Bentley Systems Incorporated drawdown: 54.0% below the all-time high
Bentley Systems Incorporated is 54.0% below its all-time high, set Sep 15, 2021 (as of market close, Oct 1, 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
- −54.0%
- 46.0% of ATH
- All-time high
- $71.17
- Sep 15, 2021
- Time below the high
- 5.0 yrs
- since Sep 15, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −61.1%
- May 11, 2022
- Longest underwater
- 5.0 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Sep 23, 2020
- 6.0 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −54.0% episode
% of all-time high since 2020#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2021 | May 11, 2022 | −61.1% | 8 mo | not yet | 5.0 yrs+ |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | −26.3% | 17 days | May 24, 2021 | 4 mo |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Nov 12, 2020 | −19.4% | 27 days | Dec 31, 2020 | 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 2020: how far Bentley Systems Incorporated 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 Bentley Systems Incorporated from its all-time high?
- Bentley Systems Incorporated is currently 54.0% below its all-time high, set Sep 15, 2021 (as of market close, Oct 1, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Bentley Systems Incorporated drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2020) took Bentley Systems Incorporated 61.1% below its prior high, bottoming May 11, 2022. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from BSY; no free deep history exists for Bentley Systems Incorporated — 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.