BioNTech SE American Depositary Share drawdown: 78.7% below the all-time high (price)
BioNTech SE American Depositary Share is 78.7% below its all-time high, set Aug 9, 2021 (as of market close, Oct 7, 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
- −78.7%
- 21.3% of ATH
- All-time high
- $447.23
- Aug 9, 2021
- Time below the high
- 5.2 yrs
- since Aug 9, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −82.5%
- Aug 5, 2024
- Longest underwater
- 5.2 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jul 22, 2020
- 6.2 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −78.7% episode
% of all-time high since 2019: 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 9, 2021 | Aug 5, 2024 | −82.5% | 3.0 yrs | not yet | 5.2 yrs+ |
| Mar 18, 2020 | Apr 15, 2020 | −58.1% | 28 days | Jul 22, 2020 | 4 mo |
| Jul 22, 2020 | Sep 1, 2020 | −44.5% | 41 days | Nov 9, 2020 | 4 mo |
| Dec 10, 2020 | Dec 31, 2020 | −37.1% | 21 days | Apr 13, 2021 | 4 mo |
| Jan 8, 2020 | Mar 12, 2020 | −36.7% | 2 mo | Mar 17, 2020 | 2 mo |
| Nov 10, 2020 | Nov 17, 2020 | −22.9% | 7 days | Nov 30, 2020 | 20 days |
| Dec 17, 2019 | Dec 19, 2019 | −20.5% | 2 days | Jan 2, 2020 | 16 days |
| Oct 22, 2019 | Oct 28, 2019 | −20.3% | 6 days | Nov 22, 2019 | 31 days |
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 2019: how far BioNTech SE American Depositary Share 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 BioNTech SE American Depositary Share from its all-time high?
- BioNTech SE American Depositary Share is currently 78.7% below its all-time high, set Aug 9, 2021 (as of market close, Oct 7, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest BioNTech SE American Depositary Share drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2019) took BioNTech SE American Depositary Share 82.5% below its prior high, bottoming Aug 5, 2024. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from BNTX; no free deep history exists for BioNTech SE American Depositary Share — 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.