Essex Property Trust Inc. drawdown: 24.8% below the all-time high
Essex Property Trust Inc. is 24.8% below its all-time high, set Apr 21, 2022 (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
- −24.8%
- 75.2% of ATH
- All-time high
- $359.31
- Apr 21, 2022
- Time below the high
- 4.4 yrs
- since Apr 21, 2022
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −65.3%
- Mar 2, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 4.7 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jan 30, 2019
- 7.6 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Feb 3, 2021
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1994#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 2007 | Mar 2, 2009 | −65.3% | 2.1 yrs | Oct 27, 2011 | 4.7 yrs |
| Apr 21, 2022 | Mar 23, 2023 | −45.4% | 11 mo | not yet | 4.4 yrs+ |
| Oct 21, 2019 | Mar 23, 2020 | −45.2% | 5 mo | Sep 1, 2021 | 1.9 yrs |
| Oct 10, 1997 | Mar 30, 1999 | −29.4% | 18 mo | Apr 6, 2000 | 2.5 yrs |
| Dec 18, 2000 | Apr 16, 2001 | −25.2% | 4 mo | May 21, 2003 | 2.4 yrs |
| Jun 7, 1994 | Dec 28, 1994 | −23.2% | 7 mo | Dec 26, 1995 | 1.6 yrs |
| Dec 29, 2015 | Feb 11, 2016 | −21.3% | 44 days | Apr 28, 2017 | 16 mo |
| Sep 11, 2017 | Feb 7, 2018 | −19.1% | 5 mo | Jan 30, 2019 | 17 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 1994: how far Essex Property Trust 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 Essex Property Trust Inc. from its all-time high?
- Essex Property Trust Inc. is currently 24.8% below its all-time high, set Apr 21, 2022 (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 Essex Property Trust Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1994) took Essex Property Trust Inc. 65.3% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 2, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from ESS; no free deep history exists for Essex Property Trust 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.