On this day in 1947 Marston’s listed on the LSE.

The following chart plots the average monthly out-performance of the shares over the FTSE 100 Index since 1988. For example, on average Marston’s has out-performed the FTSE 100 by 1.8 percentage points in December.

Observations:

1. The strongest month for Marston’s shares relative to the market has been December (the shares have out-performed the market in this month in 12 of the last 25 years).
2. The weakest month for Marston’s relative to the market has been January (the shares have only out-performed the market in this month in 11 of the past 25 years).

Marston’s is in the FTSE 350 Travel & Leisure [NMX5750] sector.