The takeaway
Dell Technologies Inc shows a moderate seasonal pattern over 10 years of data — strongest in September (+4.1%) and softest in March (−1.4%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 67% of years, averaging +2.2% — essentially in line with the S&P 500.
The full picture
Dell Technologies Inc's most dependable month has been September, higher in 9 of 10 years; March has been its least reliable, up just 33% of the time.
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Month by month
The stock's clearest edge over the S&P 500 lands in May (+7.4 pts); it has trailed the market most in March (−2.5 pts).
“vs S&P” is Dell Technologies Inc’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Dell Technologies Inc’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, September has closed higher 80% of the time versus 90% across the last 10 years — the pattern is strengthening.
Figures are the typical (median) September 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
Dependability is the through-line here. September stands out, higher in 9 of 10 Septembers, but it heads a clutch of months that pull the year reliably upward.
A typical September brings +2.6%, a shade under the +4.1% average. Crucially, the gain is the stock's own rather than a rising tide's: September has cleared the S&P 500 by +4.3 points above the index. It bucks the broad tape, besides: September lifts just 39% of stocks across the market.
The strength clusters rather than stands alone — July–October forms a firm stretch that carries much of the year. The weaker half of the year is plainer: March has been the soft spot — the weakest of 2 months that average a loss (−1.4%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in March and December. Its roughest month on record was a −20.1% July in 2024 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
If anything it has sharpened recently — the last five Septembers run ahead of the earlier years.
The takeaway is less about when to buy than what to expect: September aside, the stock's months offer little reliable tilt.
Short answers on the stock's best month (September), its worst (March), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a moderate degree. Since 2016 its best month (September, +4.1%) has run well ahead of its worst (March, −1.4%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
September has been the strongest, averaging +4.1% and closing higher in 9 of 10 years since 2016.
It's the weakest, averaging −1.4% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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