The takeaway
NioCorp Developments Ltd. Common Stock shows a pronounced seasonal pattern over 10 years of data — strongest in February (+7.8%) and softest in August (−1.2%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 50% of years, averaging +2.2% — essentially in line with the S&P 500.
The full picture
NioCorp Developments Ltd. Common Stock's most dependable month has been February, higher in 6 of 10 years; August 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 September (+9.3 pts); it has trailed the market most in October (−3.1 pts).
“vs S&P” is NioCorp Developments Ltd. Common Stock’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating NioCorp Developments Ltd. Common Stock’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, February has closed higher 60% of the time versus 60% across the last 10 years — the pattern is holding.
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
There's a real but measured seasonal tilt here, toward February — the firmest corner of the calendar, higher in 6 of 10 Februaries.
The strength looks broad-based rather than freakish: its average (+7.8%) and median (+7.8%) sit close together, so no single blow-out year is flattering the figure. That reliability comes with real swings, mind — even February ranges by 27.5% from year to year, so any single year can land far from the average. Better still, that strength is the stock's own and not just a buoyant market — February has outpaced the S&P 500 by +8.1 points on average. It is the more striking for the company it keeps — February is a losing month for most of the market, where barely 49% of names gain ground.
The weaker half of the year is plainer: August has been the soft spot — the weakest of 4 months that average a loss (−1.2%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in October, April, and August. Its roughest month on record was a −29.2% October in 2022 — 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.
Treat it as a tendency rather than a rule — seasonality describes the past, not a promise. With returns that swing hard year to year, the signal is best held loosely.
Short answers on the stock's best month (February), its worst (August), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a pronounced degree. Since 2016 its best month (February, +7.8%) has run well ahead of its worst (August, −1.2%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
February has been the strongest, averaging +7.8% and closing higher in 6 of 10 years since 2016.
It's the weakest, averaging −1.2% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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