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Paylocity Holding Corporation drawdown: 44.4% below the all-time high (price)

Paylocity Holding Corporation is 44.4% below its all-time high, set Nov 1, 2021 (as of market close, Oct 20, 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
−44.4%
55.6% of ATH
All-time high
$305.75
Nov 1, 2021
Time below the high
5.0 yrs
since Nov 1, 2021
Worst-ever drawdown
−68.9%
Apr 10, 2026
Longest underwater
5.0 yrs
between all-time highs
Today's level first reached
Oct 5, 2020
6.0 yrs ago
Last time this deep
Apr 6, 2020
in a previous episode

% of all-time high since 2014: 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.

Basis
Range
All-time high = 100%40%60%80%
PCTY close · log20.0050.00100200
201620182020202220242026

The deepest drawdowns on record#

Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.

PeakTroughDepthPeak → troughRecovered byUnderwater
Nov 1, 2021Apr 10, 2026−68.9%4.4 yrsnot yet5.0 yrs+
Feb 4, 2020Apr 3, 2020−50.6%59 daysJul 1, 20205 mo
Nov 19, 2015Feb 9, 2016−45.6%3 moAug 4, 20169 mo
Mar 21, 2014May 8, 2014−40.4%48 daysNov 7, 20148 mo
Aug 8, 2016Feb 2, 2017−36.7%6 moJun 1, 201710 mo
Sep 14, 2018Dec 21, 2018−36.0%3 moFeb 19, 20195 mo
Dec 23, 2020May 12, 2021−27.0%5 moAug 5, 20217 mo
Nov 21, 2014Jan 21, 2015−23.6%2 moFeb 19, 20153 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 2014: how far Paylocity Holding Corporation stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.

1950–19992000–today

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 Paylocity Holding Corporation from its all-time high?
Paylocity Holding Corporation is currently 44.4% below its all-time high, set Nov 1, 2021 (as of market close, Oct 20, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
What was the biggest Paylocity Holding Corporation drawdown ever?
The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2014) took Paylocity Holding Corporation 68.9% below its prior high, bottoming Apr 10, 2026. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.

Methodology & related#

Daily data since -1 from PCTY; no free deep history exists for Paylocity Holding 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.

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