Paychex Inc. drawdown: 31.6% below the all-time high (price)
Paychex Inc. is 31.6% below its all-time high, set Jun 6, 2025 (as of market close, Oct 27, 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
- −31.6%
- 68.4% of ATH
- All-time high
- $159.78
- Jun 6, 2025
- Time below the high
- 17 mo
- since Jun 6, 2025
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −65.8%
- Mar 9, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 15.6 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jul 7, 2021
- 5.3 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Apr 3, 2020
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1990: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2000 | Mar 9, 2009 | −65.8% | 8.3 yrs | Jul 5, 2016 | 15.6 yrs |
| Jun 6, 2025 | Apr 10, 2026 | −46.4% | 10 mo | not yet | 17 mo+ |
| Feb 20, 2020 | Mar 23, 2020 | −44.2% | 32 days | Nov 9, 2020 | 9 mo |
| Oct 11, 1996 | Apr 2, 1997 | −38.6% | 6 mo | Nov 20, 1997 | 13 mo |
| Apr 12, 1990 | Aug 23, 1990 | −35.1% | 4 mo | Nov 13, 1990 | 7 mo |
| Nov 23, 1998 | Aug 10, 1999 | −31.1% | 9 mo | Oct 8, 1999 | 10 mo |
| Feb 15, 1994 | Jul 12, 1994 | −28.6% | 5 mo | Dec 30, 1994 | 10 mo |
| Apr 6, 2022 | May 31, 2023 | −25.7% | 14 mo | Oct 14, 2024 | 2.5 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 1990: how far Paychex 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 Paychex Inc. from its all-time high?
- Paychex Inc. is currently 31.6% below its all-time high, set Jun 6, 2025 (as of market close, Oct 27, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Paychex Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1990) took Paychex Inc. 65.8% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 9, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from PAYX; no free deep history exists for Paychex 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.