The takeaway
Globalfoundries Inc shows a pronounced seasonal pattern over 5 years of data — strongest in November (+14.0%) and softest in April (−9.7%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 50% of years, averaging +6.8%, about +4.7 pts better than the S&P 500.
The full picture
Globalfoundries Inc's most dependable month has been November, higher in 5 of 5 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 November (+11.6 pts); it has trailed the market most in April (−11.4 pts).
“vs S&P” is Globalfoundries Inc’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Globalfoundries Inc’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, November has closed higher 100% of the time versus 100% across the last 5 years — the pattern is holding.
Figures are the typical (median) November return and how often it rose — the last 5 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 — November. It has closed higher in all 5 Novembers, a concentration the rest of the calendar can't touch.
The strength looks broad-based rather than freakish: its average (+14.0%) and median (+12.9%) sit close together, so no single blow-out year is flattering the figure. That reliability comes with real swings, mind — even November ranges by 9.3% from year to year, so any single year can land far from the average. Better still, that strength is the stock's own and not just a buoyant market — November has outpaced the S&P 500 by +11.6 points on average. Few peers keep such company in November — the typical stock clears it just 62% of the time.
It doesn't stand entirely alone — February, March, and May have leaned firm as well, if less emphatically. At the other end of the calendar, April has been the soft spot — the weakest of 6 months that average a loss (−9.7%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in April, January, and August. Its roughest month on record was a −30.6% June in 2022 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
November has now closed higher 5 years running.
For a stock this dependable in November, 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 (November), its worst (April), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a pronounced degree. Since 2021 its best month (November, +14.0%) has run well ahead of its worst (April, −9.7%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
November has been the strongest, averaging +14.0% and closing higher in all 5 years on record since 2021.
It's the weakest, averaging −9.7% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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