iShares Select Dividend ETF drawdown: 4.4% below the all-time high
IShares Select Dividend ETF is 4.4% below its all-time high, set Aug 14, 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
- −4.4%
- 95.6% of ATH
- All-time high
- $165.5
- Aug 14, 2026
- Time below the high
- 35 days
- since Aug 14, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −65.2%
- Mar 9, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 7.0 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jun 12, 2026
- 3 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- May 15, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2003#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2007 | Mar 9, 2009 | −65.2% | 1.8 yrs | Jun 5, 2014 | 7.0 yrs |
| Jan 17, 2020 | Mar 23, 2020 | −41.6% | 2 mo | Feb 24, 2021 | 13 mo |
| Apr 20, 2022 | Oct 27, 2023 | −22.1% | 1.5 yrs | Aug 23, 2024 | 2.3 yrs |
| Nov 29, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | −17.5% | 4 mo | Nov 28, 2025 | 12 mo |
| Sep 18, 2018 | Dec 24, 2018 | −16.7% | 3 mo | Sep 11, 2019 | 12 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 2003: how far iShares Select Dividend ETF 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 iShares Select Dividend ETF from its all-time high?
- iShares Select Dividend ETF is currently 4.4% below its all-time high, set Aug 14, 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 iShares Select Dividend ETF drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2003) took iShares Select Dividend ETF 65.2% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 9, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from DVY; no free deep history exists for iShares Select Dividend ETF — 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.