Colgate-Palmolive Company drawdown: 20.2% below the all-time high
Colgate-Palmolive Company is 20.2% below its all-time high, set Sep 4, 2024 (as of market close, Sep 11, 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.
- Below all-time high
- −20.2%
- 79.8% of ATH
- All-time high
- $108.77
- Sep 4, 2024
- Time below the high
- 2.0 yrs
- since Sep 4, 2024
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −58.9%
- Mar 24, 1980
- Longest underwater
- 8.5 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Feb 28, 2024
- 2.5 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Oct 10, 2022
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1977#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 1977 | Mar 24, 1980 | −58.9% | 3.2 yrs | Jul 12, 1985 | 8.5 yrs |
| Dec 31, 1999 | Mar 10, 2000 | −34.2% | 2 mo | Nov 7, 2006 | 6.9 yrs |
| Jul 29, 1987 | Dec 4, 1987 | −32.9% | 4 mo | May 19, 1989 | 1.8 yrs |
| Jul 23, 1998 | Sep 21, 1998 | −32.4% | 2 mo | Apr 21, 1999 | 9 mo |
| Jan 9, 2008 | Oct 27, 2008 | −32.4% | 10 mo | Nov 9, 2009 | 1.8 yrs |
| Sep 4, 2024 | Nov 3, 2025 | −31.1% | 14 mo | not yet | 2.0 yrs+ |
| Mar 18, 1993 | Aug 13, 1993 | −29.8% | 5 mo | Mar 21, 1995 | 2.0 yrs |
| Jan 19, 2018 | Oct 29, 2018 | −25.3% | 9 mo | Aug 18, 2020 | 2.6 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 1977: how far Colgate-Palmolive 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 Colgate-Palmolive Company from its all-time high?
- Colgate-Palmolive Company is currently 20.2% below its all-time high, set Sep 4, 2024 (as of market close, Sep 11, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Colgate-Palmolive Company drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1977) took Colgate-Palmolive Company 58.9% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 24, 1980. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from CL; no free deep history exists for Colgate-Palmolive 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.