LOW drawdown: 27.7% below the all-time high
Lowe's Companies Inc. (LOW) is 27.7% below its all-time high, set Feb 13, 2026 (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 (1985).
- Below all-time high
- −27.7%
- 72.3% of ATH
- All-time high
- $287.4
- Feb 13, 2026
- Time below the high
- 5 mo
- since Feb 13, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −62.7%
- Dec 3, 1987
- Longest underwater
- 5.7 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Apr 16, 2021
- 5.3 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Oct 30, 2023
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1985#
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 LOW, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 1986 | Dec 3, 1987 | −62.7% | 1.5 yrs | May 21, 1990 | 4.0 yrs |
| Jul 2, 1990 | Nov 21, 1990 | −62.6% | 5 mo | Dec 17, 1992 | 2.5 yrs |
| Feb 23, 2007 | Mar 6, 2009 | −61.7% | 2.0 yrs | Nov 23, 2012 | 5.7 yrs |
| Feb 20, 2020 | Mar 18, 2020 | −48.6% | 27 days | May 27, 2020 | 3 mo |
| Jul 8, 1998 | Oct 8, 1998 | −44.7% | 3 mo | Dec 7, 1998 | 5 mo |
| Mar 11, 1999 | Oct 17, 2000 | −42.5% | 1.6 yrs | May 15, 2001 | 2.2 yrs |
| Nov 2, 1994 | May 4, 1995 | −34.8% | 6 mo | Sep 16, 1996 | 1.9 yrs |
| Dec 10, 2021 | Jun 16, 2022 | −34.3% | 6 mo | Sep 23, 2024 | 2.8 yrs |
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 1985: how far LOW 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: LOW 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 LOW from its all-time high?
- LOW is currently 27.7% below its all-time high, set Feb 13, 2026 (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 LOW drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1985) took the stock 62.7% below its prior high, bottoming Dec 3, 1987. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily closing prices since 1985 (split-adjusted). "All-time" means since our price data begins — LOW 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.