Flowers Foods Inc. drawdown: 79.7% below the all-time high (price)
Flowers Foods Inc. is 79.7% below its all-time high, set Dec 5, 2022 (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
- −79.7%
- 20.3% of ATH
- All-time high
- $30.13
- Dec 5, 2022
- Time below the high
- 3.9 yrs
- since Dec 5, 2022
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −81.6%
- Sep 30, 2026
- Longest underwater
- 7.5 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Dec 1, 2004
- 21.9 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −79.7% episode
% of all-time high since 1987: 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 5, 2022 | Sep 30, 2026 | −81.6% | 3.8 yrs | not yet | 3.9 yrs+ |
| Feb 26, 1998 | Feb 3, 2000 | −54.5% | 1.9 yrs | Apr 27, 2001 | 3.2 yrs |
| Oct 29, 2015 | Sep 9, 2016 | −46.1% | 10 mo | Dec 16, 2021 | 6.1 yrs |
| Apr 7, 1988 | Oct 30, 1990 | −44.2% | 2.6 yrs | Aug 21, 1995 | 7.4 yrs |
| Jan 30, 2002 | Jan 24, 2003 | −42.4% | 12 mo | Apr 17, 2003 | 15 mo |
| Aug 12, 2008 | Mar 11, 2009 | −36.2% | 7 mo | May 23, 2011 | 2.8 yrs |
| Oct 29, 2013 | Oct 10, 2014 | −30.4% | 11 mo | Sep 24, 2015 | 1.9 yrs |
| Feb 12, 2004 | May 13, 2004 | −22.7% | 3 mo | Jul 9, 2004 | 5 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 1987: how far Flowers Foods 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 Flowers Foods Inc. from its all-time high?
- Flowers Foods Inc. is currently 79.7% below its all-time high, set Dec 5, 2022 (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 Flowers Foods Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1987) took Flowers Foods Inc. 81.6% below its prior high, bottoming Sep 30, 2026. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from FLO; no free deep history exists for Flowers Foods 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.