Illumina Inc. drawdown: 46.4% below the all-time high
Illumina Inc. is 46.4% below its all-time high, set Aug 16, 2021 (as of market close, Sep 30, 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
- −46.4%
- 53.6% of ATH
- All-time high
- $510.55
- Aug 16, 2021
- Time below the high
- 5.1 yrs
- since Aug 16, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −96.1%
- Mar 13, 2003
- Longest underwater
- 6.9 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jun 6, 2018
- 8.3 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Dec 30, 2016
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2000#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2000 | Mar 13, 2003 | −96.1% | 2.5 yrs | Jul 26, 2007 | 6.9 yrs |
| Aug 16, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | −86.2% | 3.6 yrs | not yet | 5.1 yrs+ |
| Jul 6, 2011 | Dec 13, 2011 | −66.7% | 5 mo | Jul 24, 2013 | 2.1 yrs |
| Aug 15, 2008 | Nov 21, 2008 | −57.8% | 3 mo | Aug 6, 2010 | 2.0 yrs |
| Jul 20, 2015 | Dec 7, 2016 | −49.2% | 17 mo | Jan 9, 2018 | 2.5 yrs |
| Jul 5, 2019 | Mar 18, 2020 | −44.7% | 8 mo | Jul 6, 2020 | 12 mo |
| Aug 5, 2020 | Sep 22, 2020 | −33.0% | 48 days | Jan 20, 2021 | 6 mo |
| Feb 25, 2014 | Apr 15, 2014 | −27.0% | 49 days | Jul 1, 2014 | 4 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 2000: how far Illumina 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 Illumina Inc. from its all-time high?
- Illumina Inc. is currently 46.4% below its all-time high, set Aug 16, 2021 (as of market close, Sep 30, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Illumina Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2000) took Illumina Inc. 96.1% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 13, 2003. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from ILMN; no free deep history exists for Illumina 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.