nLIGHT Inc. drawdown: 57.4% below the all-time high (price)
NLIGHT Inc. is 57.4% below its all-time high, set May 11, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 20, 2026), measured on price alone — dividends are not included, the convention headlines and crash histories use. 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
- −57.4%
- 42.6% of ATH
- All-time high
- $84.95
- May 11, 2026
- Time below the high
- 5 mo
- since May 11, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −85.7%
- Apr 8, 2025
- Longest underwater
- 4.9 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- May 24, 2018
- 8.4 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Jul 22, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2018: price#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | −85.7% | 4.1 yrs | Jan 20, 2026 | 4.9 yrs |
| Jul 17, 2018 | Apr 3, 2020 | −77.0% | 1.7 yrs | Feb 16, 2021 | 2.6 yrs |
| May 11, 2026 | Oct 16, 2026 | −60.4% | 5 mo | not yet | 5 mo+ |
| Mar 25, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 | −24.7% | 5 days | Apr 21, 2026 | 27 days |
| Jun 1, 2018 | Jul 6, 2018 | −21.8% | 35 days | Jul 17, 2018 | 46 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 2018: how far nLIGHT 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 nLIGHT Inc. from its all-time high?
- nLIGHT Inc. is currently 57.4% below its all-time high, set May 11, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 20, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest nLIGHT Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2018) took nLIGHT Inc. 85.7% below its prior high, bottoming Apr 8, 2025. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from LASR; no free deep history exists for nLIGHT 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.