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Safe Bulkers Inc Common Stock ($0.001 par value) drawdown: 57.7% below the all-time high (price)

Safe Bulkers Inc Common Stock ($0.001 par value) is 57.7% below its all-time high, set Aug 29, 2008 (as of market close, Oct 27, 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
−57.7%
42.3% of ATH
All-time high
$19.05
Aug 29, 2008
Time below the high
18.2 yrs
since Aug 29, 2008
Worst-ever drawdown
−98.4%
Jan 20, 2016
Longest underwater
18.2 yrs
between all-time highs
Today's level first reached
May 30, 2008
18.4 yrs ago
Last time this deep
never before
no prior −57.7% episode

% of all-time high since 2008: 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.

Basis
Range
All-time high = 100%20%40%60%80%
SB close · log0.501.002.005.0010.00
2010201520202025

The deepest drawdowns on record#

Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.

PeakTroughDepthPeak → troughRecovered byUnderwater
Aug 29, 2008Jan 20, 2016−98.4%7.4 yrsnot yet18.2 yrs+

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 2008: how far Safe Bulkers Inc Common Stock ($0.001 par value) stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.

1950–19992000–today

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 Safe Bulkers Inc Common Stock ($0.001 par value) from its all-time high?
Safe Bulkers Inc Common Stock ($0.001 par value) is currently 57.7% below its all-time high, set Aug 29, 2008 (as of market close, Oct 27, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
What was the biggest Safe Bulkers Inc Common Stock ($0.001 par value) drawdown ever?
The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2008) took Safe Bulkers Inc Common Stock ($0.001 par value) 98.4% below its prior high, bottoming Jan 20, 2016. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.

Methodology & related#

Daily data since -1 from SB; no free deep history exists for Safe Bulkers Inc Common Stock ($0.001 par value) — 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.

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