Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (The) drawdown: 73.9% below the all-time high
Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (The) is 73.9% below its all-time high, set Jan 4, 2022 (as of market close, Sep 11, 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
- −73.9%
- 26.1% of ATH
- All-time high
- $371.86
- Jan 4, 2022
- Time below the high
- 4.7 yrs
- since Jan 4, 2022
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −86.5%
- Apr 8, 2025
- Longest underwater
- 10.6 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Apr 28, 2016
- 10.4 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −73.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2022 | Apr 8, 2025 | −86.5% | 3.3 yrs | not yet | 4.7 yrs+ |
| Jul 16, 1999 | Mar 9, 2009 | −64.4% | 9.6 yrs | Feb 2, 2010 | 10.6 yrs |
| Jan 17, 2020 | Mar 23, 2020 | −34.3% | 2 mo | Aug 28, 2020 | 7 mo |
| Apr 16, 1998 | Oct 7, 1998 | −33.2% | 6 mo | Nov 12, 1998 | 7 mo |
| Jan 22, 1997 | Oct 27, 1997 | −23.8% | 9 mo | Nov 21, 1997 | 10 mo |
| Apr 30, 2012 | Jul 12, 2012 | −22.6% | 2 mo | Mar 5, 2013 | 10 mo |
| Jun 15, 2018 | Dec 24, 2018 | −22.5% | 6 mo | Feb 22, 2019 | 8 mo |
| May 2, 2016 | Dec 2, 2016 | −21.9% | 7 mo | Jun 14, 2017 | 13 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 Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (The) 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 Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (The) from its all-time high?
- Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (The) is currently 73.9% below its all-time high, set Jan 4, 2022 (as of market close, Sep 11, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (The) drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1995) took Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (The) 86.5% below its prior high, bottoming Apr 8, 2025. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from EL; no free deep history exists for Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (The) — 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.