Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
Top 100 by market cap · data since 1995-10-16 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.30%
7d
-2.94%
30d
+3.43%
YTD
+23.48%
1y
+59.46%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -2.5 | 0.6 | -3.3 | 12.0 | 5.3 | 9.2 | 1.0 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 2.0 | -3.1 | -4.6 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 3.9 | -1.5 | 13.2 | 1.4 | -0.6 | 5.2 | 10.6 |
| 2024 | -2.5 | -0.5 | 3.9 | -3.0 | 12.8 | -2.6 | 6.0 | 8.1 | 3.3 | -2.3 | 4.0 | -4.1 |
| 2023 | 9.9 | -0.9 | -5.8 | 4.9 | -9.9 | 6.7 | 4.9 | -9.1 | -3.0 | -7.5 | 13.2 | 11.9 |
| 2022 | 8.3 | -3.2 | -0.1 | -7.6 | 3.4 | -7.3 | 1.8 | -4.6 | -3.2 | 3.8 | 7.9 | -5.8 |
| 2021 | -0.5 | 5.2 | 8.4 | 4.4 | 9.0 | -2.6 | 0.7 | 1.6 | -3.2 | 5.4 | -4.8 | 7.2 |
| 2020 | 0.7 | -5.7 | -17.4 | 1.4 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 10.2 | -7.9 | 0.9 | 17.1 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 12.3 | 2.6 | -3.4 | 6.5 | -5.7 | 5.7 | 0.3 | -5.3 | 8.6 | 0.4 | 1.4 | -3.1 |
| 2018 | 5.8 | -7.9 | -2.0 | -0.7 | -0.6 | -0.4 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 0.8 | -8.3 | 0.6 | -6.5 |
| 2017 | 7.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | -5.2 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 3.8 | -0.7 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 4.3 |
| 2016 | -3.2 | -0.5 | 12.9 | 9.0 | -3.1 | -1.9 | 4.2 | 1.9 | -0.3 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 2015 | -17.3 | 10.7 | -3.6 | 11.2 | -4.3 | -3.9 | -3.6 | -4.8 | -0.6 | 4.0 | 0.0 | -5.8 |
| 2014 | -7.1 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 0.6 | -3.8 | 0.6 | 2.8 | -5.6 |
| 2013 | 4.4 | -0.3 | -2.9 | 1.2 | -1.6 | -1.9 | 7.9 | -0.9 | 4.0 | 5.6 | -1.0 | 1.1 |
| 2012 | 3.8 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 0.6 | -13.9 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| 2011 | 3.5 | 9.1 | 5.8 | 2.4 | -7.0 | -2.6 | -4.8 | -4.9 | -10.5 | 8.2 | -6.0 | 10.8 |
| 2010 | -7.5 | 10.2 | 8.0 | 4.5 | -13.0 | -9.2 | 10.4 | -8.5 | 9.0 | 3.3 | 0.4 | -2.3 |
| 2009 | -15.8 | -1.3 | 19.2 | 23.7 | 13.8 | 1.6 | 17.4 | 8.4 | 4.1 | -5.1 | 7.5 | -1.2 |
| 2008 | -0.2 | -0.6 | -7.2 | 3.9 | 7.1 | -12.8 | 4.3 | -0.8 | 5.1 | -18.5 | -16.0 | -8.8 |
| 2007 | -2.1 | 0.3 | 7.5 | 5.1 | 4.8 | -2.8 | -3.0 | 0.8 | 7.9 | 7.6 | -9.8 | -4.3 |
| 2006 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 1.1 | 2.5 | -4.1 | -1.0 | 1.0 | 8.9 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 5.2 | 2.1 |
| 2005 | -4.0 | 15.5 | 3.8 | -1.3 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 7.5 | 7.2 | -2.4 | 8.2 | 1.9 |
| 2004 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -5.9 | -2.4 | 2.3 | 5.7 | -2.2 | 4.4 | 11.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 2003 | 0.4 | 7.7 | -1.6 | 9.1 | 2.9 | -0.9 | -0.3 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 10.8 | -0.6 | -0.4 |
| 2002 | -2.2 | 0.7 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 9.5 | -9.2 | -2.6 | 7.3 | -7.9 | 7.7 | 6.9 | -2.5 |
| 2001 | -4.2 | -4.9 | -1.6 | -4.0 | 11.4 | 0.3 | 5.5 | -3.4 | -4.9 | -2.1 | 6.0 | 4.2 |
| 2000 | -4.8 | 2.9 | 12.8 | -1.1 | 11.6 | -1.4 | 4.9 | 9.1 | 1.7 | 7.5 | -5.5 | 13.4 |
| 1999 | 4.1 | -5.9 | -2.7 | 5.0 | -7.0 | -2.9 | -0.9 | -1.1 | -3.2 | 5.0 | 4.3 | -2.1 |
| 1998 | -0.6 | 11.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | -1.4 | -9.3 | -30.7 | 7.1 | 15.4 | 7.7 | 0.9 |
| 1997 | 7.1 | 8.8 | -3.4 | 3.3 | 9.4 | 4.0 | 6.8 | -2.2 | 4.7 | 10.0 | -0.3 | -0.9 |
| 1996 | 4.9 | -4.7 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 13.4 | 17.0 | 12.5 | -5.7 |
| 1995 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | -3.2 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| Avg | 0.0 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 1.5 | -0.4 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.6 |
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 | +0.0% | +2.1% | +1.2% | +3.3% | +1.5% | -0.4% | +2.6% | +0.5% | +1.4% | +2.5% | +2.5% | +0.6% |
| Win rate | 52%/31 | 58%/31 | 55%/31 | 74%/31 | 61%/31 | 45%/31 | 73%/30 | 53%/30 | 63%/30 | 71%/31 | 74%/31 | 48%/31 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-63%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±6.4%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
61%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+23.7%
2009-04
Worst month
-30.72%
1998-08
Longest streaks
9▲ / 5▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Canada shows up, compounds, repeats — with price receipts on this site going back to 1995. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1995) would be about $11,663 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was April 2009 at +23.7%; its worst, August 1998 at -30.72%.
- It has closed April in the green 23 out of 31 times — past performance, future shrug.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.