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Illinois Tool Works Inc. drawdown: 10.5% below the all-time high

Illinois Tool Works Inc. is 10.5% below its all-time high, set Feb 13, 2026 (as of market close, Sep 11, 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
−10.5%
89.5% of ATH
All-time high
$299.6
Feb 13, 2026
Time below the high
7 mo
since Feb 13, 2026
Worst-ever drawdown
−56.4%
Mar 5, 2009
Longest underwater
9.2 yrs
between all-time highs
Today's level first reached
Mar 20, 2024
2.5 yrs ago
Last time this deep
Jan 7, 2026
in a previous episode

% of all-time high since 1973#

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%50%60%70%80%90%
ITW close · log1.005.0020.00100
19801990200020102020

The deepest drawdowns on record#

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

PeakTroughDepthPeak → troughRecovered byUnderwater
Oct 12, 2007Mar 5, 2009−56.4%17 moAug 17, 20124.8 yrs
Nov 1, 1973Mar 8, 1978−42.1%4.3 yrsDec 31, 19829.2 yrs
Jun 30, 1999Sep 21, 2001−39.9%2.2 yrsDec 8, 20034.4 yrs
Feb 20, 2020Mar 23, 2020−37.8%32 daysAug 7, 20206 mo
May 14, 1998Sep 11, 1998−36.8%4 moApr 15, 199911 mo
Jan 26, 2018Dec 24, 2018−33.5%11 moDec 12, 20191.9 yrs
Jul 17, 1990Nov 1, 1990−31.0%4 moMar 15, 19918 mo
Jan 4, 2022Jul 14, 2022−28.9%6 moFeb 2, 202313 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 1973: how far Illinois Tool Works 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 Illinois Tool Works Inc. from its all-time high?
Illinois Tool Works Inc. is currently 10.5% below its all-time high, set Feb 13, 2026 (as of market close, Sep 11, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
What was the biggest Illinois Tool Works Inc. drawdown ever?
The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1973) took Illinois Tool Works Inc. 56.4% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 5, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.

Methodology & related#

Daily data since -1 from ITW; no free deep history exists for Illinois Tool Works 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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