AstraZeneca PLC (AZN)
Top 100 by market cap · data since 1993-05-12 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.59%
7d
+0.21%
30d
-7.52%
YTD
-6.98%
1y
+16.87%
AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.9 | 13.5 | -5.4 | -5.0 | -0.9 | 2.1 | -10.7 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 8.0 | 9.2 | -3.6 | -2.3 | 1.4 | -4.0 | 4.6 | 10.1 | -4.0 | 7.4 | 12.5 | -0.8 |
| 2024 | -1.1 | -2.2 | 5.6 | 12.0 | 2.8 | -0.0 | 1.5 | 11.4 | -11.1 | -8.7 | -5.0 | -3.1 |
| 2023 | -3.6 | 1.2 | 6.5 | 5.5 | -0.2 | -2.1 | 0.2 | -4.8 | -0.1 | -6.6 | 2.1 | 4.3 |
| 2022 | -0.1 | 6.3 | 9.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.6 | 0.2 | -5.2 | -12.1 | 7.2 | 15.6 | -0.3 |
| 2021 | 1.2 | -2.5 | 2.8 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 5.5 | -4.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.9 | -12.1 | 6.2 |
| 2020 | -2.3 | -8.2 | 2.0 | 17.1 | 4.4 | -3.1 | 5.5 | 1.2 | -2.1 | -8.5 | 5.5 | -5.6 |
| 2019 | -3.7 | 16.3 | -2.8 | -6.8 | -0.7 | 10.4 | 5.2 | 4.8 | -1.0 | 10.0 | -1.1 | 2.9 |
| 2018 | 1.0 | -2.6 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 4.2 | -5.2 | 11.4 | -0.9 | 3.2 | -2.0 | 2.7 | -4.6 |
| 2017 | -0.3 | 11.0 | 6.4 | -2.9 | 13.7 | -0.9 | -11.5 | 0.4 | 13.6 | 1.8 | -4.7 | 5.6 |
| 2016 | -5.1 | -8.1 | -1.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 13.1 | -2.6 | 0.1 | -13.8 | -7.7 | 4.5 |
| 2015 | 0.9 | -0.3 | -0.7 | 0.1 | -1.4 | -5.7 | 6.1 | -6.2 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 6.8 | -0.3 |
| 2014 | 7.0 | 9.8 | -4.3 | 21.8 | -8.7 | 2.9 | -2.0 | 5.8 | -6.0 | 2.1 | 1.7 | -5.1 |
| 2013 | 1.9 | -1.8 | 10.0 | 3.9 | -1.3 | -7.7 | 7.2 | -1.3 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 8.2 | 3.8 |
| 2012 | 4.0 | -2.8 | -0.9 | -1.3 | -8.0 | 10.7 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | -3.0 | 2.5 | -0.6 |
| 2011 | 5.9 | 4.5 | -6.2 | 8.0 | 5.2 | -4.5 | -3.1 | -0.5 | -6.5 | 8.0 | -4.0 | 0.7 |
| 2010 | -1.0 | -1.5 | 1.4 | -1.1 | -4.5 | 11.6 | 7.0 | -0.7 | 2.6 | -0.5 | -7.0 | -1.6 |
| 2009 | -6.1 | -14.8 | 12.2 | -1.4 | 19.3 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 1.7 | -3.6 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 4.7 |
| 2008 | -2.6 | -6.7 | 1.0 | 10.5 | 4.1 | -2.7 | 14.2 | 1.4 | -9.9 | -3.2 | -11.1 | 8.8 |
| 2007 | 4.5 | 2.5 | -4.4 | 1.2 | -2.1 | 0.6 | -3.1 | -4.1 | 1.8 | -1.9 | -3.5 | -9.6 |
| 2006 | 0.1 | -3.0 | 8.6 | 9.8 | -4.0 | 13.0 | 2.0 | 7.6 | -4.0 | -6.1 | -1.4 | -7.5 |
| 2005 | 3.3 | 7.5 | -0.5 | 11.2 | -3.3 | -3.0 | 10.1 | 2.3 | 2.1 | -4.7 | 2.6 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | -0.2 | 1.8 | -3.9 | 2.4 | -2.0 | -2.7 | -1.6 | 4.3 | -11.6 | 0.2 | -4.4 | -7.6 |
| 2003 | -2.1 | -5.0 | 6.8 | 16.2 | 3.4 | -1.1 | -1.4 | -0.8 | 9.5 | 9.9 | -3.6 | 5.3 |
| 2002 | 0.8 | 9.7 | -2.7 | -6.1 | -6.1 | -6.2 | -10.8 | -19.6 | 4.9 | 22.8 | 0.8 | -7.3 |
| 2001 | -13.8 | 5.4 | 4.3 | -1.5 | 0.6 | -2.2 | 7.9 | -3.4 | -3.7 | -3.4 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
| 2000 | -9.0 | -12.8 | 24.1 | 4.0 | -0.1 | 10.6 | -8.1 | 6.6 | 16.0 | -9.3 | 10.2 | 0.1 |
| 1999 | 4.7 | -12.6 | 14.6 | -16.0 | 0.3 | -0.5 | -6.2 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 8.3 | -2.7 | -6.2 |
| 1998 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -5.7 | 6.0 | -11.5 | -6.0 | -3.4 | 11.8 | 7.3 | 6.8 |
| 1997 | 2.7 | 2.0 | -1.9 | 6.3 | 1.4 | 8.3 | 0.6 | -4.4 | 3.1 | -2.3 | 0.8 | 12.3 |
| 1996 | 0.0 | -1.5 | 12.2 | -1.6 | 2.2 | 4.9 | -3.7 | 11.4 | 4.0 | 9.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| 1995 | 1.8 | -1.2 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 13.9 | 4.2 | -3.0 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 8.4 | -4.5 |
| 1994 | -3.0 | -5.5 | -3.6 | -2.7 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 0.9 | 10.1 | -6.2 | 4.1 |
| 1993 | · | · | · | · | -2.9 | -4.3 | 0.4 | 12.8 | 3.0 | 5.8 | -0.7 | 10.0 |
| Avg | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +0.2% | +0.6% | +2.9% | +2.9% | +0.7% | +1.7% | +1.4% | +1.3% | +0.4% | +1.5% | +0.5% | +0.8% |
| Win rate | 52%/33 | 45%/33 | 58%/33 | 64%/33 | 50%/34 | 47%/34 | 64%/33 | 55%/33 | 58%/33 | 55%/33 | 52%/33 | 55%/33 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-48.9%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±6.6%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
54%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+24.09%
2000-03
Worst month
-19.64%
2002-08
Longest streaks
7▲ / 6▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About AstraZeneca PLC
AstraZeneca PLC shows up, compounds, repeats — with price receipts on this site going back to 1993. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1993) would be about $5,822 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was March 2000 at +24.09%; its worst, August 2002 at -19.64%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.