Columbia Sportswear Company drawdown: 46.2% below the all-time high (price)
Columbia Sportswear Company is 46.2% below its all-time high, set Apr 23, 2021 (as of market close, Oct 20, 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
- −46.2%
- 53.8% of ATH
- All-time high
- $113.49
- Apr 23, 2021
- Time below the high
- 5.5 yrs
- since Apr 23, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −64.2%
- Mar 3, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 5.5 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Mar 30, 2015
- 11.6 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Mar 23, 2020
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1998: 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 1, 2007 | Mar 3, 2009 | −64.2% | 1.8 yrs | May 10, 2011 | 3.9 yrs |
| Jun 29, 2001 | Oct 2, 2001 | −60.4% | 3 mo | Jun 2, 2003 | 1.9 yrs |
| Apr 20, 1998 | Sep 15, 1998 | −60.1% | 5 mo | Apr 26, 2000 | 2.0 yrs |
| Apr 23, 2021 | Oct 10, 2025 | −56.9% | 4.5 yrs | not yet | 5.5 yrs+ |
| Jul 30, 2019 | Mar 23, 2020 | −47.7% | 8 mo | Feb 5, 2021 | 1.5 yrs |
| May 10, 2011 | Oct 3, 2011 | −38.6% | 5 mo | Dec 13, 2013 | 2.6 yrs |
| Jul 31, 2015 | Dec 17, 2015 | −38.5% | 5 mo | Dec 22, 2017 | 2.4 yrs |
| Nov 4, 2004 | Oct 28, 2005 | −31.0% | 12 mo | Nov 22, 2006 | 2.0 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 1998: how far Columbia Sportswear 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 Columbia Sportswear Company from its all-time high?
- Columbia Sportswear Company is currently 46.2% below its all-time high, set Apr 23, 2021 (as of market close, Oct 20, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Columbia Sportswear Company drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1998) took Columbia Sportswear Company 64.2% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 3, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from COLM; no free deep history exists for Columbia Sportswear 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.