NOV Inc. drawdown: 78.1% below the all-time high (price)
NOV Inc. is 78.1% below its all-time high, set Aug 29, 2014 (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
- −78.1%
- 21.9% of ATH
- All-time high
- $86.43
- Aug 29, 2014
- Time below the high
- 12.1 yrs
- since Aug 29, 2014
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −90.7%
- Oct 28, 2020
- Longest underwater
- 12.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Oct 10, 1997
- 29.0 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Dec 4, 2008
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1996: 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 29, 2014 | Oct 28, 2020 | −90.7% | 6.2 yrs | not yet | 12.1 yrs+ |
| Nov 6, 1997 | Aug 31, 1998 | −81.7% | 10 mo | Feb 24, 2005 | 7.3 yrs |
| Jun 23, 2008 | Nov 20, 2008 | −80.5% | 5 mo | Jun 27, 2014 | 6.0 yrs |
| Oct 15, 2007 | Mar 20, 2008 | −35.1% | 5 mo | May 20, 2008 | 7 mo |
| Jan 30, 2006 | Oct 3, 2006 | −32.0% | 8 mo | Mar 21, 2007 | 14 mo |
| Jan 16, 1997 | Feb 10, 1997 | −23.7% | 25 days | Apr 17, 1997 | 3 mo |
| Mar 14, 2005 | Apr 29, 2005 | −20.9% | 46 days | Jul 22, 2005 | 4 mo |
| Sep 28, 2005 | Oct 20, 2005 | −18.2% | 22 days | Jan 3, 2006 | 3 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 1996: how far NOV 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 NOV Inc. from its all-time high?
- NOV Inc. is currently 78.1% below its all-time high, set Aug 29, 2014 (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 NOV Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1996) took NOV Inc. 90.7% below its prior high, bottoming Oct 28, 2020. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from NOV; no free deep history exists for NOV 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.