California Water Service Group drawdown: 35.5% below the all-time high (price)
California Water Service Group is 35.5% below its all-time high, set Jan 3, 2022 (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
- −35.5%
- 64.5% of ATH
- All-time high
- $71.87
- Jan 3, 2022
- Time below the high
- 4.8 yrs
- since Jan 3, 2022
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −41.7%
- Jan 10, 2025
- Longest underwater
- 5.9 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Nov 28, 2018
- 7.9 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Sep 4, 1998
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1990: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2022 | Jan 10, 2025 | −41.7% | 3.0 yrs | not yet | 4.8 yrs+ |
| Feb 25, 1998 | Sep 4, 1998 | −35.8% | 6 mo | Dec 23, 1998 | 10 mo |
| Apr 21, 2006 | Oct 27, 2008 | −34.5% | 2.5 yrs | Dec 30, 2008 | 2.7 yrs |
| Dec 23, 1998 | Jul 23, 2002 | −34.0% | 3.6 yrs | Nov 23, 2004 | 5.9 yrs |
| Dec 20, 1993 | Dec 8, 1994 | −28.5% | 12 mo | Dec 20, 1996 | 3.0 yrs |
| Dec 31, 2008 | May 22, 2009 | −27.8% | 5 mo | Dec 23, 2013 | 5.0 yrs |
| Sep 4, 2019 | Sep 23, 2020 | −26.9% | 13 mo | Feb 5, 2021 | 17 mo |
| Nov 4, 2014 | Sep 4, 2015 | −24.6% | 10 mo | Mar 3, 2016 | 16 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 1990: how far California Water Service Group 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 Water Service Group from its all-time high?
- California Water Service Group is currently 35.5% below its all-time high, set Jan 3, 2022 (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 Water Service Group drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1990) took California Water Service Group 41.7% below its prior high, bottoming Jan 10, 2025. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from CWT; no free deep history exists for California Water Service Group — 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.