LyondellBasell Industries NV Ordinary Shares drawdown: 49.0% below the all-time high
LyondellBasell Industries NV Ordinary Shares is 49.0% below its all-time high, set Jan 26, 2018 (as of market close, Sep 18, 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
- −49.0%
- 51.0% of ATH
- All-time high
- $121.49
- Jan 26, 2018
- Time below the high
- 8.6 yrs
- since Jan 26, 2018
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −71.3%
- Mar 16, 2020
- Longest underwater
- 8.6 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jan 17, 2013
- 13.7 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −49.0% episode
% of all-time high since 2010#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2018 | Mar 16, 2020 | −71.3% | 2.1 yrs | not yet | 8.6 yrs+ |
| May 2, 2011 | Oct 3, 2011 | −47.2% | 5 mo | Feb 13, 2012 | 9 mo |
| Sep 5, 2014 | Dec 12, 2014 | −38.4% | 3 mo | Jan 9, 2018 | 3.3 yrs |
| Apr 29, 2010 | Jul 7, 2010 | −34.8% | 2 mo | Sep 27, 2010 | 5 mo |
| Feb 13, 2012 | Jun 4, 2012 | −20.1% | 4 mo | Aug 7, 2012 | 6 mo |
| Oct 17, 2012 | Nov 15, 2012 | −18.5% | 29 days | Dec 24, 2012 | 2 mo |
| Mar 20, 2013 | Apr 15, 2013 | −15.1% | 26 days | May 16, 2013 | 57 days |
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 2010: how far LyondellBasell Industries NV Ordinary Shares 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 LyondellBasell Industries NV Ordinary Shares from its all-time high?
- LyondellBasell Industries NV Ordinary Shares is currently 49.0% below its all-time high, set Jan 26, 2018 (as of market close, Sep 18, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest LyondellBasell Industries NV Ordinary Shares drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2010) took LyondellBasell Industries NV Ordinary Shares 71.3% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 16, 2020. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from LYB; no free deep history exists for LyondellBasell Industries NV Ordinary Shares — 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.