The takeaway
Lockheed Martin Corporation shows a slight seasonal lean over 10 years of data — strongest in May (+1.5%) and softest in June (−0.8%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 60% of years, averaging +1.7% — essentially in line with the S&P 500.
The full picture
Lockheed Martin Corporation's most dependable month has been May, higher in 8 of 10 years; June 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 February (+2.5 pts); it has trailed the market most in October (−1.7 pts).
“vs S&P” is Lockheed Martin Corporation’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Lockheed Martin Corporation’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, May has closed higher 60% of the time versus 80% across the last 10 years — the pattern is weakening.
Figures are the typical (median) May 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. May stands out, higher in 8 of 10 Mays, but it heads a clutch of months that pull the year reliably upward.
Its average (+1.5%) and median (+1.9%) land within a hair of each other — the tell of steady, year-after-year gains rather than one outlier doing the work. It is also the calendar's calmest month, its returns swinging least from year to year (a 2.5% spread). Crucially, the gain is the stock's own rather than a rising tide's: May has cleared the S&P 500 by +0.8 points above the index. That consistency sets it apart from the field, where the average stock manages May only about 55% of the time.
A few other months pull their weight: February, April, and July have also closed higher more often than not. At the other end of the calendar, June has been the soft spot — the weakest of 2 months that average a loss (−0.8%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in October, December, and March. Its roughest month on record was a −15.5% October in 2018 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
The pattern has softened of late, May's last five years slipping below its longer-run record.
The takeaway is less about when to buy than what to expect: May aside, the stock's months offer little reliable tilt.
Short answers on the stock's best month (May), its worst (June), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Only mildly. The stock's months are fairly even — May is the firmest (+1.5%) and June the softest (−0.8%), a narrow spread that points to weak seasonality rather than a strong calendar effect.
May has been the strongest, averaging +1.5% and closing higher in 8 of 10 years since 2016.
It's the weakest, averaging −0.8% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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