Armstrong World Industries Inc drawdown: 17.5% below the all-time high (price)
Armstrong World Industries Inc is 17.5% below its all-time high, set Oct 21, 2025 (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
- −17.5%
- 82.5% of ATH
- All-time high
- $203.71
- Oct 21, 2025
- Time below the high
- 12 mo
- since Oct 21, 2025
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −83.4%
- Mar 9, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 4.8 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jul 10, 2025
- 15 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Apr 22, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2006: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2007 | Mar 9, 2009 | −83.4% | 1.8 yrs | Mar 13, 2012 | 4.8 yrs |
| Dec 8, 2021 | Jun 1, 2023 | −47.0% | 18 mo | Feb 21, 2024 | 2.2 yrs |
| Mar 4, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | −46.7% | 8 mo | Aug 11, 2021 | 17 mo |
| Jan 16, 2014 | Feb 11, 2016 | −40.9% | 2.1 yrs | Jan 2, 2018 | 4.0 yrs |
| Mar 28, 2012 | Jul 31, 2012 | −33.5% | 4 mo | Jan 3, 2014 | 1.8 yrs |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Jul 21, 2026 | −25.7% | 9 mo | not yet | 12 mo+ |
| Sep 12, 2018 | Dec 24, 2018 | −23.6% | 3 mo | Feb 22, 2019 | 5 mo |
| Nov 26, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | −22.2% | 4 mo | Jun 27, 2025 | 7 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 2006: how far Armstrong World Industries 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 Armstrong World Industries Inc from its all-time high?
- Armstrong World Industries Inc is currently 17.5% below its all-time high, set Oct 21, 2025 (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 Armstrong World Industries Inc drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2006) took Armstrong World Industries Inc 83.4% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 9, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from AWI; no free deep history exists for Armstrong World Industries 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.