Nelnet Inc. drawdown: 12.4% below the all-time high (price)
Nelnet Inc. is 12.4% below its all-time high, set Apr 28, 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
- −12.4%
- 87.6% of ATH
- All-time high
- $144.23
- Apr 28, 2026
- Time below the high
- 6 mo
- since Apr 28, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −90.2%
- Mar 2, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 7.8 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Aug 12, 2025
- 14 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- May 8, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2003: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2006 | Mar 2, 2009 | −90.2% | 3.1 yrs | Oct 29, 2013 | 7.8 yrs |
| Sep 17, 2019 | Mar 23, 2020 | −44.4% | 6 mo | Nov 10, 2020 | 14 mo |
| Mar 24, 2015 | Jan 19, 2016 | −40.6% | 10 mo | Nov 14, 2016 | 1.6 yrs |
| Apr 2, 2004 | May 17, 2004 | −34.1% | 45 days | Dec 10, 2004 | 8 mo |
| Dec 8, 2016 | May 25, 2017 | −28.7% | 6 mo | Oct 19, 2017 | 10 mo |
| Dec 14, 2021 | Jun 16, 2022 | −25.5% | 6 mo | Nov 22, 2022 | 11 mo |
| Jun 6, 2018 | Dec 21, 2018 | −24.2% | 7 mo | Aug 1, 2019 | 14 mo |
| Nov 29, 2013 | Feb 10, 2014 | −21.0% | 2 mo | Aug 18, 2014 | 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 2003: how far Nelnet Inc. 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 Nelnet Inc. from its all-time high?
- Nelnet Inc. is currently 12.4% below its all-time high, set Apr 28, 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 Nelnet Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2003) took Nelnet Inc. 90.2% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 2, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from NNI; no free deep history exists for Nelnet Inc. — 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.