LITE drawdown: 20.4% below the all-time high
Lumentum Holdings Inc. (LITE) is 20.4% below its all-time high, set May 11, 2026 (as of market close, Aug 6, 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. "All-time" means since our price data begins (2015).
- Below all-time high
- −20.4%
- 79.6% of ATH
- All-time high
- $1,053
- May 11, 2026
- Time below the high
- 3 mo
- since May 11, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −66.9%
- Oct 27, 2023
- Longest underwater
- 4.5 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Apr 8, 2026
- 4 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Mar 13, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2015#
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.
% of all-time high on the price basis — the all-time high considers the full history of LITE, including years before the visible window. Dividends are excluded on this basis (the convention headlines use).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2021 | Oct 27, 2023 | −66.9% | 2.8 yrs | Jul 29, 2025 | 4.5 yrs |
| Mar 14, 2018 | Nov 12, 2018 | −48.8% | 8 mo | Nov 27, 2019 | 1.7 yrs |
| May 11, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | −42.8% | 3 mo | not yet | 3 mo+ |
| Aug 3, 2015 | Oct 19, 2015 | −39.8% | 3 mo | Feb 5, 2016 | 6 mo |
| Jul 24, 2017 | Feb 5, 2018 | −37.3% | 6 mo | Mar 9, 2018 | 7 mo |
| Feb 12, 2020 | Mar 20, 2020 | −33.1% | 37 days | Aug 3, 2020 | 6 mo |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | −28.7% | 4 days | Mar 24, 2026 | 22 days |
| Aug 4, 2020 | Sep 10, 2020 | −26.5% | 37 days | Dec 22, 2020 | 5 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 2015: how far LITE 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: LITE is on this chart precisely because it survived — the many stocks that fell this far and never recovered (or were delisted) aren't on anyone's chart, 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 LITE from its all-time high?
- LITE is currently 20.4% below its all-time high, set May 11, 2026 (as of market close, Aug 6, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest LITE drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2015) took the stock 66.9% below its prior high, bottoming Oct 27, 2023. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily closing prices since 2015 (split-adjusted). "All-time" means since our price data begins — LITE may have traded earlier. For a 150-year index 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, 150 years of returns and the rolling-returns explorer. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.