Powell Industries Inc. drawdown: 48.7% below the all-time high (price)
Powell Industries Inc. is 48.7% below its all-time high, set May 11, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 16, 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
- −48.7%
- 51.3% of ATH
- All-time high
- $322.05
- May 11, 2026
- Time below the high
- 5 mo
- since May 11, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −93.7%
- Dec 7, 1987
- Longest underwater
- 9.4 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Feb 4, 2026
- 8 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Jun 23, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1980: 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 20, 1980 | Dec 7, 1987 | −93.7% | 7.0 yrs | Mar 29, 1990 | 9.4 yrs |
| Mar 7, 2014 | Mar 18, 2020 | −77.5% | 6.0 yrs | Aug 2, 2023 | 9.4 yrs |
| Jul 10, 1997 | Dec 22, 1999 | −72.6% | 2.5 yrs | May 1, 2001 | 3.8 yrs |
| Jul 25, 2008 | Oct 29, 2008 | −68.7% | 3 mo | Feb 12, 2013 | 4.6 yrs |
| Feb 11, 1992 | Jan 24, 1994 | −67.7% | 2.0 yrs | Jun 10, 1997 | 5.3 yrs |
| Jun 4, 2001 | May 21, 2003 | −59.3% | 2.0 yrs | Dec 19, 2006 | 5.5 yrs |
| Nov 11, 2024 | Mar 4, 2025 | −55.9% | 4 mo | Oct 24, 2025 | 11 mo |
| May 11, 2026 | Oct 16, 2026 | −48.7% | 5 mo | not yet | 5 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 1980: how far Powell Industries 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 Powell Industries Inc. from its all-time high?
- Powell Industries Inc. is currently 48.7% below its all-time high, set May 11, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Powell Industries Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1980) took Powell Industries Inc. 93.7% below its prior high, bottoming Dec 7, 1987. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from POWL; no free deep history exists for Powell Industries 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.