Fastenal Company drawdown: 5.8% below the all-time high
Fastenal Company is 5.8% below its all-time high, set Aug 11, 2026 (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
- −5.8%
- 94.2% of ATH
- All-time high
- $52.38
- Aug 11, 2026
- Time below the high
- 31 days
- since Aug 11, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −63.4%
- Oct 7, 1998
- Longest underwater
- 5.7 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Aug 19, 2025
- 13 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Jul 30, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1987#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 1997 | Oct 7, 1998 | −63.4% | 14 mo | Jul 27, 1999 | 2.0 yrs |
| Sep 16, 2008 | Mar 9, 2009 | −52.8% | 6 mo | Apr 22, 2010 | 1.6 yrs |
| May 18, 1990 | Nov 1, 1990 | −47.5% | 5 mo | Mar 20, 1991 | 10 mo |
| Oct 6, 1987 | Oct 27, 1987 | −41.9% | 21 days | Apr 12, 1988 | 6 mo |
| Jul 27, 1999 | Oct 15, 1999 | −41.9% | 3 mo | May 1, 2000 | 9 mo |
| Apr 25, 2002 | Oct 7, 2002 | −36.8% | 5 mo | Sep 17, 2003 | 17 mo |
| Aug 9, 2007 | Jan 17, 2008 | −35.1% | 5 mo | May 2, 2008 | 9 mo |
| Apr 2, 2012 | Oct 1, 2015 | −35.0% | 3.5 yrs | Dec 4, 2017 | 5.7 yrs |
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 1987: how far Fastenal Company 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 Fastenal Company from its all-time high?
- Fastenal Company is currently 5.8% below its all-time high, set Aug 11, 2026 (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 Fastenal Company drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1987) took Fastenal Company 63.4% below its prior high, bottoming Oct 7, 1998. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from FAST; no free deep history exists for Fastenal Company — 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.