CRL drawdown: 50.5% below the all-time high
Charles River Laboratories (CRL) is 50.5% below its all-time high, set Sep 24, 2021 (as of market close, Jul 24, 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. "All-time" means since our price data begins (2000).
- Below all-time high
- −50.5%
- 49.5% of ATH
- All-time high
- $458.3
- Sep 24, 2021
- Time below the high
- 4.8 yrs
- since Sep 24, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −78.2%
- Apr 11, 2025
- Longest underwater
- 6.4 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Oct 1, 2020
- 5.8 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Jul 31, 2012
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2000#
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.
% of all-time high on the price basis — the all-time high considers the full history of CRL, including years before the visible window. Dividends are excluded on this basis (the convention headlines use).
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 24, 2021 | Apr 11, 2025 | −78.2% | 3.5 yrs | not yet | 4.8 yrs+ |
| Aug 19, 2008 | Nov 20, 2008 | −69.8% | 3 mo | Jan 13, 2015 | 6.4 yrs |
| Sep 29, 2000 | Mar 12, 2001 | −47.1% | 5 mo | Jun 29, 2001 | 9 mo |
| Feb 19, 2020 | Mar 18, 2020 | −44.5% | 28 days | May 29, 2020 | 3 mo |
| Oct 23, 2002 | Apr 14, 2003 | −39.6% | 6 mo | Feb 11, 2004 | 16 mo |
| Jul 20, 2005 | Aug 8, 2006 | −35.6% | 13 mo | May 30, 2007 | 1.9 yrs |
| Aug 8, 2000 | Sep 19, 2000 | −35.0% | 42 days | Sep 29, 2000 | 52 days |
| Mar 19, 2015 | Sep 28, 2015 | −26.9% | 6 mo | May 20, 2016 | 14 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 2000: how far CRL 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: CRL is on this chart precisely because it survived — the many stocks that fell this far and never recovered (or were delisted) aren't on anyone's chart, 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 CRL from its all-time high?
- CRL is currently 50.5% below its all-time high, set Sep 24, 2021 (as of market close, Jul 24, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest CRL drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2000) took the stock 78.2% below its prior high, bottoming Apr 11, 2025. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily closing prices since 2000 (split-adjusted). "All-time" means since our price data begins — CRL may have traded earlier. For a 150-year index 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, 150 years of returns and the rolling-returns explorer. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.