Lowe's Companies Inc. drawdown: 31.5% below the all-time high
Lowe's Companies Inc. is 31.5% below its all-time high, set Feb 13, 2026 (as of market close, Sep 11, 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
- −31.5%
- 68.5% of ATH
- All-time high
- $287.39
- Feb 13, 2026
- Time below the high
- 7 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 9, 2021
- 5.4 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Oct 20, 2022
- 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Lowe's Companies 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 Lowe's Companies Inc. from its all-time high?
- Lowe's Companies Inc. is currently 31.5% below its all-time high, set Feb 13, 2026 (as of market close, Sep 11, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Lowe's Companies Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1985) took Lowe's Companies Inc. 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 data since -1 from LOW; no free deep history exists for Lowe's Companies 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.