The takeaway
Americold Realty Trust shows a pronounced seasonal pattern over 8 years of data — strongest in July (+3.9%) and softest in February (−4.1%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 75% of years, averaging +3.9%, about +1.8 pts better than the S&P 500.
The full picture
Americold Realty Trust's most dependable month has been July, higher in 6 of 8 years; February has been its least reliable, up just 13% of the time.
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Month by month
The stock's clearest edge over the S&P 500 lands in June (+3.4 pts); it has trailed the market most in September (−7.9 pts).
“vs S&P” is Americold Realty Trust’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Americold Realty Trust’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, July has closed higher 80% of the time versus 75% across the last 8 years — the pattern is holding.
Figures are the typical (median) July return and how often it rose — the last 5 years versus the last 8(the heatmap’s default window). This verdict stays anchored to that 8-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 — July. It has closed higher in 6 of 8 Julys, a concentration the rest of the calendar can't touch.
Read it with one caveat: the average (+3.9%) runs well ahead of the median (+1.7%), so a handful of outsized years — not steady strength — do much of the lifting. Better still, that strength is the stock's own and not just a buoyant market — July has outpaced the S&P 500 by +1.8 points on average. Few peers keep such company in July — the typical stock clears it just 61% of the time.
It doesn't stand entirely alone — January, March, and June have leaned firm as well, if less emphatically. On the other side of the ledger, February has been the soft spot — the weakest of 4 months that average a loss (−4.1%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in September, February, and April. Its roughest month on record was a −21.7% September in 2021 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
One run worth flagging just ended: a 6-year streak of positive Julys was snapped by a −3.4% close in 2025. Reassuringly, the tendency has held its shape: the recent five years still track the years behind them.
For a stock this dependable in July, the sharper question is the rest of the year — outside its strong stretch, the calendar gives far less to lean on. With a short 8-year record, the signal is best held loosely.
Short answers on the stock's best month (July), its worst (February), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a pronounced degree. Since 2018 its best month (July, +3.9%) has run well ahead of its worst (February, −4.1%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
July has been the strongest, averaging +3.9% and closing higher in 6 of 8 years since 2018.
It's the weakest, averaging −4.1% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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