Rocket Lab Corporation drawdown: 57.0% below the all-time high
Rocket Lab Corporation is 57.0% below its all-time high, set May 27, 2026 (as of market close, Sep 18, 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.
- Below all-time high
- −57.0%
- 43.0% of ATH
- All-time high
- $150.23
- May 27, 2026
- Time below the high
- 4 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
- Oct 8, 2025
- 11 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Sep 26, 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4 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 Rocket Lab 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 Rocket Lab Corporation from its all-time high?
- Rocket Lab Corporation is currently 57.0% below its all-time high, set May 27, 2026 (as of market close, Sep 18, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Rocket Lab Corporation drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2020) took Rocket Lab Corporation 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 data since -1 from RKLB; no free deep history exists for Rocket Lab 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.