Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited drawdown: 9.5% below the all-time high
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited is 9.5% below its all-time high, set Aug 21, 2026 (as of market close, Sep 18, 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
- −9.5%
- 90.5% of ATH
- All-time high
- $96.69
- Aug 21, 2026
- Time below the high
- 28 days
- since Aug 21, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −70.0%
- Mar 9, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 7.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Mar 6, 2024
- 2.5 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Apr 22, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1983#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2007 | Mar 9, 2009 | −70.0% | 1.6 yrs | Aug 16, 2012 | 5.1 yrs |
| Aug 30, 1989 | Nov 17, 1992 | −55.2% | 3.2 yrs | Oct 15, 1996 | 7.1 yrs |
| Oct 6, 2014 | Jan 20, 2016 | −51.5% | 15 mo | Oct 1, 2018 | 4.0 yrs |
| May 21, 1998 | Mar 3, 1999 | −46.0% | 9 mo | Feb 1, 2001 | 2.7 yrs |
| Jul 22, 1987 | Dec 4, 1987 | −37.6% | 4 mo | Jul 28, 1989 | 2.0 yrs |
| Jun 18, 1985 | Aug 4, 1986 | −36.5% | 14 mo | Feb 4, 1987 | 1.6 yrs |
| Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 24, 1984 | −34.4% | 6 mo | Jan 30, 1985 | 13 mo |
| Feb 13, 2020 | Mar 23, 2020 | −33.7% | 39 days | Jul 17, 2020 | 5 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 1983: how far Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited 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 Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited from its all-time high?
- Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited is currently 9.5% below its all-time high, set Aug 21, 2026 (as of market close, Sep 18, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1983) took Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited 70.0% 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 CP; no free deep history exists for Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited — 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.