The takeaway
Dole PLC shows a pronounced seasonal pattern over 5 years of data — strongest in February (+4.5%) and softest in June (−4.4%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 50% of years, averaging +6.5%, about +4.4 pts better than the S&P 500.
The full picture
Dole PLC's most dependable month has been February, higher in 3 of 4 years; June 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 February (+4.8 pts); it has trailed the market most in March (−5.0 pts).
“vs S&P” is Dole PLC’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Dole PLC’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 4 years, February has closed higher 75% of the time versus 75% across the last 5 years — the pattern is holding.
Figures are the typical (median) February return and how often it rose — the last 4 years versus the last 5(the heatmap’s default window). This verdict stays anchored to that 5-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 — February. It has closed higher in 3 of 4 Februaries, a concentration the rest of the calendar can't touch.
The strength looks broad-based rather than freakish: its average (+4.5%) and median (+4.2%) sit close together, so no single blow-out year is flattering the figure. No month is steadier: February's returns vary by just 3.5% year to year, and even its worst February in 5 years lost only 0.0% — the gentlest downside anywhere on its calendar. Better still, that strength is the stock's own and not just a buoyant market — February has outpaced the S&P 500 by +4.8 points on average. It is the more striking for the company it keeps — February is a losing month for most of the market, where barely 49% of names gain ground.
February anchors a run, too: the November-through-February window has been the stock's reliable season. On the other side of the ledger, June has been the soft spot — the weakest of 5 months that average a loss (−4.4%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in March, June, and September. Its roughest month on record was a −19.2% September in 2022 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
For a stock this dependable in February, the sharper question is the rest of the year — outside its strong stretch, the calendar gives far less to lean on. With a short 5-year record, the signal is best held loosely.
Short answers on the stock's best month (February), its worst (June), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a pronounced degree. Since 2021 its best month (February, +4.5%) has run well ahead of its worst (June, −4.4%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
February has been the strongest, averaging +4.5% and closing higher in 3 of 4 years since 2021.
It's the weakest, averaging −4.4% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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