AstraZeneca PLC drawdown: 19.8% below the all-time high
AstraZeneca PLC is 19.8% below its all-time high, set Feb 17, 2026 (as of market close, Sep 21, 2026). 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
- −19.8%
- 80.2% of ATH
- All-time high
- $209.48
- Feb 17, 2026
- Time below the high
- 7 mo
- since Feb 17, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −36.3%
- Dec 1, 2016
- Longest underwater
- 4.5 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Aug 15, 2024
- 2.1 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Jul 21, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2009#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2014 | Dec 1, 2016 | −36.3% | 2.6 yrs | Nov 8, 2018 | 4.5 yrs |
| Aug 30, 2024 | Nov 20, 2024 | −27.9% | 3 mo | Nov 11, 2025 | 14 mo |
| Jan 17, 2020 | Mar 16, 2020 | −26.4% | 59 days | Apr 27, 2020 | 3 mo |
| Feb 17, 2026 | Aug 4, 2026 | −25.7% | 6 mo | not yet | 7 mo+ |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Sep 26, 2022 | −25.5% | 6 mo | Jan 10, 2023 | 9 mo |
| Oct 18, 2010 | Jun 5, 2012 | −25.2% | 1.6 yrs | Oct 30, 2013 | 3.0 yrs |
| Jul 17, 2020 | Mar 3, 2021 | −22.8% | 8 mo | Oct 21, 2021 | 15 mo |
| Apr 24, 2023 | Feb 13, 2024 | −19.5% | 10 mo | Apr 30, 2024 | 12 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 2009: how far AstraZeneca PLC 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 AstraZeneca PLC from its all-time high?
- AstraZeneca PLC is currently 19.8% below its all-time high, set Feb 17, 2026 (as of market close, Sep 21, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest AstraZeneca PLC drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2009) took AstraZeneca PLC 36.3% below its prior high, bottoming Dec 1, 2016. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from AZN; no free deep history exists for AstraZeneca PLC — 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.