DIS drawdown: 53.0% below the all-time high
The Walt Disney Company (DIS) is 53.0% below its all-time high, set Mar 8, 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 (1970).
- Below all-time high
- −53.0%
- 47.0% of ATH
- All-time high
- $201.9
- Mar 8, 2021
- Time below the high
- 5.4 yrs
- since Mar 8, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −85.7%
- Dec 17, 1974
- Longest underwater
- 13.0 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Dec 26, 2014
- 11.6 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Apr 28, 2009
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1970#
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 DIS, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 1973 | Dec 17, 1974 | −85.7% | 1.9 yrs | Jan 14, 1986 | 13.0 yrs |
| Apr 28, 2000 | Aug 13, 2002 | −68.4% | 2.3 yrs | Feb 9, 2011 | 10.8 yrs |
| Mar 8, 2021 | Oct 4, 2023 | −60.7% | 2.6 yrs | not yet | 5.4 yrs+ |
| May 4, 1998 | Oct 8, 1998 | −44.5% | 5 mo | Apr 11, 2000 | 1.9 yrs |
| Aug 25, 1987 | Oct 19, 1987 | −43.9% | 55 days | Apr 18, 1989 | 1.6 yrs |
| Nov 26, 2019 | Mar 23, 2020 | −43.4% | 4 mo | Dec 2, 2020 | 12 mo |
| Feb 18, 1970 | Aug 14, 1970 | −41.1% | 6 mo | Jan 14, 1971 | 11 mo |
| Oct 9, 1989 | Oct 17, 1990 | −35.1% | 12 mo | Jan 28, 1992 | 2.3 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 1970: how far DIS 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: DIS 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 DIS from its all-time high?
- DIS is currently 53.0% below its all-time high, set Mar 8, 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 DIS drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1970) took the stock 85.7% below its prior high, bottoming Dec 17, 1974. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily closing prices since 1970 (split-adjusted). "All-time" means since our price data begins — DIS 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.