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CarGurus Inc. drawdown: 45.8% below the all-time high (price)

CarGurus Inc. is 45.8% below its all-time high, set Sep 27, 2018 (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
−45.8%
54.2% of ATH
All-time high
$55.91
Sep 27, 2018
Time below the high
8.1 yrs
since Sep 27, 2018
Worst-ever drawdown
−78.7%
Dec 7, 2022
Longest underwater
8.1 yrs
between all-time highs
Today's level first reached
Oct 16, 2017
9.0 yrs ago
Last time this deep
never before
no prior −45.8% episode

% of all-time high since 2017: 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%20%40%60%80%
CARG close · log20.0050.00
20182020202220242026

The deepest drawdowns on record#

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

PeakTroughDepthPeak → troughRecovered byUnderwater
Sep 27, 2018Dec 7, 2022−78.7%4.2 yrsnot yet8.1 yrs+
Mar 12, 2018Apr 27, 2018−20.8%46 daysJul 23, 20184 mo
Jan 19, 2018Feb 9, 2018−18.4%21 daysMar 6, 201846 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 2017: how far CarGurus Inc. 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 CarGurus Inc. from its all-time high?
CarGurus Inc. is currently 45.8% below its all-time high, set Sep 27, 2018 (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 CarGurus Inc. drawdown ever?
The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2017) took CarGurus Inc. 78.7% below its prior high, bottoming Dec 7, 2022. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.

Methodology & related#

Daily data since -1 from CARG; no free deep history exists for CarGurus 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.

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