The takeaway
World Kinect Corporation shows a moderate seasonal pattern over 10 years of data — strongest in December (+0.3%) and softest in April (−5.5%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 60% of years, averaging +7.7%, about +5.6 pts better than the S&P 500.
The full picture
World Kinect Corporation's most dependable month has been December, higher in 7 of 10 years; April 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 July (+5.6 pts); it has trailed the market most in April (−7.1 pts).
“vs S&P” is World Kinect Corporation’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating World Kinect Corporation’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, December has closed higher 60% of the time versus 70% across the last 10 years — the pattern is holding.
Figures are the typical (median) December 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: December, up in 7 of 10 Decembers while the other eleven tend to blur together.
Its average (+0.3%) and median (+1.4%) land within a hair of each other — the tell of steady, year-after-year gains rather than one outlier doing the work. That consistency sets it apart from the field, where the average stock manages December only about 58% of the time.
A few other months pull their weight: March and July have also closed higher more often than not. The weaker half of the year is plainer: April has been the soft spot — the weakest of 4 months that average a loss (−5.5%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in April, October, and February. Its roughest month on record was a −27.4% February in 2020 — 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: December aside, the stock's months offer little reliable tilt.
Short answers on the stock's best month (December), its worst (April), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a moderate degree. Since 2016 its best month (December, +0.3%) has run well ahead of its worst (April, −5.5%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
December has been the strongest, averaging +0.3% and closing higher in 7 of 10 years since 2016.
It's the weakest, averaging −5.5% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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