Kroger Company (The) drawdown: 22.6% below the all-time high
Kroger Company (The) is 22.6% below its all-time high, set Mar 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
- −22.6%
- 77.4% of ATH
- All-time high
- $75.6
- Mar 13, 2026
- Time below the high
- 6 mo
- since Mar 13, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −85.7%
- Dec 28, 1988
- Longest underwater
- 14.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Mar 4, 2022
- 4.5 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Feb 26, 2024
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1977#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 1988 | Dec 28, 1988 | −85.7% | 3 mo | Jul 3, 1997 | 8.7 yrs |
| Mar 18, 1999 | Oct 9, 2002 | −66.8% | 3.6 yrs | Apr 23, 2013 | 14.1 yrs |
| Dec 29, 2015 | Sep 25, 2017 | −53.2% | 1.7 yrs | Aug 10, 2021 | 5.6 yrs |
| Sep 21, 1979 | Mar 28, 1980 | −44.4% | 6 mo | Mar 11, 1981 | 18 mo |
| Jul 20, 1987 | Dec 7, 1987 | −41.7% | 5 mo | Sep 13, 1988 | 14 mo |
| Oct 7, 1982 | May 30, 1984 | −38.0% | 1.6 yrs | Nov 8, 1985 | 3.1 yrs |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Oct 17, 2022 | −31.7% | 6 mo | Dec 12, 2024 | 2.7 yrs |
| Apr 24, 1981 | Sep 25, 1981 | −29.7% | 5 mo | Mar 2, 1982 | 10 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 1977: how far Kroger Company (The) 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 Kroger Company (The) from its all-time high?
- Kroger Company (The) is currently 22.6% below its all-time high, set Mar 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 Kroger Company (The) drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1977) took Kroger Company (The) 85.7% below its prior high, bottoming Dec 28, 1988. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from KR; no free deep history exists for Kroger Company (The) — 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.