The takeaway
Veeco Instruments Inc shows a pronounced seasonal pattern over 10 years of data — strongest in February (+4.7%) and softest in March (−5.2%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 70% of years, averaging +3.4%, about +1.2 pts better than the S&P 500.
The full picture
Veeco Instruments Inc's most dependable month has been February, higher in 8 of 10 years; March 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 November (+5.1 pts); it has trailed the market most in August (−7.3 pts).
“vs S&P” is Veeco Instruments Inc’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Veeco Instruments Inc’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 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
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 (+4.7%) and median (+5.0%) 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 7.0% spread). Crucially, the gain is the stock's own rather than a rising tide's: February has cleared the S&P 500 by +4.9 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: May, June, and July have also closed higher more often than not. On the other side of the ledger, March has been the soft spot — the weakest of 4 months that average a loss (−5.2%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in August, March, and October. Its roughest month on record was a −38.2% August in 2017 — 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.
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 (March), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a pronounced degree. Since 2016 its best month (February, +4.7%) has run well ahead of its worst (March, −5.2%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
February has been the strongest, averaging +4.7% and closing higher in 8 of 10 years since 2016.
It's the weakest, averaging −5.2% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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