Capital One Financial Corporation drawdown: 19.2% below the all-time high
Capital One Financial Corporation is 19.2% below its all-time high, set Jan 6, 2026 (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
- −19.2%
- 80.8% of ATH
- All-time high
- $257.94
- Jan 6, 2026
- Time below the high
- 8 mo
- since Jan 6, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −90.8%
- Mar 6, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 9.3 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Feb 19, 2025
- 1.6 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Apr 21, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1994#
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 10, 2006 | Mar 6, 2009 | −90.8% | 3.0 yrs | Jul 15, 2015 | 9.3 yrs |
| May 22, 2001 | Aug 5, 2002 | −65.7% | 14 mo | Jan 22, 2004 | 2.7 yrs |
| Jan 22, 2020 | Apr 3, 2020 | −60.4% | 2 mo | Jan 6, 2021 | 11 mo |
| Aug 13, 2021 | May 4, 2023 | −51.8% | 1.7 yrs | Nov 6, 2024 | 3.2 yrs |
| Jul 14, 1998 | Oct 8, 1998 | −51.7% | 3 mo | Jan 12, 1999 | 6 mo |
| May 13, 1999 | Feb 23, 2000 | −44.3% | 9 mo | Aug 28, 2000 | 16 mo |
| Jul 21, 2015 | Jun 27, 2016 | −36.6% | 11 mo | Feb 17, 2017 | 1.6 yrs |
| Oct 5, 2000 | Mar 22, 2001 | −33.3% | 6 mo | May 22, 2001 | 8 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 1994: how far Capital One Financial Corporation 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 Capital One Financial Corporation from its all-time high?
- Capital One Financial Corporation is currently 19.2% below its all-time high, set Jan 6, 2026 (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 Capital One Financial Corporation drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1994) took Capital One Financial Corporation 90.8% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 6, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from COF; no free deep history exists for Capital One Financial Corporation — 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.