First Busey Corporation drawdown: 58.9% below the all-time high (price)
First Busey Corporation is 58.9% below its all-time high, set Dec 4, 2006 (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
- −58.9%
- 41.1% of ATH
- All-time high
- $71.61
- Dec 4, 2006
- Time below the high
- 19.9 yrs
- since Dec 4, 2006
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −87.1%
- Nov 20, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 19.9 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Oct 6, 1998
- 28.0 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −58.9% episode
% of all-time high since 1998: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2006 | Nov 20, 2009 | −87.1% | 3.0 yrs | not yet | 19.9 yrs+ |
| Jun 30, 1999 | Jun 30, 2000 | −36.5% | 12 mo | Jul 14, 2003 | 4.0 yrs |
| Dec 15, 2004 | Oct 18, 2005 | −16.1% | 10 mo | Aug 31, 2006 | 1.7 yrs |
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 1998: how far First Busey Corporation 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 First Busey Corporation from its all-time high?
- First Busey Corporation is currently 58.9% below its all-time high, set Dec 4, 2006 (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 First Busey Corporation drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1998) took First Busey Corporation 87.1% below its prior high, bottoming Nov 20, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from BUSE; no free deep history exists for First Busey 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.