Middleby Corporation (The) drawdown: 31.2% below the all-time high (price)
Middleby Corporation (The) is 31.2% below its all-time high, set Feb 9, 2022 (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
- −31.2%
- 68.8% of ATH
- All-time high
- $160.62
- Feb 9, 2022
- Time below the high
- 4.7 yrs
- since Feb 9, 2022
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −91.6%
- Dec 23, 1991
- Longest underwater
- 7.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Nov 25, 2016
- 9.9 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Oct 6, 2020
- in a previous 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.
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 17, 1989 | Dec 23, 1991 | −91.6% | 2.4 yrs | Apr 16, 1996 | 6.7 yrs |
| May 17, 1996 | Oct 8, 1998 | −77.6% | 2.4 yrs | Jun 18, 2003 | 7.1 yrs |
| Nov 28, 2007 | Mar 2, 2009 | −73.1% | 15 mo | Nov 15, 2010 | 3.0 yrs |
| Dec 8, 2016 | Mar 23, 2020 | −69.2% | 3.3 yrs | Feb 24, 2021 | 4.2 yrs |
| Feb 9, 2022 | Nov 1, 2023 | −44.4% | 1.7 yrs | not yet | 4.7 yrs+ |
| Sep 30, 1987 | Dec 23, 1987 | −44.0% | 3 mo | Mar 8, 1988 | 5 mo |
| Aug 10, 2015 | Feb 11, 2016 | −35.0% | 6 mo | May 27, 2016 | 10 mo |
| Jul 1, 1988 | Dec 1, 1988 | −30.6% | 5 mo | Jan 20, 1989 | 7 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 Middleby Corporation (The) 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 Middleby Corporation (The) from its all-time high?
- Middleby Corporation (The) is currently 31.2% below its all-time high, set Feb 9, 2022 (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 Middleby Corporation (The) drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1987) took Middleby Corporation (The) 91.6% below its prior high, bottoming Dec 23, 1991. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from MIDD; no free deep history exists for Middleby Corporation (The) — 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.