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Highwoods Properties Inc. drawdown: 47.6% below the all-time high (price)

Highwoods Properties Inc. is 47.6% below its all-time high, set Aug 1, 2016 (as of market close, Oct 20, 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
−47.6%
52.4% of ATH
All-time high
$55.74
Aug 1, 2016
Time below the high
10.2 yrs
since Aug 1, 2016
Worst-ever drawdown
−68.5%
Oct 25, 2023
Longest underwater
10.2 yrs
between all-time highs
Today's level first reached
Jan 26, 1996
30.7 yrs ago
Last time this deep
Jul 29, 2009
in a previous episode

% of all-time high since 1994: 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.

Basis
Range
All-time high = 100%40%60%80%
HIW close · log20.0050.00
1995200020052010201520202025

The deepest drawdowns on record#

Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.

PeakTroughDepthPeak → troughRecovered byUnderwater
Aug 1, 2016Oct 25, 2023−68.5%7.2 yrsnot yet10.2 yrs+
Feb 22, 2007Nov 20, 2008−66.8%1.7 yrsJan 14, 20157.9 yrs
Jan 2, 1998Nov 18, 2002−50.1%4.9 yrsJul 28, 20068.6 yrs
Feb 3, 2015Sep 4, 2015−23.5%7 moMay 6, 201615 mo
Mar 14, 1997May 19, 1997−15.5%2 moSep 18, 19976 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 Highwoods Properties Inc. stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.

1950–19992000–today

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 Highwoods Properties Inc. from its all-time high?
Highwoods Properties Inc. is currently 47.6% below its all-time high, set Aug 1, 2016 (as of market close, Oct 20, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
What was the biggest Highwoods Properties Inc. drawdown ever?
The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1994) took Highwoods Properties Inc. 68.5% below its prior high, bottoming Oct 25, 2023. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.

Methodology & related#

Daily data since -1 from HIW; no free deep history exists for Highwoods Properties 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.

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