Microsoft Corporation drawdown: 8.6% below the all-time high
Microsoft Corporation is 8.6% below its all-time high, set Oct 28, 2025 (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
- −8.6%
- 91.4% of ATH
- All-time high
- $542.07
- Oct 28, 2025
- Time below the high
- 10 mo
- since Oct 28, 2025
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −74.6%
- Mar 9, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 16.8 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jun 26, 2025
- 15 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- May 1, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1986#
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 27, 1999 | Mar 9, 2009 | −74.6% | 9.2 yrs | Oct 21, 2016 | 16.8 yrs |
| Oct 5, 1987 | Oct 26, 1987 | −50.3% | 21 days | Oct 5, 1989 | 2.0 yrs |
| Nov 19, 2021 | Nov 3, 2022 | −37.6% | 11 mo | Jun 15, 2023 | 1.6 yrs |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Jun 25, 2026 | −34.9% | 8 mo | not yet | 10 mo+ |
| Jul 16, 1990 | Aug 23, 1990 | −34.7% | 38 days | Jan 16, 1991 | 6 mo |
| May 8, 1987 | Jul 7, 1987 | −28.6% | 2 mo | Sep 28, 1987 | 5 mo |
| Feb 10, 2020 | Mar 16, 2020 | −28.2% | 35 days | Jun 9, 2020 | 4 mo |
| Jul 17, 1995 | Jan 9, 1996 | −26.4% | 6 mo | Apr 18, 1996 | 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 1986: how far Microsoft 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 Microsoft Corporation from its all-time high?
- Microsoft Corporation is currently 8.6% below its all-time high, set Oct 28, 2025 (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 Microsoft Corporation drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1986) took Microsoft Corporation 74.6% 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 MSFT; no free deep history exists for Microsoft 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.