MSA Safety Incorporated drawdown: 10.3% below the all-time high (price)
MSA Safety Incorporated is 10.3% below its all-time high, set Feb 12, 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
- −10.3%
- 89.7% of ATH
- All-time high
- $203.08
- Feb 12, 2026
- Time below the high
- 8 mo
- since Feb 12, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −71.5%
- Mar 9, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 6.3 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Aug 31, 2023
- 3.1 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Jan 30, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1973: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2007 | Mar 9, 2009 | −71.5% | 15 mo | Mar 21, 2014 | 6.3 yrs |
| Apr 18, 1973 | Dec 11, 1974 | −70.2% | 1.6 yrs | May 10, 1977 | 4.1 yrs |
| Sep 16, 1980 | Aug 13, 1982 | −50.0% | 1.9 yrs | Jul 18, 1985 | 4.8 yrs |
| Oct 4, 2001 | Nov 15, 2002 | −46.0% | 13 mo | Aug 21, 2003 | 1.9 yrs |
| Feb 11, 1986 | Dec 3, 1987 | −41.9% | 1.8 yrs | Sep 12, 1988 | 2.6 yrs |
| Feb 13, 2020 | Mar 23, 2020 | −38.4% | 39 days | Oct 8, 2020 | 8 mo |
| Sep 23, 1998 | Apr 1, 1999 | −38.1% | 6 mo | May 14, 2001 | 2.6 yrs |
| Jul 3, 2014 | Jan 21, 2016 | −37.2% | 1.6 yrs | Nov 11, 2016 | 2.4 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 1973: how far MSA Safety 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 MSA Safety Incorporated from its all-time high?
- MSA Safety Incorporated is currently 10.3% below its all-time high, set Feb 12, 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 MSA Safety Incorporated drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1973) took MSA Safety Incorporated 71.5% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 9, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from MSA; no free deep history exists for MSA Safety 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.