AeroVironment Inc. drawdown: 71.3% below the all-time high (price)
AeroVironment Inc. is 71.3% below its all-time high, set Oct 13, 2025 (as of market close, Oct 20, 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
- −71.3%
- 28.7% of ATH
- All-time high
- $409.83
- Oct 13, 2025
- Time below the high
- 12 mo
- since Oct 13, 2025
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −71.3%
- Oct 20, 2026
- Longest underwater
- 5.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Sep 18, 2018
- 8.1 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −71.3% episode
% of all-time high since 2007: 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 13, 2025 | Oct 20, 2026 | −71.3% | 12 mo | not yet | 12 mo+ |
| Feb 9, 2021 | Jan 28, 2022 | −61.0% | 12 mo | Dec 1, 2023 | 2.8 yrs |
| Sep 18, 2018 | Mar 12, 2020 | −61.0% | 18 mo | Jan 14, 2021 | 2.3 yrs |
| Feb 13, 2009 | Apr 2, 2013 | −55.1% | 4.1 yrs | Mar 24, 2014 | 5.1 yrs |
| Apr 2, 2014 | Sep 22, 2015 | −53.5% | 18 mo | Aug 30, 2017 | 3.4 yrs |
| Nov 11, 2024 | Apr 4, 2025 | −52.5% | 5 mo | Jun 26, 2025 | 7 mo |
| Dec 18, 2017 | Mar 7, 2018 | −26.7% | 3 mo | May 8, 2018 | 5 mo |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Aug 5, 2024 | −25.2% | 48 days | Oct 16, 2024 | 4 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 2007: how far AeroVironment Inc. 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 AeroVironment Inc. from its all-time high?
- AeroVironment Inc. is currently 71.3% below its all-time high, set Oct 13, 2025 (as of market close, Oct 20, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest AeroVironment Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2007) took AeroVironment Inc. 71.3% below its prior high, bottoming Oct 20, 2026. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from AVAV; no free deep history exists for AeroVironment Inc. — 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.