CDW drawdown: 48.1% below the all-time high
CDW Corporation (CDW) is 48.1% below its all-time high, set Mar 27, 2024 (as of market close, Jul 24, 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. "All-time" means since our price data begins (2013).
- Below all-time high
- −48.1%
- 51.9% of ATH
- All-time high
- $257.9
- Mar 27, 2024
- Time below the high
- 2.3 yrs
- since Mar 27, 2024
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −61.5%
- May 12, 2026
- Longest underwater
- 2.3 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Nov 5, 2019
- 6.7 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −48.1% episode
% of all-time high since 2013#
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.
% of all-time high on the price basis — the all-time high considers the full history of CDW, including years before the visible window. Dividends are excluded on this basis (the convention headlines use).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2024 | May 12, 2026 | −61.5% | 2.1 yrs | not yet | 2.3 yrs+ |
| Dec 26, 2019 | Mar 20, 2020 | −45.0% | 3 mo | Feb 4, 2021 | 13 mo |
| Nov 5, 2015 | Feb 11, 2016 | −27.2% | 3 mo | Sep 21, 2016 | 11 mo |
| Jan 4, 2022 | Oct 12, 2022 | −26.7% | 9 mo | Feb 13, 2023 | 13 mo |
| Feb 16, 2023 | Apr 21, 2023 | −23.9% | 2 mo | Nov 14, 2023 | 9 mo |
| Dec 3, 2018 | Dec 24, 2018 | −21.5% | 21 days | Mar 12, 2019 | 3 mo |
| Aug 26, 2014 | Oct 16, 2014 | −15.6% | 51 days | Nov 21, 2014 | 3 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 2013: how far CDW 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: CDW is on this chart precisely because it survived — the many stocks that fell this far and never recovered (or were delisted) aren't on anyone's chart, 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 CDW from its all-time high?
- CDW is currently 48.1% below its all-time high, set Mar 27, 2024 (as of market close, Jul 24, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest CDW drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2013) took the stock 61.5% below its prior high, bottoming May 12, 2026. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily closing prices since 2013 (split-adjusted). "All-time" means since our price data begins — CDW may have traded earlier. For a 150-year index 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, 150 years of returns and the rolling-returns explorer. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.