Pearson Plc drawdown: 56.8% below the all-time high (price)
Pearson Plc is 56.8% below its all-time high, set Mar 7, 2000 (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
- −56.8%
- 43.2% of ATH
- All-time high
- $42.25
- Mar 7, 2000
- Time below the high
- 26.6 yrs
- since Mar 7, 2000
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −87.6%
- May 15, 2020
- Longest underwater
- 26.6 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- May 26, 1998
- 28.4 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −56.8% episode
% of all-time high since 1996: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2000 | May 15, 2020 | −87.6% | 20.2 yrs | not yet | 26.6 yrs+ |
| Aug 3, 1998 | Oct 9, 1998 | −24.8% | 2 mo | Dec 18, 1998 | 5 mo |
| Feb 9, 2000 | Feb 22, 2000 | −22.6% | 13 days | Mar 7, 2000 | 27 days |
| Jan 16, 1997 | Jul 28, 1997 | −20.4% | 6 mo | Oct 7, 1997 | 9 mo |
| Jan 27, 1999 | May 28, 1999 | −17.5% | 4 mo | Nov 2, 1999 | 9 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 1996: how far Pearson Plc 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 Pearson Plc from its all-time high?
- Pearson Plc is currently 56.8% below its all-time high, set Mar 7, 2000 (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 Pearson Plc drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1996) took Pearson Plc 87.6% below its prior high, bottoming May 15, 2020. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from PSO; no free deep history exists for Pearson Plc — 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.