A few companies, such as Bath & Body Works and Southwest Airlines, may help investors ride out what’s historically proven a rough month for equities. September is known to be the worst month of the year for the S & P 500, Dow Industrials, Nasdaq Composite and the Russell 2000, according to the Stock Trader’s Almanac — and the last four Septembers saw a particularly steep drop. This year, investors are in even muddier waters as markets wait for the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in November.
Using FactSet, we looked through the median September performance over the last decade of companies in the S & P 500, and then sorted them for the best and worst track records. Take a look at the stocks with the best median performance in September:
