Pacific Gas & Electric Co. drawdown: 80.7% below the all-time high
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is 80.7% below its all-time high, set Sep 11, 2017 (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
- −80.7%
- 19.3% of ATH
- All-time high
- $71.56
- Sep 11, 2017
- Time below the high
- 9.0 yrs
- since Sep 11, 2017
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −94.7%
- Oct 28, 2019
- Longest underwater
- 11.8 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jun 1, 1972
- 54.3 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Apr 9, 2001
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1972#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2017 | Oct 28, 2019 | −94.7% | 2.1 yrs | not yet | 9.0 yrs+ |
| Sep 1, 1993 | Apr 6, 2001 | −82.0% | 7.6 yrs | Jun 9, 2005 | 11.8 yrs |
| Aug 26, 1986 | May 2, 1988 | −48.6% | 1.7 yrs | Aug 15, 1991 | 5.0 yrs |
| Dec 13, 1972 | Oct 4, 1974 | −48.3% | 1.8 yrs | Nov 22, 1983 | 10.9 yrs |
| Apr 25, 2007 | Oct 10, 2008 | −43.0% | 18 mo | Dec 11, 2014 | 7.6 yrs |
| Nov 30, 1983 | Mar 9, 1984 | −24.1% | 3 mo | Nov 23, 1984 | 12 mo |
| Jan 29, 2015 | Sep 4, 2015 | −20.9% | 7 mo | Jun 1, 2016 | 16 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 1972: how far Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 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 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. from its all-time high?
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is currently 80.7% below its all-time high, set Sep 11, 2017 (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 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1972) took Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 94.7% below its prior high, bottoming Oct 28, 2019. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from PCG; no free deep history exists for Pacific Gas & Electric Co. — 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.