The takeaway
EchoStar Corporation shows a slight seasonal lean over 10 years of data — strongest in July (+3.5%) and softest in December (+6.5%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 80% of years, averaging +3.5%, about +1.4 pts better than the S&P 500.
The full picture
EchoStar Corporation's most dependable month has been July, higher in 8 of 10 years; December 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 August (+12.7 pts); it has trailed the market most in March (−4.1 pts).
“vs S&P” is EchoStar Corporation’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating EchoStar Corporation’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, July has closed higher 80% of the time versus 80% across the last 10 years — the pattern is strengthening.
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
Dependability is the through-line here. July stands out, higher in 8 of 10 Julys, but it heads a clutch of months that pull the year reliably upward.
The headline flatters a touch — its +3.5% average sits well above the +1.2% a typical year delivers, the work of a few big Julys. It is among its calmest months, too, its returns swinging least from year to year (a 7.3% spread), and even its worst July in 10 years lost only 8.9% — the gentlest downside anywhere on its calendar. Crucially, the gain is the stock's own rather than a rising tide's: July has cleared the S&P 500 by +1.4 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: April, May, and November have also closed higher more often than not. On the other side of the ledger, December is the year's low point, though even there the stock has stayed positive on average (+6.5%), a sign every month leans up, and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in March, October, and April. Its roughest month on record was a −24.6% November in 2023 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
If anything it has sharpened recently — the last five Julys run ahead of the earlier years.
The takeaway is less about when to buy than what to expect: July aside, the stock's months offer little reliable tilt. With returns that swing hard year to year, the signal is best held loosely.
Short answers on the stock's best month (July), its worst (December), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Only mildly. The stock's months are fairly even — July is the firmest (+3.5%) and December the softest (+6.5%), a narrow spread that points to weak seasonality rather than a strong calendar effect.
July has been the strongest, averaging +3.5% and closing higher in 8 of 10 years since 2016.
It's the weakest month, but it has still averaged a small gain (+6.5%) — quiet rather than genuinely bad.
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