The takeaway
Lumen Technologies Inc shows a pronounced seasonal pattern over 10 years of data — strongest in August (+6.8%) and softest in March (−4.9%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 40% of years, averaging +15.7%, about +13.6 pts better than the S&P 500.
The full picture
Lumen Technologies Inc's most dependable month has been August, higher in 5 of 10 years; March 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 July (+13.6 pts); it has trailed the market most in March (−6.0 pts).
“vs S&P” is Lumen Technologies Inc’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Lumen Technologies Inc’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, August has closed higher 60% of the time versus 50% across the last 10 years — the pattern is holding.
Figures are the typical (median) August 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
The calendar barely registers for this stock. Even its firmest month, August, has risen in only 5 of 10 Augusts — nothing recurs reliably enough to lean on.
Its roughest month on record was a −36.6% February in 2023 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
Reassuringly, the tendency has held its shape: the recent five years still track the years behind them.
The honest read is that the calendar is close to noise here — better treated as background than a reason to act. With returns that swing hard year to year, the signal is best held loosely.
Short answers on the stock's best month (August), its worst (March), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a pronounced degree. Since 2016 its best month (August, +6.8%) has run well ahead of its worst (March, −4.9%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
August has been the strongest, averaging +6.8% and closing higher in 5 of 10 years since 2016.
It's the weakest, averaging −4.9% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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