Mercury General Corporation drawdown: 5.5% below the all-time high (price)
Mercury General Corporation is 5.5% below its all-time high, set Jul 6, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 20, 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
- −5.5%
- 94.5% of ATH
- All-time high
- $111.12
- Jul 6, 2026
- Time below the high
- 3 mo
- since Jul 6, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −69.7%
- Dec 9, 1999
- Longest underwater
- 26.3 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jun 23, 2026
- 4 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Jun 3, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1990: 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 1998 | Dec 9, 1999 | −69.7% | 17 mo | Oct 30, 2024 | 26.3 yrs |
| Nov 29, 2024 | Jan 13, 2025 | −40.2% | 45 days | Sep 11, 2025 | 9 mo |
| Oct 4, 1993 | Apr 13, 1994 | −33.5% | 6 mo | Sep 18, 1995 | 2.0 yrs |
| Apr 17, 1991 | Oct 23, 1991 | −29.7% | 6 mo | Jun 3, 1992 | 14 mo |
| Sep 7, 1990 | Oct 30, 1990 | −22.5% | 53 days | Nov 26, 1990 | 3 mo |
| Feb 7, 1996 | Jul 24, 1996 | −22.4% | 6 mo | Oct 18, 1996 | 8 mo |
| Jun 15, 1990 | Aug 6, 1990 | −17.9% | 52 days | Aug 15, 1990 | 2 mo |
| Dec 31, 1997 | Jan 26, 1998 | −16.7% | 26 days | Feb 13, 1998 | 44 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 1990: how far Mercury General 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 Mercury General Corporation from its all-time high?
- Mercury General Corporation is currently 5.5% below its all-time high, set Jul 6, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 20, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Mercury General Corporation drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1990) took Mercury General Corporation 69.7% below its prior high, bottoming Dec 9, 1999. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from MCY; no free deep history exists for Mercury General 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.