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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. drawdown: 97.3% below the all-time high

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. is 97.3% below its all-time high, set Mar 6, 2000 (as of market close, Oct 1, 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
−97.3%
2.7% of ATH
All-time high
$1,579
Mar 6, 2000
Time below the high
26.6 yrs
since Mar 6, 2000
Worst-ever drawdown
−99.8%
Jan 26, 2016
Longest underwater
26.6 yrs
between all-time highs
Today's level first reached
Nov 5, 1999
26.9 yrs ago
Last time this deep
never before
no prior −97.3% episode

% of all-time high since 1999#

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%20%40%60%80%
KTOS close · log5.0020.00100500
200020052010201520202025

The deepest drawdowns on record#

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

PeakTroughDepthPeak → troughRecovered byUnderwater
Mar 6, 2000Jan 26, 2016−99.8%15.9 yrsnot yet26.6 yrs+
Nov 8, 1999Dec 27, 1999−40.1%49 daysFeb 3, 20003 mo
Feb 29, 2000Mar 1, 2000−16.3%1 daysMar 3, 20003 days

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 1999: how far Kratos Defense & Security Solutions 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 Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. from its all-time high?
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. is currently 97.3% below its all-time high, set Mar 6, 2000 (as of market close, Oct 1, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
What was the biggest Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. drawdown ever?
The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1999) took Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. 99.8% below its prior high, bottoming Jan 26, 2016. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.

Methodology & related#

Daily data since -1 from KTOS; no free deep history exists for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions 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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