DG drawdown: 55.0% below the all-time high
Dollar General Corporation (DG) is 55.0% below its all-time high, set Oct 28, 2022 (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 (2009).
- Below all-time high
- −55.0%
- 45.0% of ATH
- All-time high
- $260.4
- Oct 28, 2022
- Time below the high
- 3.7 yrs
- since Oct 28, 2022
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −73.7%
- Jan 17, 2025
- Longest underwater
- 3.7 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Nov 8, 2018
- 7.7 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −55.0% episode
% of all-time high since 2009#
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 DG, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2022 | Jan 17, 2025 | −73.7% | 2.2 yrs | not yet | 3.7 yrs+ |
| Jul 26, 2016 | Oct 5, 2016 | −30.8% | 2 mo | Jan 11, 2018 | 18 mo |
| Apr 20, 2022 | May 20, 2022 | −27.6% | 30 days | Oct 28, 2022 | 6 mo |
| Jul 20, 2015 | Nov 13, 2015 | −26.1% | 4 mo | Mar 10, 2016 | 8 mo |
| Jul 10, 2012 | Jan 3, 2013 | −23.9% | 6 mo | Jul 11, 2013 | 12 mo |
| Jan 7, 2022 | Feb 23, 2022 | −21.0% | 47 days | Apr 6, 2022 | 3 mo |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Mar 4, 2021 | −20.1% | 5 mo | Jul 19, 2021 | 9 mo |
| Dec 3, 2010 | Feb 14, 2011 | −19.7% | 2 mo | May 12, 2011 | 5 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 2009: how far DG 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: DG 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 DG from its all-time high?
- DG is currently 55.0% below its all-time high, set Oct 28, 2022 (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 DG drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2009) took the stock 73.7% below its prior high, bottoming Jan 17, 2025. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily closing prices since 2009 (split-adjusted). "All-time" means since our price data begins — DG 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.