CVS drawdown: 5.0% below the all-time high
CVS Health Corporation (CVS) is 5.0% below its all-time high, set Jul 29, 2015 (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 (1973).
- Below all-time high
- −5.0%
- 95.0% of ATH
- All-time high
- $113.5
- Jul 29, 2015
- Time below the high
- 11.0 yrs
- since Jul 29, 2015
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −83.1%
- Dec 23, 1974
- Longest underwater
- 11.0 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jul 13, 2015
- 11.0 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- May 6, 2015
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1973#
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 CVS, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 1973 | Dec 23, 1974 | −83.1% | 1.7 yrs | Apr 14, 1978 | 5.0 yrs |
| Jul 26, 2009 | Aug 31, 2010 | −67.9% | 13 mo | Oct 24, 2014 | 5.2 yrs |
| Mar 8, 2001 | Jan 30, 2003 | −64.6% | 1.9 yrs | Aug 2, 2005 | 4.4 yrs |
| Jul 29, 2015 | Dec 19, 2024 | −61.4% | 9.4 yrs | not yet | 11.0 yrs+ |
| Jul 13, 1990 | Jan 23, 1996 | −52.3% | 5.5 yrs | Aug 26, 1997 | 7.1 yrs |
| Feb 24, 1999 | Mar 7, 2000 | −50.4% | 12 mo | Nov 9, 2000 | 1.7 yrs |
| Jun 5, 2008 | Mar 9, 2009 | −45.6% | 9 mo | Jul 26, 2009 | 14 mo |
| Aug 13, 1987 | Dec 4, 1987 | −45.6% | 4 mo | Mar 7, 1989 | 1.6 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 1973: how far CVS 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: CVS 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 CVS from its all-time high?
- CVS is currently 5.0% below its all-time high, set Jul 29, 2015 (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 CVS drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1973) took the stock 83.1% below its prior high, bottoming Dec 23, 1974. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily closing prices since 1973 (split-adjusted). "All-time" means since our price data begins — CVS 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.