LKQ drawdown: 57.0% below the all-time high
LKQ Corporation (LKQ) is 57.0% below its all-time high, set Dec 31, 2021 (as of market close, Jul 24, 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 (2003).
- Below all-time high
- −57.0%
- 43.0% of ATH
- All-time high
- $60.03
- Dec 31, 2021
- Time below the high
- 4.6 yrs
- since Dec 31, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −68.0%
- Mar 23, 2020
- Longest underwater
- 4.6 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jun 17, 2013
- 13.1 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Apr 3, 2020
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2003#
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 LKQ, 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, 2018 | Mar 23, 2020 | −68.0% | 2.2 yrs | Mar 17, 2021 | 3.2 yrs |
| Mar 24, 2008 | Dec 4, 2008 | −62.8% | 8 mo | Jan 24, 2011 | 2.8 yrs |
| Dec 31, 2021 | May 19, 2026 | −59.1% | 4.4 yrs | not yet | 4.6 yrs+ |
| Jun 23, 2004 | Oct 25, 2004 | −32.8% | 4 mo | Dec 14, 2004 | 6 mo |
| Dec 13, 2013 | Mar 25, 2015 | −30.2% | 15 mo | Apr 26, 2016 | 2.4 yrs |
| Jul 7, 2011 | Aug 8, 2011 | −24.8% | 32 days | Oct 10, 2011 | 3 mo |
| Aug 30, 2016 | Apr 13, 2017 | −22.9% | 7 mo | Oct 2, 2017 | 13 mo |
| May 8, 2006 | Jun 28, 2006 | −22.6% | 51 days | Oct 11, 2006 | 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 2003: how far LKQ 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: LKQ 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 LKQ from its all-time high?
- LKQ is currently 57.0% below its all-time high, set Dec 31, 2021 (as of market close, Jul 24, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest LKQ drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2003) took the stock 68.0% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 23, 2020. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily closing prices since 2003 (split-adjusted). "All-time" means since our price data begins — LKQ 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.