Columbia Banking System Inc. drawdown: 43.6% below the all-time high (price)
Columbia Banking System Inc. is 43.6% below its all-time high, set Mar 12, 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
- −43.6%
- 56.4% of ATH
- All-time high
- $50.45
- Mar 12, 2021
- Time below the high
- 5.6 yrs
- since Mar 12, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −86.8%
- Mar 9, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 10.4 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jul 28, 2005
- 21.2 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Oct 28, 2020
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1992: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2006 | Mar 9, 2009 | −86.8% | 2.7 yrs | Nov 11, 2016 | 10.4 yrs |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Apr 16, 2024 | −65.6% | 3.1 yrs | not yet | 5.6 yrs+ |
| Dec 4, 2017 | May 13, 2020 | −57.0% | 2.4 yrs | Feb 24, 2021 | 3.2 yrs |
| Apr 23, 1998 | Apr 17, 2000 | −56.6% | 2.0 yrs | Nov 24, 2003 | 5.6 yrs |
| Apr 23, 1993 | Dec 30, 1994 | −40.2% | 1.7 yrs | Apr 30, 1996 | 3.0 yrs |
| Mar 31, 2004 | May 20, 2004 | −23.4% | 50 days | Dec 28, 2004 | 9 mo |
| Dec 27, 2016 | Sep 7, 2017 | −20.5% | 8 mo | Nov 29, 2017 | 11 mo |
| Mar 11, 1997 | Apr 2, 1997 | −16.7% | 22 days | Apr 30, 1997 | 50 days |
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 1992: how far Columbia Banking System Inc. 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 Columbia Banking System Inc. from its all-time high?
- Columbia Banking System Inc. is currently 43.6% below its all-time high, set Mar 12, 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 Columbia Banking System Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1992) took Columbia Banking System Inc. 86.8% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 9, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from COLB; no free deep history exists for Columbia Banking System Inc. — 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.