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Brady Corporation drawdown: 15.4% below the all-time high (price)

Brady Corporation is 15.4% below its all-time high, set Aug 6, 2026 (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
−15.4%
84.6% of ATH
All-time high
$98.24
Aug 6, 2026
Time below the high
2 mo
since Aug 6, 2026
Worst-ever drawdown
−66.6%
Mar 9, 2009
Longest underwater
11.1 yrs
between all-time highs
Today's level first reached
Jan 15, 2026
9 mo ago
Last time this deep
Jun 11, 2026
in a previous episode

% of all-time high since 1986: 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.

Basis
Range
All-time high = 100%40%60%80%
BRC close · log5.0010.0020.0050.00
19901995200020052010201520202025

The deepest drawdowns on record#

Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.

PeakTroughDepthPeak → troughRecovered byUnderwater
Aug 9, 2007Mar 9, 2009−66.6%1.6 yrsSep 13, 201811.1 yrs
Aug 14, 1987Dec 10, 1987−58.2%4 moDec 15, 19892.3 yrs
Apr 2, 1998Sep 10, 1998−53.9%5 moAug 2, 199916 mo
Jun 4, 1990Sep 18, 1990−45.3%3 moMar 5, 19919 mo
Apr 16, 2002Jan 30, 2003−36.5%9 moDec 2, 20031.6 yrs
Nov 26, 2019Mar 23, 2020−36.5%4 moJun 8, 20211.5 yrs
Jun 8, 2021Sep 27, 2022−31.6%16 moJan 2, 20242.6 yrs
Aug 2, 1999Feb 25, 2000−30.9%7 moJan 17, 200118 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 1986: how far Brady Corporation stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.

1950–19992000–today

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 Brady Corporation from its all-time high?
Brady Corporation is currently 15.4% below its all-time high, set Aug 6, 2026 (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 Brady Corporation drawdown ever?
The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1986) took Brady Corporation 66.6% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 9, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.

Methodology & related#

Daily data since -1 from BRC; no free deep history exists for Brady Corporation — 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.

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