California Resources Corporation drawdown: 22.5% below the all-time high (price)
California Resources Corporation is 22.5% below its all-time high, set May 5, 2026 (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
- −22.5%
- 77.5% of ATH
- All-time high
- $70.13
- May 5, 2026
- Time below the high
- 5 mo
- since May 5, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −45.6%
- Apr 8, 2025
- Longest underwater
- 15 mo
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Aug 7, 2023
- 3.2 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Jan 13, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2020: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | −45.6% | 5 mo | Mar 2, 2026 | 15 mo |
| Dec 4, 2020 | Dec 14, 2020 | −30.7% | 10 days | May 18, 2021 | 5 mo |
| Aug 25, 2022 | Mar 17, 2023 | −30.3% | 7 mo | Jul 25, 2023 | 11 mo |
| May 5, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 | −29.7% | 3 mo | not yet | 5 mo+ |
| Mar 25, 2022 | Jun 23, 2022 | −26.2% | 3 mo | Aug 18, 2022 | 5 mo |
| Sep 14, 2023 | Aug 6, 2024 | −25.4% | 11 mo | Nov 11, 2024 | 14 mo |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | −24.0% | 38 days | Aug 27, 2021 | 3 mo |
| Oct 28, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | −24.0% | 9 days | Nov 16, 2020 | 19 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 2020: how far California Resources 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 California Resources Corporation from its all-time high?
- California Resources Corporation is currently 22.5% below its all-time high, set May 5, 2026 (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 California Resources Corporation drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2020) took California Resources Corporation 45.6% below its prior high, bottoming Apr 8, 2025. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from CRC; no free deep history exists for California Resources 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.