The takeaway
Gulfport Energy Operating Corp shows a pronounced seasonal pattern over 5 years of data — strongest in March (+12.5%) and softest in January (−6.3%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 40% of years, averaging +1.1%, roughly 1.0 pts behind the S&P 500.
The full picture
Gulfport Energy Operating Corp's most dependable month has been March, higher in 4 of 4 years; January 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 March (+11.4 pts); it has trailed the market most in January (−6.1 pts).
“vs S&P” is Gulfport Energy Operating Corp’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Gulfport Energy Operating Corp’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 4 years, March has closed higher 100% of the time versus 100% across the last 5 years — the pattern is holding.
Figures are the typical (median) March 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
This is a stock you can almost set a calendar by, and March is the anchor — it has closed higher in all 4 Marches, the steadiest beat on its year.
The strength looks broad-based rather than freakish: its average (+12.5%) and median (+11.5%) sit close together, so no single blow-out year is flattering the figure. Better still, that strength is the stock's own and not just a buoyant market — March has outpaced the S&P 500 by +11.4 points on average. Few peers keep such company in March — the typical stock clears it just 56% of the time.
It doesn't stand entirely alone — February, May, and June have leaned firm as well, if less emphatically. On the other side of the ledger, January has been the soft spot — the weakest of 3 months that average a loss (−6.3%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in January, June, and October. Its roughest month on record was a −21.7% June in 2022 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
For a stock this dependable in March, 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 (March), its worst (January), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a pronounced degree. Since 2021 its best month (March, +12.5%) has run well ahead of its worst (January, −6.3%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
March has been the strongest, averaging +12.5% and closing higher in all 4 years on record since 2021.
It's the weakest, averaging −6.3% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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