The takeaway
Gartner Inc shows a moderate seasonal pattern over 10 years of data — strongest in July (+1.1%) and softest in February (−4.3%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 80% of years, averaging +1.1%, roughly 1.1 pts behind the S&P 500.
The full picture
Gartner Inc's most dependable month has been July, higher in 8 of 10 years; February has been its least reliable, up just 30% of the time.
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Month by month
The stock's clearest edge over the S&P 500 lands in November (+5.6 pts); it has trailed the market most in February (−4.0 pts).
“vs S&P” is Gartner Inc’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Gartner Inc’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, July has closed higher 80% of the time versus 80% across the last 10 years — the pattern is strengthening.
Figures are the typical (median) July 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. July stands out, higher in 8 of 10 Julys, but it heads a clutch of months that pull the year reliably upward.
Its average (+1.1%) and median (+3.2%) land within a hair of each other — the tell of steady, year-after-year gains rather than one outlier doing the work. That reliability comes with real swings, mind — even July ranges by 9.1% from year to year, so any single year can land far from the average. That consistency sets it apart from the field, where the average stock manages July only about 61% of the time.
The strength clusters rather than stands alone — March–July forms a firm stretch that carries much of the year. The weaker half of the year is plainer: February has been the soft spot — the weakest of 2 months that average a loss (−4.3%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in February, March, and December. Its roughest month on record was a −23.5% August in 2025 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
A long streak recently broke — July had risen 5 years straight before a −16.7% reading in 2025. If anything it has sharpened recently — the last five Julys run ahead of the earlier years.
The takeaway is less about when to buy than what to expect: July aside, the stock's months offer little reliable tilt.
Short answers on the stock's best month (July), its worst (February), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a moderate degree. Since 2016 its best month (July, +1.1%) has run well ahead of its worst (February, −4.3%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
July has been the strongest, averaging +1.1% and closing higher in 8 of 10 years since 2016.
It's the weakest, averaging −4.3% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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