Realty Income Corporation drawdown: 25.5% below the all-time high
Realty Income Corporation is 25.5% below its all-time high, set Feb 21, 2020 (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
- −25.5%
- 74.5% of ATH
- All-time high
- $79.88
- Feb 21, 2020
- Time below the high
- 6.6 yrs
- since Feb 21, 2020
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −50.6%
- Mar 6, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 6.6 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Mar 17, 2016
- 10.5 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Jul 2, 2018
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1994#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2007 | Mar 6, 2009 | −50.6% | 16 mo | Mar 18, 2010 | 2.3 yrs |
| Feb 21, 2020 | Mar 18, 2020 | −48.4% | 26 days | not yet | 6.6 yrs+ |
| Aug 1, 2016 | Feb 8, 2018 | −34.1% | 1.5 yrs | Mar 21, 2019 | 2.6 yrs |
| May 17, 2013 | Dec 5, 2013 | −33.4% | 7 mo | Jan 28, 2015 | 1.7 yrs |
| Aug 29, 1997 | Mar 31, 2000 | −30.3% | 2.6 yrs | Apr 19, 2001 | 3.6 yrs |
| Apr 28, 2011 | Aug 8, 2011 | −22.3% | 3 mo | Jan 25, 2012 | 9 mo |
| Feb 7, 2007 | Jul 31, 2007 | −22.3% | 6 mo | Nov 13, 2007 | 9 mo |
| Jan 29, 2015 | Sep 4, 2015 | −21.3% | 7 mo | Jan 26, 2016 | 12 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 1994: how far Realty Income 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 Realty Income Corporation from its all-time high?
- Realty Income Corporation is currently 25.5% below its all-time high, set Feb 21, 2020 (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 Realty Income Corporation drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1994) took Realty Income Corporation 50.6% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 6, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from O; no free deep history exists for Realty Income 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.