Saia Inc. drawdown: 44.7% below the all-time high (price)
Saia Inc. is 44.7% below its all-time high, set Mar 6, 2024 (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
- −44.7%
- 55.3% of ATH
- All-time high
- $605.92
- Mar 6, 2024
- Time below the high
- 2.6 yrs
- since Mar 6, 2024
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −80.4%
- Nov 20, 2008
- Longest underwater
- 6.4 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Nov 3, 2021
- 5.0 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Nov 3, 2022
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2002: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2006 | Nov 20, 2008 | −80.4% | 2.1 yrs | Mar 14, 2013 | 6.4 yrs |
| Dec 4, 2014 | Jan 19, 2016 | −65.8% | 14 mo | Aug 31, 2017 | 2.7 yrs |
| Mar 6, 2024 | Apr 29, 2025 | −60.9% | 14 mo | not yet | 2.6 yrs+ |
| Nov 17, 2021 | Jun 22, 2022 | −53.1% | 7 mo | Jul 17, 2023 | 1.7 yrs |
| Sep 11, 2002 | Oct 10, 2002 | −53.1% | 29 days | Jul 22, 2003 | 10 mo |
| Jun 23, 2004 | Apr 28, 2005 | −44.5% | 10 mo | Jan 25, 2006 | 1.6 yrs |
| Jun 12, 2018 | Dec 20, 2018 | −39.6% | 6 mo | Sep 4, 2019 | 15 mo |
| Oct 28, 2019 | Apr 2, 2020 | −39.0% | 5 mo | May 26, 2020 | 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 2002: how far Saia 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 Saia Inc. from its all-time high?
- Saia Inc. is currently 44.7% below its all-time high, set Mar 6, 2024 (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 Saia Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2002) took Saia Inc. 80.4% below its prior high, bottoming Nov 20, 2008. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from SAIA; no free deep history exists for Saia 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.