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$DJUSAM Relative to the S&P 500

$DJUSAM Relative to the Sector

Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the Medical Equipment Industry seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of November 29 and a Sell Date of February 27 has resulted in a geometric average return of 3.3% 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 19 of those periods. This is an excellent 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 2.55% per year.

The seasonal timeframe correlates Poorly with the period of seasonal strength for the Healthcare sector, which runs from April 25 to December 4. The seasonal chart for the broad sector is available via the following link: Healthcare Sector Seasonal Chart.