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Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the BP Amoco PLC (NYSE:BP) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of September 6 and a Sell Date of January 27 has resulted in a geometric average return of 2.02% above the benchmark rate of the S&P 500 Total Return Index over the past 20 years. This seasonal timeframe has shown positive results compared to the benchmark in 15 of those periods. This is a good rate of success and the return strongly outperforms the relative buy-and-hold performance of the stock over the past 20 years by an average of 6.91% per year.

The seasonal timeframe correlates Poorly with the period of seasonal strength for the Energy sector, which runs from January 21 to May 9. The seasonal chart for the broad sector is available via the following link: Energy Sector Seasonal Chart.

BP is an integrated oil and gas company that explores for, produces, and refines oil around the world. In 2021, it produced 1.1 million barrels of liquids and 6.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. At end-2020, reserves stood at 7.9 billion barrels of oil equivalent, 53% of which are liquids. The company operates refineries with a capacity of 1.9 million barrels of oil per day. BP also holds a 20% ownership interest in Rosneft, which it plans to exit.

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Stocks mentioned in this post: BP