RKLB drawdown: 49.6% below the all-time high
Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) is 49.6% below its all-time high, set May 27, 2026 (as of market close, Aug 6, 2026). 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. "All-time" means since our price data begins (2020).
- Below all-time high
- −49.6%
- 50.4% of ATH
- All-time high
- $150.2
- May 27, 2026
- Time below the high
- 2 mo
- since May 27, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −83.0%
- Apr 15, 2024
- Longest underwater
- 3.2 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Dec 22, 2025
- 7 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Oct 15, 2024
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2020#
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.
% of all-time high on the price basis — the all-time high considers the full history of RKLB, including years before the visible window. Dividends are excluded on this basis (the convention headlines use).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2021 | Apr 15, 2024 | −83.0% | 2.6 yrs | Nov 21, 2024 | 3.2 yrs |
| May 27, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | −61.0% | 2 mo | not yet | 2 mo+ |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Apr 4, 2025 | −48.1% | 2 mo | Jun 23, 2025 | 5 mo |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | −43.0% | 36 days | Dec 19, 2025 | 2 mo |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 | −40.4% | 2 mo | May 8, 2026 | 4 mo |
| Mar 1, 2021 | May 10, 2021 | −29.0% | 2 mo | Sep 7, 2021 | 6 mo |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Aug 20, 2025 | −20.8% | 33 days | Sep 12, 2025 | 56 days |
| Nov 29, 2024 | Dec 12, 2024 | −17.2% | 13 days | Dec 26, 2024 | 27 days |
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 2020: how far RKLB 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: RKLB is on this chart precisely because it survived — the many stocks that fell this far and never recovered (or were delisted) aren't on anyone's chart, 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 RKLB from its all-time high?
- RKLB is currently 49.6% below its all-time high, set May 27, 2026 (as of market close, Aug 6, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest RKLB drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2020) took the stock 83.0% below its prior high, bottoming Apr 15, 2024. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily closing prices since 2020 (split-adjusted). "All-time" means since our price data begins — RKLB may have traded earlier. For a 150-year index 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, 150 years of returns and the rolling-returns explorer. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.