Central Garden & Pet Company drawdown: 17.0% below the all-time high (price)
Central Garden & Pet Company is 17.0% below its all-time high, set May 7, 2021 (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
- −17.0%
- 83.0% of ATH
- All-time high
- $43.63
- May 7, 2021
- Time below the high
- 5.4 yrs
- since May 7, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −85.2%
- Oct 28, 2008
- Longest underwater
- 8.5 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Mar 8, 2021
- 5.6 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Dec 22, 2020
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2007: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2007 | Oct 28, 2008 | −85.2% | 1.6 yrs | Sep 15, 2015 | 8.5 yrs |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Aug 14, 2019 | −50.4% | 13 mo | Feb 8, 2021 | 2.6 yrs |
| May 7, 2021 | Oct 13, 2025 | −39.8% | 4.4 yrs | not yet | 5.4 yrs+ |
| Oct 19, 2015 | Jan 20, 2016 | −35.2% | 3 mo | May 6, 2016 | 7 mo |
| Apr 26, 2017 | May 18, 2017 | −22.0% | 22 days | Sep 28, 2017 | 5 mo |
| Feb 7, 2007 | Feb 14, 2007 | −18.1% | 7 days | Mar 23, 2007 | 44 days |
| Dec 4, 2017 | May 3, 2018 | −16.2% | 5 mo | Jun 11, 2018 | 6 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 2007: how far Central Garden & Pet Company 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 Central Garden & Pet Company from its all-time high?
- Central Garden & Pet Company is currently 17.0% below its all-time high, set May 7, 2021 (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 Central Garden & Pet Company drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2007) took Central Garden & Pet Company 85.2% below its prior high, bottoming Oct 28, 2008. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from CENTA; no free deep history exists for Central Garden & Pet Company — 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.