returns that swing hard year to year, the signal is best held loosely.
Short answers on the stock's best month (December), its worst (October), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a moderate degree. Since 2017 its best month (December, +3.9%) has run well ahead of its worst (October, −2.6%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
December has been the strongest, averaging +3.9% and closing higher in 7 of 9 years since 2017.
It's the weakest, averaging −2.6% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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