First Financial Bancorp. drawdown: 13.0% below the all-time high (price)
First Financial Bancorp. is 13.0% below its all-time high, set Jul 16, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026), measured on price alone — dividends are not included, the convention headlines and crash histories use. 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
- −13.0%
- 87.0% of ATH
- All-time high
- $36.18
- Jul 16, 2026
- Time below the high
- 3 mo
- since Jul 16, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −79.2%
- Mar 9, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 18.0 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Apr 25, 2018
- 8.5 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Apr 22, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1983: price#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 1998 | Mar 9, 2009 | −79.2% | 10.3 yrs | Nov 29, 2016 | 18.0 yrs |
| Jun 8, 2018 | Sep 23, 2020 | −66.0% | 2.3 yrs | Jun 26, 2026 | 8.0 yrs |
| Nov 27, 1989 | Jan 14, 1991 | −62.7% | 14 mo | Aug 18, 1993 | 3.7 yrs |
| Jan 28, 1994 | Mar 28, 1994 | −25.1% | 59 days | Mar 3, 1997 | 3.1 yrs |
| Dec 9, 2016 | Sep 7, 2017 | −21.3% | 9 mo | Mar 29, 2018 | 16 mo |
| Jun 5, 1998 | Sep 3, 1998 | −20.3% | 3 mo | Nov 25, 1998 | 6 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 1983: how far First Financial Bancorp. 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 First Financial Bancorp. from its all-time high?
- First Financial Bancorp. is currently 13.0% below its all-time high, set Jul 16, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest First Financial Bancorp. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1983) took First Financial Bancorp. 79.2% 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 FFBC; no free deep history exists for First Financial Bancorp. — 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.