Federal Signal Corporation drawdown: 16.0% below the all-time high (price)
Federal Signal Corporation is 16.0% below its all-time high, set Jul 6, 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
- −16.0%
- 84.0% of ATH
- All-time high
- $133.86
- Jul 6, 2026
- Time below the high
- 3 mo
- since Jul 6, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −87.4%
- Nov 25, 2011
- Longest underwater
- 21.7 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jul 9, 2025
- 15 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Jun 8, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1980: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 1996 | Nov 25, 2011 | −87.4% | 15.0 yrs | Aug 7, 2018 | 21.7 yrs |
| Mar 13, 1981 | Sep 24, 1981 | −44.1% | 6 mo | Jan 26, 1983 | 1.9 yrs |
| Aug 25, 1987 | Oct 28, 1987 | −40.5% | 2 mo | Feb 3, 1989 | 17 mo |
| Jun 22, 1983 | Oct 19, 1984 | −38.0% | 16 mo | Feb 12, 1986 | 2.6 yrs |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Apr 8, 2022 | −33.3% | 5 mo | Nov 10, 2022 | 12 mo |
| Aug 7, 2018 | Dec 24, 2018 | −33.0% | 5 mo | Apr 23, 2019 | 9 mo |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | −31.7% | 2 mo | Jun 16, 2025 | 5 mo |
| Oct 28, 2019 | Mar 23, 2020 | −31.4% | 5 mo | Jan 6, 2021 | 14 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 1980: how far Federal Signal Corporation 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 Federal Signal Corporation from its all-time high?
- Federal Signal Corporation is currently 16.0% below its all-time high, set Jul 6, 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 Federal Signal Corporation drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1980) took Federal Signal Corporation 87.4% below its prior high, bottoming Nov 25, 2011. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from FSS; no free deep history exists for Federal Signal Corporation — 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.