The takeaway
Photronics Inc shows a pronounced seasonal pattern over 10 years of data — strongest in July (+9.2%) and softest in February (−5.9%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 100% of years, averaging +9.2%, about +7.0 pts better than the S&P 500.
The full picture
Photronics Inc's most dependable month has been July, higher in 10 of 10 years; February has been its least reliable, up just 20% of the time.
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Month by month
The stock's clearest edge over the S&P 500 lands in December (+13.8 pts); it has trailed the market most in February (−5.7 pts).
“vs S&P” is Photronics Inc’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Photronics Inc’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, July has closed higher 100% of the time versus 100% across the last 10 years — the pattern is weakening.
Figures are the typical (median) July 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: July, up in all 10 Julys while the other eleven tend to blur together.
Its average (+9.2%) and median (+7.7%) land within a hair of each other — the tell of steady, year-after-year gains rather than one outlier doing the work. That reliability comes with real swings, mind — even July ranges by 8.5% 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: July has cleared the S&P 500 by +7.0 points above the index. That consistency sets it apart from the field, where the average stock manages July only about 61% of the time.
A few other months pull their weight: May and November have also closed higher more often than not. At the other end of the calendar, February has been the soft spot — the weakest of 7 months that average a loss (−5.9%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in February, March, and April. Its roughest month on record was a −29.8% August in 2022 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
July has now closed higher 10 years running. The pattern has softened of late, July's last five years slipping below its longer-run record.
The takeaway is less about when to buy than what to expect: July aside, the stock's months offer little reliable tilt.
Short answers on the stock's best month (July), its worst (February), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a pronounced degree. Since 2016 its best month (July, +9.2%) has run well ahead of its worst (February, −5.9%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
July has been the strongest, averaging +9.2% and closing higher in all 10 years on record since 2016.
It's the weakest, averaging −5.9% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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