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$DJUSGU Relative to the S&P 500

$DJUSGU Relative to the Sector

Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the Gas Distribution Industry seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of January 12 and a Sell Date of April 24 has resulted in a geometric average return of 2.34% 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 4.13% per year.

The seasonal timeframe correlates Poorly with the period of seasonal strength for the Utilities sector, which runs from July 23 to October 3. The seasonal chart for the broad sector is available via the following link: Utilities Sector Seasonal Chart.