Best Buy Co. Inc. drawdown: 32.7% below the all-time high
Best Buy Co. Inc. is 32.7% below its all-time high, set Nov 22, 2021 (as of market close, Sep 18, 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
- −32.7%
- 67.3% of ATH
- All-time high
- $138
- Nov 22, 2021
- Time below the high
- 4.8 yrs
- since Nov 22, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −80.9%
- Feb 7, 1997
- Longest underwater
- 11.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jul 22, 2020
- 6.2 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Apr 7, 2020
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1985#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 1994 | Feb 7, 1997 | −80.9% | 2.2 yrs | Jan 14, 1998 | 3.1 yrs |
| Apr 6, 2006 | Dec 28, 2012 | −80.8% | 6.7 yrs | May 25, 2017 | 11.1 yrs |
| Feb 25, 1987 | Nov 7, 1990 | −79.5% | 3.7 yrs | Aug 13, 1991 | 4.5 yrs |
| Mar 31, 2000 | Dec 8, 2000 | −74.1% | 8 mo | Oct 28, 2003 | 3.6 yrs |
| Nov 13, 1991 | Dec 24, 1991 | −63.5% | 41 days | Nov 27, 1992 | 12 mo |
| Nov 22, 2021 | May 13, 2026 | −59.8% | 4.5 yrs | not yet | 4.8 yrs+ |
| Jul 7, 1999 | Dec 27, 1999 | −45.2% | 6 mo | Mar 23, 2000 | 9 mo |
| Feb 20, 2020 | Mar 23, 2020 | −44.9% | 32 days | Jul 22, 2020 | 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 1985: how far Best Buy Co. 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 Best Buy Co. Inc. from its all-time high?
- Best Buy Co. Inc. is currently 32.7% below its all-time high, set Nov 22, 2021 (as of market close, Sep 18, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Best Buy Co. Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1985) took Best Buy Co. Inc. 80.9% below its prior high, bottoming Feb 7, 1997. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from BBY; no free deep history exists for Best Buy Co. 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.