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Lumen Technologies Inc. drawdown: 90.6% below the all-time high (price)

Lumen Technologies Inc. is 90.6% below its all-time high, set Jul 6, 2007 (as of market close, Oct 16, 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
−90.6%
9.4% of ATH
All-time high
$49.52
Jul 6, 2007
Time below the high
19.3 yrs
since Jul 6, 2007
Worst-ever drawdown
−98.0%
Nov 1, 2023
Longest underwater
19.3 yrs
between all-time highs
Today's level first reached
Jun 23, 1988
38.3 yrs ago
Last time this deep
never before
no prior −90.6% episode

% of all-time high since 1987: 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.

Basis
Range
All-time high = 100%20%40%60%80%
LUMN close · log1.002.005.0010.0020.00
19901995200020052010201520202025

The deepest drawdowns on record#

Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.

PeakTroughDepthPeak → troughRecovered byUnderwater
Jul 6, 2007Nov 1, 2023−98.0%16.3 yrsnot yet19.3 yrs+
Mar 19, 1999Jul 23, 2002−54.6%3.3 yrsMay 30, 20078.2 yrs
Dec 29, 1989Aug 23, 1990−38.5%8 moFeb 18, 19922.1 yrs
Mar 10, 1993Mar 29, 1994−32.1%13 moFeb 9, 19951.9 yrs
May 6, 1992Jun 26, 1992−26.7%51 daysNov 4, 19926 mo
Jun 24, 1988Aug 23, 1988−20.5%2 moSep 30, 19883 mo
Feb 12, 1996May 15, 1997−18.4%15 moJul 14, 199717 mo
Feb 9, 1995Aug 14, 1995−17.1%6 moJan 3, 199611 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 1987: how far Lumen Technologies Inc. stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.

1950–19992000–today

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 Lumen Technologies Inc. from its all-time high?
Lumen Technologies Inc. is currently 90.6% below its all-time high, set Jul 6, 2007 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
What was the biggest Lumen Technologies Inc. drawdown ever?
The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1987) took Lumen Technologies Inc. 98.0% below its prior high, bottoming Nov 1, 2023. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.

Methodology & related#

Daily data since -1 from LUMN; no free deep history exists for Lumen Technologies 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.

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