Dolby Laboratories drawdown: 39.8% below the all-time high (price)
Dolby Laboratories is 39.8% below its all-time high, set May 4, 2021 (as of market close, Oct 20, 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
- −39.8%
- 60.2% of ATH
- All-time high
- $103.53
- May 4, 2021
- Time below the high
- 5.5 yrs
- since May 4, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −62.2%
- Oct 3, 2011
- Longest underwater
- 7.2 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Apr 26, 2010
- 16.5 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Mar 28, 2016
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2005: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2010 | Oct 3, 2011 | −62.2% | 11 mo | Jan 25, 2018 | 7.2 yrs |
| May 4, 2021 | Jul 14, 2026 | −53.1% | 5.2 yrs | not yet | 5.5 yrs+ |
| Jan 10, 2008 | Nov 20, 2008 | −52.9% | 10 mo | Feb 11, 2010 | 2.1 yrs |
| Feb 18, 2005 | Nov 17, 2005 | −38.9% | 9 mo | Nov 10, 2006 | 1.7 yrs |
| Feb 19, 2020 | Mar 18, 2020 | −35.7% | 28 days | Oct 29, 2020 | 8 mo |
| Jun 15, 2010 | Aug 24, 2010 | −22.5% | 2 mo | Nov 5, 2010 | 5 mo |
| Aug 27, 2018 | Aug 5, 2019 | −20.1% | 11 mo | Feb 5, 2020 | 17 mo |
| Apr 16, 2007 | Jun 20, 2007 | −17.0% | 2 mo | Aug 2, 2007 | 4 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 2005: how far Dolby Laboratories 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 Dolby Laboratories from its all-time high?
- Dolby Laboratories is currently 39.8% below its all-time high, set May 4, 2021 (as of market close, Oct 20, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Dolby Laboratories drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2005) took Dolby Laboratories 62.2% below its prior high, bottoming Oct 3, 2011. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from DLB; no free deep history exists for Dolby Laboratories — 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.