Perdoceo Education Corporation drawdown: 52.8% below the all-time high (price)
Perdoceo Education Corporation is 52.8% below its all-time high, set Apr 21, 2004 (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
- −52.8%
- 47.2% of ATH
- All-time high
- $70.66
- Apr 21, 2004
- Time below the high
- 22.5 yrs
- since Apr 21, 2004
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −97.1%
- Apr 22, 2013
- Longest underwater
- 22.5 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jun 18, 2003
- 23.3 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −52.8% episode
% of all-time high since 1998: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2004 | Apr 22, 2013 | −97.1% | 9.0 yrs | not yet | 22.5 yrs+ |
| May 12, 1998 | Oct 8, 1998 | −47.7% | 5 mo | Nov 10, 1998 | 6 mo |
| May 17, 1999 | Oct 29, 1999 | −42.5% | 5 mo | Dec 30, 1999 | 7 mo |
| Sep 29, 2000 | Nov 20, 2000 | −34.6% | 52 days | Feb 1, 2001 | 4 mo |
| Oct 29, 2003 | Dec 4, 2003 | −33.7% | 36 days | Mar 26, 2004 | 5 mo |
| Aug 30, 2001 | Sep 21, 2001 | −31.5% | 22 days | Dec 6, 2001 | 3 mo |
| Mar 2, 2000 | Apr 20, 2000 | −29.1% | 49 days | May 11, 2000 | 2 mo |
| Oct 21, 2002 | Dec 3, 2002 | −28.7% | 43 days | Apr 14, 2003 | 6 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 1998: how far Perdoceo Education Corporation 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 Perdoceo Education Corporation from its all-time high?
- Perdoceo Education Corporation is currently 52.8% below its all-time high, set Apr 21, 2004 (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 Perdoceo Education Corporation drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1998) took Perdoceo Education Corporation 97.1% below its prior high, bottoming Apr 22, 2013. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from PRDO; no free deep history exists for Perdoceo Education 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.