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Honda Motor Company Ltd. drawdown: 27.6% below the all-time high

Honda Motor Company Ltd. is 27.6% below its all-time high, set Feb 18, 2011 (as of market close, Sep 18, 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
−27.6%
72.4% of ATH
All-time high
$44.49
Feb 18, 2011
Time below the high
15.6 yrs
since Feb 18, 2011
Worst-ever drawdown
−58.9%
Mar 31, 1982
Longest underwater
15.6 yrs
between all-time highs
Today's level first reached
Apr 6, 2006
20.5 yrs ago
Last time this deep
Jul 21, 2010
in a previous episode

% of all-time high since 1980#

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%
HMC close · log1.002.005.0010.0020.00
1990200020102020

The deepest drawdowns on record#

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

PeakTroughDepthPeak → troughRecovered byUnderwater
Jun 15, 1981Mar 31, 1982−58.9%9 moMay 3, 19842.9 yrs
Feb 14, 2007Dec 4, 2008−55.4%1.8 yrsJan 24, 20113.9 yrs
Feb 18, 2011Mar 23, 2020−55.4%9.1 yrsnot yet15.6 yrs+
Jul 28, 1988Jan 30, 1991−53.0%2.5 yrsJun 2, 19945.8 yrs
Apr 6, 1999Sep 21, 2001−41.6%2.5 yrsMay 1, 20023.1 yrs
Oct 13, 1987Oct 26, 1987−36.6%13 daysMar 7, 19885 mo
May 1, 2002Apr 25, 2003−34.5%12 moJun 23, 20042.1 yrs
Jul 17, 1998Oct 9, 1998−34.1%3 moMar 9, 19998 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 Honda Motor Company Ltd. 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 Honda Motor Company Ltd. from its all-time high?
Honda Motor Company Ltd. is currently 27.6% below its all-time high, set Feb 18, 2011 (as of market close, Sep 18, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
What was the biggest Honda Motor Company Ltd. drawdown ever?
The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1980) took Honda Motor Company Ltd. 58.9% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 31, 1982. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.

Methodology & related#

Daily data since -1 from HMC; no free deep history exists for Honda Motor Company Ltd. — 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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