McCormick & Company Incorporated drawdown: 53.6% below the all-time high
McCormick & Company Incorporated is 53.6% below its all-time high, set Sep 2, 2020 (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
- −53.6%
- 46.4% of ATH
- All-time high
- $104.89
- Sep 2, 2020
- Time below the high
- 6.0 yrs
- since Sep 2, 2020
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −56.5%
- May 13, 2026
- Longest underwater
- 17.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Mar 29, 2016
- 10.5 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Dec 20, 1978
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1973#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2020 | May 13, 2026 | −56.5% | 5.7 yrs | not yet | 6.0 yrs+ |
| Feb 23, 1973 | Dec 20, 1978 | −53.6% | 5.8 yrs | Mar 26, 1990 | 17.1 yrs |
| Dec 31, 1992 | Nov 21, 1994 | −40.5% | 1.9 yrs | Mar 12, 1998 | 5.2 yrs |
| Jan 23, 2020 | Mar 23, 2020 | −34.1% | 2 mo | May 14, 2020 | 4 mo |
| Jul 2, 1998 | Jan 25, 2000 | −33.3% | 1.6 yrs | Jun 16, 2000 | 2.0 yrs |
| Aug 6, 2008 | Apr 15, 2009 | −32.0% | 8 mo | Sep 30, 2010 | 2.1 yrs |
| Jun 28, 1990 | Aug 23, 1990 | −29.8% | 56 days | Dec 26, 1990 | 6 mo |
| Feb 12, 1992 | Jun 18, 1992 | −27.0% | 4 mo | Nov 11, 1992 | 9 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 1973: how far McCormick & Company Incorporated 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 McCormick & Company Incorporated from its all-time high?
- McCormick & Company Incorporated is currently 53.6% below its all-time high, set Sep 2, 2020 (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 McCormick & Company Incorporated drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1973) took McCormick & Company Incorporated 56.5% below its prior high, bottoming May 13, 2026. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from MKC; no free deep history exists for McCormick & Company Incorporated — 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.