The takeaway
Brookfield Business Corp shows a pronounced seasonal pattern over 4 years of data — strongest in May (+4.1%) and softest in April (−10.3%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 50% of years, averaging +3.6%, about +1.5 pts better than the S&P 500.
The full picture
Brookfield Business Corp's most dependable month has been May, higher in 3 of 4 years; April has been its least reliable, up just 0% 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 April (−12.0 pts).
“vs S&P” is Brookfield Business Corp’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Brookfield Business Corp’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 4 years, May has closed higher 75% of the time versus 75% across the last 4 years — the pattern is holding.
Figures are the typical (median) May return and how often it rose — the last 4 years versus the last 4(the heatmap’s default window). This verdict stays anchored to that 4-year window even if you zoom the chart, so it never disagrees with the badges above.
In plain English
The seasonal story is really one month's story — May. It has closed higher in 3 of 4 Mays, a concentration the rest of the calendar can't touch.
The strength looks broad-based rather than freakish: its average (+4.1%) and median (+5.5%) sit close together, so no single blow-out year is flattering the figure. Better still, that strength is the stock's own and not just a buoyant market — May has outpaced the S&P 500 by +3.4 points on average. Few peers keep such company in May — the typical stock clears it just 55% of the time.
It doesn't stand entirely alone — January, August, and September have leaned firm as well, if less emphatically. At the other end of the calendar, April has been the soft spot — the weakest of 5 months that average a loss (−10.3%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in April, October, and June. Its roughest month on record was a −18.3% April in 2022 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
For a stock this dependable in May, the sharper question is the rest of the year — outside its strong stretch, the calendar gives far less to lean on. With a short 4-year record, the signal is best held loosely.
Short answers on the stock's best month (May), its worst (April), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a pronounced degree. Since 2022 its best month (May, +4.1%) has run well ahead of its worst (April, −10.3%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
May has been the strongest, averaging +4.1% and closing higher in 3 of 4 years since 2022.
It's the weakest, averaging −10.3% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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