ORLY drawdown: 18.9% below the all-time high
O'Reilly Automotive Inc. (ORLY) is 18.9% below its all-time high, set Sep 11, 2025 (as of market close, Jul 24, 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. "All-time" means since our price data begins (1993).
- Below all-time high
- −18.9%
- 81.1% of ATH
- All-time high
- $107.8
- Sep 11, 2025
- Time below the high
- 10 mo
- since Sep 11, 2025
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −65.4%
- Mar 8, 2000
- Longest underwater
- 2.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Feb 3, 2025
- 18 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Jun 21, 2022
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1993#
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.
% of all-time high on the price basis — the all-time high considers the full history of ORLY, including years before the visible window. Dividends are excluded on this basis (the convention headlines use).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 1999 | Mar 8, 2000 | −65.4% | 8 mo | Dec 29, 2000 | 17 mo |
| Jun 1, 2007 | Oct 27, 2008 | −45.3% | 17 mo | Apr 17, 2009 | 1.9 yrs |
| Nov 18, 2019 | Mar 23, 2020 | −42.0% | 4 mo | Jul 22, 2020 | 8 mo |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Jul 7, 2017 | −40.5% | 11 mo | Jul 19, 2018 | 2.0 yrs |
| Dec 18, 2001 | Feb 10, 2003 | −39.7% | 14 mo | Aug 29, 2003 | 1.7 yrs |
| Dec 29, 2000 | Mar 22, 2001 | −33.4% | 3 mo | Jun 15, 2001 | 6 mo |
| Jul 26, 2001 | Sep 18, 2001 | −33.3% | 54 days | Dec 5, 2001 | 4 mo |
| Feb 11, 1994 | Feb 14, 1995 | −32.6% | 12 mo | Feb 29, 1996 | 2.0 yrs |
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 1993: how far ORLY 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: ORLY is on this chart precisely because it survived — the many stocks that fell this far and never recovered (or were delisted) aren't on anyone's chart, 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 ORLY from its all-time high?
- ORLY is currently 18.9% below its all-time high, set Sep 11, 2025 (as of market close, Jul 24, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest ORLY drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1993) took the stock 65.4% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 8, 2000. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily closing prices since 1993 (split-adjusted). "All-time" means since our price data begins — ORLY may have traded earlier. For a 150-year index 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, 150 years of returns and the rolling-returns explorer. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.