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Casella Waste Systems Inc. drawdown: 26.9% below the all-time high (price)

Casella Waste Systems Inc. is 26.9% below its all-time high, set May 6, 2025 (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
−26.9%
73.1% of ATH
All-time high
$120.37
May 6, 2025
Time below the high
17 mo
since May 6, 2025
Worst-ever drawdown
−98.5%
Mar 12, 2009
Longest underwater
20.3 yrs
between all-time highs
Today's level first reached
Nov 16, 2021
4.9 yrs ago
Last time this deep
Jun 17, 2022
in a previous episode

% of all-time high since 1997: 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.

Basis
Range
All-time high = 100%20%40%60%80%
CWST close · log1.005.0020.00100
200020052010201520202025

The deepest drawdowns on record#

Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.

PeakTroughDepthPeak → troughRecovered byUnderwater
Dec 31, 1998Mar 12, 2009−98.5%10.2 yrsApr 29, 201920.3 yrs
May 6, 2025Mar 27, 2026−37.7%11 monot yet17 mo+
Feb 20, 2020Apr 1, 2020−35.0%41 daysJul 31, 20205 mo
Mar 10, 2022Jun 16, 2022−28.1%3 moMay 9, 202314 mo
Apr 17, 1998Jun 23, 1998−26.4%2 moSep 30, 19985 mo
May 15, 2023Oct 26, 2023−23.2%5 moMar 15, 202410 mo
Nov 17, 2021Feb 23, 2022−21.6%3 moMar 10, 20224 mo
Sep 30, 1998Dec 17, 1998−21.0%3 moDec 31, 19983 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 1997: how far Casella Waste Systems Inc. stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.

1950–19992000–today

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 Casella Waste Systems Inc. from its all-time high?
Casella Waste Systems Inc. is currently 26.9% below its all-time high, set May 6, 2025 (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 Casella Waste Systems Inc. drawdown ever?
The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1997) took Casella Waste Systems Inc. 98.5% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 12, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.

Methodology & related#

Daily data since -1 from CWST; no free deep history exists for Casella Waste Systems Inc. — 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.

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