Ameris Bancorp drawdown: 14.4% below the all-time high (price)
Ameris Bancorp is 14.4% below its all-time high, set Jul 16, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026), measured on price alone — dividends are not included, the convention headlines and crash histories use. The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown.
- Below all-time high
- −14.4%
- 85.6% of ATH
- All-time high
- $93.17
- Jul 16, 2026
- Time below the high
- 3 mo
- since Jul 16, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −87.4%
- Mar 5, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 8.8 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jan 15, 2026
- 9 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Jun 20, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1994: price#
The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater. Basis and range are in the URL, so a particular view is a link.
The deepest drawdowns on record#
Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.
| Peak | Trough | Depth | Peak → trough | Recovered by | Underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2006 | Mar 5, 2009 | −87.4% | 2.4 yrs | Aug 10, 2015 | 8.8 yrs |
| Mar 9, 2018 | May 13, 2020 | −68.1% | 2.2 yrs | May 21, 2021 | 3.2 yrs |
| Jan 26, 1998 | Dec 1, 2000 | −51.4% | 2.8 yrs | Aug 21, 2003 | 5.6 yrs |
| May 21, 2021 | May 11, 2023 | −50.4% | 2.0 yrs | Jul 16, 2024 | 3.2 yrs |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | −30.0% | 4 mo | Aug 26, 2025 | 9 mo |
| Dec 8, 2015 | Feb 11, 2016 | −28.1% | 2 mo | Sep 1, 2016 | 9 mo |
| Jun 29, 2004 | Aug 9, 2004 | −18.0% | 41 days | Oct 1, 2004 | 3 mo |
| Oct 3, 1996 | Jan 14, 1997 | −17.3% | 3 mo | Feb 25, 1997 | 5 mo |
Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.
Drawdown vs what came next#
One dot per month since 1994: how far Ameris Bancorp stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.
Read this with survivorship bias in mind: a single asset's history is one surviving sample, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How far is Ameris Bancorp from its all-time high?
- Ameris Bancorp is currently 14.4% below its all-time high, set Jul 16, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Ameris Bancorp drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1994) took Ameris Bancorp 87.4% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 5, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from ABCB; no free deep history exists for Ameris Bancorp — for a 150-year drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.