PAG drawdown: 2.1% below the all-time high
Penske Automotive Group Inc. (PAG) is 2.1% below its all-time high, set Jul 29, 2026 (as of market close, Aug 13, 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 (1996).
- Below all-time high
- −2.1%
- 97.9% of ATH
- All-time high
- $223.4
- Jul 29, 2026
- Time below the high
- 15 days
- since Jul 29, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −83.3%
- Feb 18, 1999
- Longest underwater
- 8.7 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jul 28, 2026
- 16 days ago
- Last time this deep
- Jul 21, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1996#
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 PAG, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 1996 | Feb 18, 1999 | −83.3% | 2.3 yrs | Jul 20, 2005 | 8.7 yrs |
| Feb 6, 2007 | Mar 9, 2009 | −80.2% | 2.1 yrs | Feb 14, 2012 | 5.0 yrs |
| Dec 8, 2016 | Mar 23, 2020 | −61.9% | 3.3 yrs | Oct 19, 2020 | 3.9 yrs |
| Aug 5, 2015 | Feb 3, 2016 | −44.7% | 6 mo | Dec 7, 2016 | 16 mo |
| Jul 3, 2014 | Oct 13, 2014 | −26.7% | 3 mo | Feb 5, 2015 | 7 mo |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Mar 20, 2026 | −25.3% | 7 mo | Jul 9, 2026 | 10 mo |
| May 2, 2012 | Jun 26, 2012 | −23.2% | 55 days | Sep 5, 2012 | 4 mo |
| Aug 16, 2022 | Oct 20, 2022 | −22.6% | 2 mo | Nov 14, 2022 | 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 PAG 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: PAG 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 PAG from its all-time high?
- PAG is currently 2.1% below its all-time high, set Jul 29, 2026 (as of market close, Aug 13, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest PAG drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1996) took the stock 83.3% below its prior high, bottoming Feb 18, 1999. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily closing prices since 1996 (split-adjusted). "All-time" means since our price data begins — PAG 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.