RELX PLC PLC American Depositary Shares (Each representing One Ordinary Share) drawdown: 29.7% below the all-time high (price)
RELX PLC PLC American Depositary Shares (Each representing One Ordinary Share) is 29.7% below its all-time high, set May 27, 2025 (as of market close, Oct 21, 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
- −29.7%
- 70.3% of ATH
- All-time high
- $55.66
- May 27, 2025
- Time below the high
- 17 mo
- since May 27, 2025
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −52.8%
- Nov 17, 1999
- Longest underwater
- 9.0 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Dec 11, 2023
- 2.9 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Mar 24, 2020
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1994: 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 2, 1998 | Nov 17, 1999 | −52.8% | 1.7 yrs | Feb 15, 2007 | 9.0 yrs |
| Jul 16, 2007 | Mar 9, 2009 | −52.2% | 1.6 yrs | Oct 17, 2013 | 6.3 yrs |
| May 27, 2025 | Feb 11, 2026 | −50.2% | 9 mo | not yet | 17 mo+ |
| Feb 18, 2020 | Mar 23, 2020 | −37.7% | 34 days | Jun 15, 2021 | 16 mo |
| Dec 29, 2021 | Sep 26, 2022 | −27.8% | 9 mo | Apr 6, 2023 | 15 mo |
| Jul 24, 1997 | Sep 29, 1997 | −20.5% | 2 mo | Nov 28, 1997 | 4 mo |
| Nov 28, 2017 | Oct 30, 2018 | −19.4% | 11 mo | Jun 12, 2019 | 1.5 yrs |
| Sep 6, 2016 | Nov 14, 2016 | −17.9% | 2 mo | Mar 27, 2017 | 7 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 1994: how far RELX PLC PLC American Depositary Shares (Each representing One Ordinary Share) 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 RELX PLC PLC American Depositary Shares (Each representing One Ordinary Share) from its all-time high?
- RELX PLC PLC American Depositary Shares (Each representing One Ordinary Share) is currently 29.7% below its all-time high, set May 27, 2025 (as of market close, Oct 21, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest RELX PLC PLC American Depositary Shares (Each representing One Ordinary Share) drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1994) took RELX PLC PLC American Depositary Shares (Each representing One Ordinary Share) 52.8% below its prior high, bottoming Nov 17, 1999. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from RELX; no free deep history exists for RELX PLC PLC American Depositary Shares (Each representing One Ordinary Share) — 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.