Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. drawdown: 70.0% below the all-time high (price)
Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. is 70.0% below its all-time high, set Jan 23, 2006 (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
- −70.0%
- 30.0% of ATH
- All-time high
- $38.33
- Jan 23, 2006
- Time below the high
- 20.7 yrs
- since Jan 23, 2006
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −95.6%
- Apr 3, 2020
- Longest underwater
- 20.7 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Sep 16, 1997
- 29.1 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Sep 27, 2001
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1993: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2006 | Apr 3, 2020 | −95.6% | 14.2 yrs | not yet | 20.7 yrs+ |
| Oct 10, 1997 | Feb 17, 1999 | −91.4% | 16 mo | Aug 23, 2000 | 2.9 yrs |
| Mar 7, 2001 | Sep 26, 2001 | −71.1% | 7 mo | Feb 2, 2005 | 3.9 yrs |
| Sep 11, 2000 | Dec 1, 2000 | −35.8% | 3 mo | Dec 26, 2000 | 3 mo |
| Jan 14, 1997 | Mar 3, 1997 | −35.0% | 48 days | May 9, 1997 | 4 mo |
| Oct 19, 1995 | Nov 15, 1995 | −25.0% | 27 days | Jan 10, 1996 | 3 mo |
| Nov 3, 1994 | Jan 24, 1995 | −23.8% | 3 mo | May 3, 1995 | 6 mo |
| Dec 27, 2000 | Jan 4, 2001 | −21.6% | 8 days | Mar 5, 2001 | 2 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 1993: how far Patterson-UTI Energy 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 Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. from its all-time high?
- Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. is currently 70.0% below its all-time high, set Jan 23, 2006 (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 Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1993) took Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. 95.6% below its prior high, bottoming Apr 3, 2020. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from PTEN; no free deep history exists for Patterson-UTI Energy 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.