Moody's Corporation drawdown: 12.0% below the all-time high
Moody's Corporation is 12.0% below its all-time high, set Jan 15, 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
- −12.0%
- 88.0% of ATH
- All-time high
- $539.61
- Jan 15, 2026
- Time below the high
- 8 mo
- since Jan 15, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −79.1%
- Nov 20, 2008
- Longest underwater
- 6.8 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Aug 21, 2024
- 2.1 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- May 6, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1994#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 2007 | Nov 20, 2008 | −79.1% | 1.8 yrs | Nov 15, 2013 | 6.8 yrs |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Oct 14, 2022 | −42.2% | 12 mo | May 15, 2024 | 2.5 yrs |
| Feb 19, 2020 | Mar 23, 2020 | −42.1% | 33 days | Jul 7, 2020 | 5 mo |
| Apr 22, 1999 | Aug 30, 1999 | −38.8% | 4 mo | Apr 10, 2001 | 2.0 yrs |
| May 5, 1998 | Sep 4, 1998 | −37.6% | 4 mo | Mar 3, 1999 | 10 mo |
| Jul 25, 2018 | Dec 24, 2018 | −30.8% | 5 mo | Apr 5, 2019 | 8 mo |
| Apr 4, 2006 | Jul 17, 2006 | −30.6% | 3 mo | Feb 1, 2007 | 10 mo |
| Jul 20, 2015 | Feb 11, 2016 | −30.5% | 7 mo | Feb 17, 2017 | 1.6 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 1994: how far Moody's Corporation 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 Moody's Corporation from its all-time high?
- Moody's Corporation is currently 12.0% below its all-time high, set Jan 15, 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 Moody's Corporation drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1994) took Moody's Corporation 79.1% below its prior high, bottoming Nov 20, 2008. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from MCO; no free deep history exists for Moody's Corporation — 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.