Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) drawdown: 86.2% below the all-time high (price)
Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) is 86.2% below its all-time high, set Apr 20, 2021 (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
- −86.2%
- 13.8% of ATH
- All-time high
- $1,306
- Apr 20, 2021
- Time below the high
- 5.5 yrs
- since Apr 20, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −87.7%
- Jun 4, 2026
- Longest underwater
- 10.7 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jul 29, 2013
- 13.2 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −86.2% episode
% of all-time high since 1995: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2021 | Jun 4, 2026 | −87.7% | 5.1 yrs | not yet | 5.5 yrs+ |
| Nov 24, 1995 | Aug 31, 1998 | −79.2% | 2.8 yrs | Aug 16, 2006 | 10.7 yrs |
| Oct 17, 2007 | Mar 11, 2009 | −66.2% | 17 mo | Apr 13, 2010 | 2.5 yrs |
| Jan 22, 2015 | Jun 27, 2017 | −59.9% | 2.4 yrs | Jul 13, 2018 | 3.5 yrs |
| Aug 27, 2019 | Mar 16, 2020 | −30.6% | 7 mo | Apr 27, 2020 | 8 mo |
| Jul 23, 2018 | Jan 9, 2019 | −28.6% | 6 mo | May 3, 2019 | 9 mo |
| Dec 21, 2010 | Oct 3, 2011 | −27.5% | 9 mo | Nov 3, 2011 | 10 mo |
| Oct 21, 2013 | Feb 6, 2014 | −21.4% | 4 mo | Nov 10, 2014 | 13 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 1995: how far Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) 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 Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) from its all-time high?
- Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) is currently 86.2% below its all-time high, set Apr 20, 2021 (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 Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1995) took Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) 87.7% below its prior high, bottoming Jun 4, 2026. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from SAM; no free deep history exists for Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) — 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.