The takeaway
MetroCity Bankshares shows a pronounced seasonal pattern over 9 years of data — strongest in June (+6.5%) and softest in February (−2.6%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 56% of years, averaging +5.2%, about +3.0 pts better than the S&P 500.
The full picture
MetroCity Bankshares's most dependable month has been June, higher in 6 of 8 years; February has been its least reliable, up just 14% of the time.
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Month by month
The stock's clearest edge over the S&P 500 lands in June (+6.2 pts); it has trailed the market most in March (−5.6 pts).
“vs S&P” is MetroCity Bankshares’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating MetroCity Bankshares’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, June has closed higher 100% of the time versus 75% across the last 9 years — the pattern is strengthening.
Figures are the typical (median) June return and how often it rose — the last 5 years versus the last 9(the heatmap’s default window). This verdict stays anchored to that 9-year window even if you zoom the chart, so it never disagrees with the badges above.
In plain English
Strip the year back and a single month does the heavy lifting: June, up in 6 of 8 Junes while the other eleven tend to blur together.
The headline flatters a touch — its +6.5% average sits well above the +2.2% a typical year delivers, the work of a few big Junes. That reliability comes with real swings, mind — even June ranges by 9.7% from year to year, so any single year can land far from the average. Crucially, the gain is the stock's own rather than a rising tide's: June has cleared the S&P 500 by +6.2 points above the index. That consistency sets it apart from the field, where the average stock manages June only about 52% of the time.
A few other months pull their weight: May and October have also closed higher more often than not. At the other end of the calendar, February has been the soft spot — the weakest of 4 months that average a loss (−2.6%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in March, April, and January. Its roughest month on record was a −21.7% March in 2020 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
June has now closed higher 6 years running. If anything it has sharpened recently — the last five Junes run ahead of the earlier years.
The takeaway is less about when to buy than what to expect: June aside, the stock's months offer little reliable tilt. With a short 9-year record, the signal is best held loosely.
Short answers on the stock's best month (June), its worst (February), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a pronounced degree. Since 2017 its best month (June, +6.5%) has run well ahead of its worst (February, −2.6%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
June has been the strongest, averaging +6.5% and closing higher in 6 of 8 years since 2017.
It's the weakest, averaging −2.6% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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