Meritage Homes Corporation drawdown: 44.6% below the all-time high (price)
Meritage Homes Corporation is 44.6% below its all-time high, set Sep 19, 2024 (as of market close, Oct 16, 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
- −44.6%
- 55.4% of ATH
- All-time high
- $106.85
- Sep 19, 2024
- Time below the high
- 2.1 yrs
- since Sep 19, 2024
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −93.2%
- Nov 21, 2008
- Longest underwater
- 15.0 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Nov 17, 2021
- 4.9 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Oct 20, 2022
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1988: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2005 | Nov 21, 2008 | −93.2% | 3.3 yrs | Jul 27, 2020 | 15.0 yrs |
| Nov 4, 1991 | Oct 28, 1993 | −92.4% | 2.0 yrs | Dec 11, 2000 | 9.1 yrs |
| Aug 15, 1988 | Feb 22, 1990 | −79.0% | 1.5 yrs | Oct 30, 1991 | 3.2 yrs |
| Jul 19, 2001 | Sep 20, 2001 | −51.1% | 2 mo | Feb 27, 2002 | 7 mo |
| Dec 31, 2021 | Jun 21, 2022 | −46.8% | 6 mo | Apr 17, 2023 | 16 mo |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Oct 12, 2026 | −45.9% | 2.1 yrs | not yet | 2.1 yrs+ |
| Feb 6, 2001 | Apr 6, 2001 | −44.6% | 59 days | May 8, 2001 | 3 mo |
| Apr 25, 2002 | Jul 23, 2002 | −41.2% | 3 mo | May 30, 2003 | 13 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 1988: how far Meritage Homes 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 Meritage Homes Corporation from its all-time high?
- Meritage Homes Corporation is currently 44.6% below its all-time high, set Sep 19, 2024 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Meritage Homes Corporation drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1988) took Meritage Homes Corporation 93.2% below its prior high, bottoming Nov 21, 2008. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from MTH; no free deep history exists for Meritage Homes 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.