The takeaway
Garrett Motion Inc shows a pronounced seasonal pattern over 8 years of data — strongest in December (+4.2%) and softest in March (−14.7%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 57% of years, averaging +0.6%, roughly 1.5 pts behind the S&P 500.
The full picture
Garrett Motion Inc's most dependable month has been December, higher in 6 of 8 years; March has been its least reliable, up just 29% of the time.
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Month by month
The stock's clearest edge over the S&P 500 lands in April (+16.4 pts); it has trailed the market most in March (−15.8 pts).
“vs S&P” is Garrett Motion Inc’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Garrett Motion Inc’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, December has closed higher 100% of the time versus 75% across the last 8 years — the pattern is strengthening.
Figures are the typical (median) December 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
Dependability is the through-line here. December stands out, higher in 6 of 8 Decembers, but it heads a clutch of months that pull the year reliably upward.
Its average (+4.2%) and median (+6.1%) land within a hair of each other — the tell of steady, year-after-year gains rather than one outlier doing the work. It is among its calmest months, too, its returns swinging least from year to year (a 12.1% spread). Crucially, the gain is the stock's own rather than a rising tide's: December has cleared the S&P 500 by +3.1 points above the index. That consistency sets it apart from the field, where the average stock manages December only about 58% of the time.
A few other months pull their weight: February, April, and September have also closed higher more often than not. At the other end of the calendar, March has been the soft spot — the weakest of 3 months that average a loss (−14.7%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in March, August, and July. Its roughest month on record was a −58.1% March in 2020 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
December has now closed higher 5 years running. If anything it has sharpened recently — the last five Decembers run ahead of the earlier years.
The takeaway is less about when to buy than what to expect: December aside, the stock's months offer little reliable tilt. With a short 8-year record and returns that swing hard year to year, the signal is best held loosely.
Short answers on the stock's best month (December), its worst (March), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a pronounced degree. Since 2018 its best month (December, +4.2%) has run well ahead of its worst (March, −14.7%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
December has been the strongest, averaging +4.2% and closing higher in 6 of 8 years since 2018.
It's the weakest, averaging −14.7% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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