The takeaway
Marcus Corporation shows a moderate seasonal pattern over 10 years of data — strongest in February (+2.1%) and softest in May (−1.8%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 70% of years, averaging +2.0% — essentially in line with the S&P 500.
The full picture
Marcus Corporation's most dependable month has been February, higher in 8 of 10 years; May 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 (+6.0 pts); it has trailed the market most in March (−6.2 pts).
“vs S&P” is Marcus Corporation’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Marcus Corporation’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, February has closed higher 80% of the time versus 80% across the last 10 years — the pattern is strengthening.
Figures are the typical (median) February 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
Strip the year back and a single month does the heavy lifting: February, up in 8 of 10 Februaries while the other eleven tend to blur together.
Its average (+2.1%) and median (+3.8%) 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 6.1% spread). Crucially, the gain is the stock's own rather than a rising tide's: February has cleared the S&P 500 by +2.3 points above the index. It bucks the broad tape, besides: February lifts just 49% of stocks across the market.
A few other months pull their weight: July, August, and September have also closed higher more often than not. On the other side of the ledger, May has been the soft spot — the weakest of 4 months that average a loss (−1.8%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in March, May, and June. Its roughest month on record was a −52.5% March in 2020 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
If anything it has sharpened recently — the last five Februaries run ahead of the earlier years.
The takeaway is less about when to buy than what to expect: February aside, the stock's months offer little reliable tilt.
Short answers on the stock's best month (February), its worst (May), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a moderate degree. Since 2016 its best month (February, +2.1%) has run well ahead of its worst (May, −1.8%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
February has been the strongest, averaging +2.1% and closing higher in 8 of 10 years since 2016.
It's the weakest, averaging −1.8% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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