Cardinal Health Inc. drawdown: 4.3% below the all-time high (price)
Cardinal Health Inc. is 4.3% below its all-time high, set Oct 20, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 27, 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
- −4.3%
- 95.7% of ATH
- All-time high
- $257.55
- Oct 20, 2026
- Time below the high
- 7 days
- since Oct 20, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −67.6%
- Sep 2, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 13.3 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Sep 3, 2026
- 54 days ago
- Last time this deep
- Oct 9, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1988: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2001 | Sep 2, 2009 | −67.6% | 8.2 yrs | Sep 24, 2014 | 13.3 yrs |
| Apr 23, 2015 | Mar 23, 2020 | −55.2% | 4.9 yrs | Jun 21, 2023 | 8.2 yrs |
| Feb 3, 1999 | Mar 7, 2000 | −53.8% | 13 mo | Aug 31, 2000 | 1.6 yrs |
| Oct 1, 1991 | Dec 23, 1991 | −40.3% | 3 mo | Oct 12, 1993 | 2.0 yrs |
| Sep 29, 1998 | Oct 13, 1998 | −22.8% | 14 days | Dec 4, 1998 | 2 mo |
| Aug 1, 1990 | Aug 23, 1990 | −21.4% | 22 days | Oct 22, 1990 | 3 mo |
| Jan 5, 1990 | Jan 26, 1990 | −21.0% | 21 days | May 16, 1990 | 4 mo |
| Mar 2, 2026 | May 11, 2026 | −20.6% | 2 mo | Jun 24, 2026 | 4 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 1988: how far Cardinal Health 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 Cardinal Health Inc. from its all-time high?
- Cardinal Health Inc. is currently 4.3% below its all-time high, set Oct 20, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 27, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Cardinal Health Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1988) took Cardinal Health Inc. 67.6% below its prior high, bottoming Sep 2, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from CAH; no free deep history exists for Cardinal Health 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.