The takeaway
Rackspace Technology Inc shows a pronounced seasonal pattern over 6 years of data — strongest in August (−0.7%) and softest in July (−10.9%).
Right now
In July, the stock has fallen 0% of years, averaging −10.9%, roughly 13.1 pts behind the S&P 500.
The full picture
Rackspace Technology Inc's most dependable month has been August, higher in 4 of 6 years; July has been its least reliable, up just 0% of the time.
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Month by month
The stock's clearest edge over the S&P 500 lands in June (+22.7 pts); it has trailed the market most in July (−13.1 pts).
“vs S&P” is Rackspace Technology Inc’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Rackspace Technology 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 67% across the last 6 years — the pattern is holding.
Figures are the typical (median) August return and how often it rose — the last 5 years versus the last 6(the heatmap’s default window). This verdict stays anchored to that 6-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 August — the firmest corner of the calendar, higher in 4 of 6 Augusts.
The strength looks broad-based rather than freakish: its average (−0.7%) and median (+5.7%) sit close together, so no single blow-out year is flattering the figure. That reliability comes with real swings, mind — even August ranges by 21.8% from year to year, so any single year can land far from the average. Few peers keep such company in August — the typical stock clears it just 52% of the time.
It doesn't stand entirely alone — January, June, and November have leaned firm as well, if less emphatically. On the other side of the ledger, July has been the soft spot — the weakest of 10 months that average a loss (−10.9%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in July, March, and April. Its roughest month on record was a −44.3% October 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.
Treat it as a tendency rather than a rule — seasonality describes the past, not a promise. With a short 6-year record and returns that swing hard year to year, the signal is best held loosely.
Short answers on the stock's best month (August), its worst (July), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a pronounced degree. Since 2020 its best month (August, −0.7%) has run well ahead of its worst (July, −10.9%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
August has been the strongest, averaging −0.7% and closing higher in 4 of 6 years since 2020.
It's the weakest, averaging −10.9% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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