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Commercial Metals Company drawdown: 21.9% below the all-time high (price)

Commercial Metals Company is 21.9% below its all-time high, set Feb 11, 2026 (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
−21.9%
78.1% of ATH
All-time high
$83.21
Feb 11, 2026
Time below the high
8 mo
since Feb 11, 2026
Worst-ever drawdown
−83.9%
Nov 20, 2008
Longest underwater
13.7 yrs
between all-time highs
Today's level first reached
Dec 3, 2025
10 mo ago
Last time this deep
Jun 30, 2025
in a previous episode

% of all-time high since 1987: 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%
CMC close · log1.005.0020.00
19901995200020052010201520202025

The deepest drawdowns on record#

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

PeakTroughDepthPeak → troughRecovered byUnderwater
Jun 19, 2008Nov 20, 2008−83.9%5 moMar 3, 202213.7 yrs
Jun 24, 2002Mar 6, 2003−48.0%8 moOct 28, 200316 mo
Mar 23, 1998Mar 24, 1999−44.8%12 moDec 27, 20013.8 yrs
May 10, 2006Sep 25, 2006−38.7%5 moMar 30, 200711 mo
Dec 2, 2024Apr 8, 2025−38.1%4 moNov 26, 202512 mo
Mar 4, 2005May 13, 2005−37.1%2 moDec 12, 20059 mo
Jul 13, 2007Jan 22, 2008−35.6%6 moMay 30, 200811 mo
Mar 8, 1989Dec 21, 1990−31.6%1.8 yrsApr 10, 19923.1 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 1987: how far Commercial Metals Company 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 Commercial Metals Company from its all-time high?
Commercial Metals Company is currently 21.9% below its all-time high, set Feb 11, 2026 (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 Commercial Metals Company drawdown ever?
The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1987) took Commercial Metals Company 83.9% below its prior high, bottoming Nov 20, 2008. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.

Methodology & related#

Daily data since -1 from CMC; no free deep history exists for Commercial Metals 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.

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