BJ's Restaurants Inc. drawdown: 22.0% below the all-time high (price)
BJ's Restaurants Inc. is 22.0% below its all-time high, set Aug 31, 2018 (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
- −22.0%
- 78.0% of ATH
- All-time high
- $75.7
- Aug 31, 2018
- Time below the high
- 8.1 yrs
- since Aug 31, 2018
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −91.4%
- Mar 18, 2020
- Longest underwater
- 8.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jun 18, 2018
- 8.3 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Mar 22, 2018
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1996: 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 31, 2018 | Mar 18, 2020 | −91.4% | 1.5 yrs | not yet | 8.1 yrs+ |
| Oct 10, 1996 | Apr 22, 1997 | −83.3% | 6 mo | Mar 27, 2002 | 5.5 yrs |
| Jun 1, 2006 | Nov 20, 2008 | −75.2% | 2.5 yrs | Apr 23, 2010 | 3.9 yrs |
| Jul 13, 2011 | Oct 28, 2013 | −53.9% | 2.3 yrs | Apr 27, 2018 | 6.8 yrs |
| Jul 2, 2002 | Mar 4, 2003 | −45.8% | 8 mo | Jul 1, 2003 | 12 mo |
| Oct 13, 2004 | Jan 5, 2005 | −23.0% | 3 mo | Mar 14, 2005 | 5 mo |
| Apr 23, 2010 | Jul 6, 2010 | −22.1% | 2 mo | Sep 13, 2010 | 5 mo |
| Jul 29, 2005 | Oct 18, 2005 | −21.3% | 3 mo | Dec 13, 2005 | 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 1996: how far BJ's Restaurants 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 BJ's Restaurants Inc. from its all-time high?
- BJ's Restaurants Inc. is currently 22.0% below its all-time high, set Aug 31, 2018 (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 BJ's Restaurants Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1996) took BJ's Restaurants Inc. 91.4% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 18, 2020. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from BJRI; no free deep history exists for BJ's Restaurants 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.