Costco Wholesale Corporation drawdown: 17.3% below the all-time high
Costco Wholesale Corporation is 17.3% below its all-time high, set May 19, 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
- −17.3%
- 82.7% of ATH
- All-time high
- $1,094
- May 19, 2026
- Time below the high
- 4 mo
- since May 19, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −61.7%
- Jan 11, 1995
- Longest underwater
- 7.2 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Aug 27, 2024
- 2.0 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Jan 7, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1986#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 1991 | Jan 11, 1995 | −61.7% | 3.4 yrs | May 9, 1997 | 5.7 yrs |
| May 1, 2000 | Dec 24, 2002 | −53.4% | 2.6 yrs | Jun 29, 2007 | 7.2 yrs |
| Aug 21, 1987 | Dec 4, 1987 | −53.2% | 3 mo | Apr 4, 1991 | 3.6 yrs |
| Jul 8, 2008 | Mar 9, 2009 | −48.5% | 8 mo | Feb 8, 2011 | 2.6 yrs |
| Jul 9, 1986 | Sep 17, 1986 | −33.0% | 2 mo | Feb 26, 1987 | 8 mo |
| Jul 22, 1998 | Oct 5, 1998 | −31.8% | 2 mo | Dec 8, 1998 | 5 mo |
| Apr 7, 2022 | May 20, 2022 | −31.5% | 43 days | Dec 7, 2023 | 1.7 yrs |
| Apr 6, 1999 | Sep 20, 1999 | −28.5% | 5 mo | Dec 1, 1999 | 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 1986: how far Costco Wholesale 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 Costco Wholesale Corporation from its all-time high?
- Costco Wholesale Corporation is currently 17.3% below its all-time high, set May 19, 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 Costco Wholesale Corporation drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1986) took Costco Wholesale Corporation 61.7% below its prior high, bottoming Jan 11, 1995. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from COST; no free deep history exists for Costco Wholesale 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.