BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. drawdown: 76.5% below the all-time high (price)
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. is 76.5% below its all-time high, set Aug 25, 2000 (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
- −76.5%
- 23.5% of ATH
- All-time high
- $33.13
- Aug 25, 2000
- Time below the high
- 26.1 yrs
- since Aug 25, 2000
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −97.7%
- Jul 3, 2002
- Longest underwater
- 26.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- May 31, 1995
- 31.4 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −76.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2000 | Jul 3, 2002 | −97.7% | 1.9 yrs | not yet | 26.1 yrs+ |
| Jun 18, 1996 | Oct 7, 1998 | −76.0% | 2.3 yrs | Aug 11, 1999 | 3.1 yrs |
| Mar 8, 2000 | Apr 17, 2000 | −50.8% | 40 days | Aug 2, 2000 | 5 mo |
| Mar 10, 1994 | Apr 20, 1994 | −47.2% | 41 days | Mar 13, 1995 | 12 mo |
| Jun 16, 1995 | Jun 20, 1995 | −40.8% | 4 days | Apr 18, 1996 | 10 mo |
| Aug 24, 1999 | Dec 7, 1999 | −35.9% | 3 mo | Mar 3, 2000 | 6 mo |
| Apr 19, 1996 | May 8, 1996 | −22.4% | 19 days | May 23, 1996 | 34 days |
| Mar 22, 1995 | May 12, 1995 | −16.7% | 51 days | May 31, 1995 | 2 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 BioCryst Pharmaceuticals 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 BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. from its all-time high?
- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. is currently 76.5% below its all-time high, set Aug 25, 2000 (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 BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1994) took BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. 97.7% below its prior high, bottoming Jul 3, 2002. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from BCRX; no free deep history exists for BioCryst Pharmaceuticals 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.