Darden Restaurants Inc. drawdown: 8.1% below the all-time high
Darden Restaurants Inc. is 8.1% below its all-time high, set Aug 12, 2026 (as of market close, Sep 18, 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.
- Below all-time high
- −8.1%
- 91.9% of ATH
- All-time high
- $227.68
- Aug 12, 2026
- Time below the high
- 37 days
- since Aug 12, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −73.2%
- Mar 18, 2020
- Longest underwater
- 2.9 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Apr 1, 2025
- 18 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Aug 4, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1995#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2019 | Mar 18, 2020 | −73.2% | 6 mo | Feb 4, 2021 | 17 mo |
| Jun 18, 2007 | Nov 20, 2008 | −71.2% | 17 mo | Apr 14, 2010 | 2.8 yrs |
| Apr 19, 1996 | Mar 4, 1997 | −50.5% | 10 mo | Mar 9, 1998 | 1.9 yrs |
| May 3, 1999 | Mar 8, 2000 | −46.0% | 10 mo | Nov 3, 2000 | 1.5 yrs |
| Mar 6, 2002 | Feb 26, 2003 | −42.7% | 12 mo | Jan 18, 2005 | 2.9 yrs |
| Sep 27, 2021 | Jun 16, 2022 | −30.0% | 9 mo | May 18, 2023 | 1.6 yrs |
| Dec 4, 2000 | Feb 5, 2001 | −26.0% | 2 mo | Apr 25, 2001 | 5 mo |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | −25.1% | 5 mo | Aug 12, 2026 | 14 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 1995: how far Darden Restaurants Inc. 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 Darden Restaurants Inc. from its all-time high?
- Darden Restaurants Inc. is currently 8.1% below its all-time high, set Aug 12, 2026 (as of market close, Sep 18, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Darden Restaurants Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1995) took Darden Restaurants Inc. 73.2% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 18, 2020. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from DRI; no free deep history exists for Darden Restaurants 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.