The takeaway
Bausch Health Companies Inc shows a moderate seasonal pattern over 10 years of data — strongest in December (+1.7%) and softest in July (−5.7%).
Right now
In July, the stock has fallen 20% of years, averaging −5.7%, roughly 7.8 pts behind the S&P 500.
The full picture
Bausch Health Companies Inc's most dependable month has been December, higher in 6 of 10 years; July 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 June (+6.2 pts); it has trailed the market most in March (−13.3 pts).
“vs S&P” is Bausch Health Companies Inc’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Bausch Health Companies Inc’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, December has closed higher 60% of the time versus 60% across the last 10 years — the pattern is holding.
Figures are the typical (median) December 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 December's way without overwhelming the rest of it: the stock has closed higher in 6 of 10 Decembers, its most dependable month if not a dominant one.
Its average (+1.7%) and median (+4.0%) 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 14.6% spread). Crucially, the gain is the stock's own rather than a rising tide's: December has cleared the S&P 500 by +0.7 points above the index.
At the other end of the calendar, July has been the soft spot — the weakest of 6 months that average a loss (−5.7%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in March, July, and May. Its roughest month on record was a −59.8% March in 2016 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
Reassuringly, the tendency has held its shape: the recent five years still track the years behind them.
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 (December), its worst (July), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a moderate degree. Since 2016 its best month (December, +1.7%) has run well ahead of its worst (July, −5.7%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
December has been the strongest, averaging +1.7% and closing higher in 6 of 10 years since 2016.
It's the weakest, averaging −5.7% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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