Stepan Company drawdown: 55.0% below the all-time high (price)
Stepan Company is 55.0% below its all-time high, set May 6, 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
- −55.0%
- 45.0% of ATH
- All-time high
- $137.95
- May 6, 2021
- Time below the high
- 5.4 yrs
- since May 6, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −69.3%
- Nov 4, 2025
- Longest underwater
- 8.6 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Feb 15, 2013
- 13.7 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Mar 16, 2009
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1983: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2021 | Nov 4, 2025 | −69.3% | 4.5 yrs | not yet | 5.4 yrs+ |
| Aug 14, 2008 | Mar 10, 2009 | −61.7% | 7 mo | Sep 15, 2009 | 13 mo |
| Dec 9, 1997 | Oct 1, 2001 | −44.8% | 3.8 yrs | Jul 3, 2006 | 8.6 yrs |
| Jun 30, 1992 | Jul 14, 1994 | −44.7% | 2.0 yrs | Jun 19, 1997 | 5.0 yrs |
| Dec 23, 2013 | Dec 12, 2014 | −44.6% | 12 mo | Aug 8, 2016 | 2.6 yrs |
| Feb 15, 1989 | Feb 21, 1990 | −42.1% | 12 mo | Jan 31, 1992 | 3.0 yrs |
| Jan 13, 2020 | Mar 12, 2020 | −32.4% | 59 days | Jul 23, 2020 | 6 mo |
| Apr 29, 2010 | Aug 30, 2010 | −31.4% | 4 mo | Jul 27, 2011 | 15 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 1983: how far Stepan Company 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 Stepan Company from its all-time high?
- Stepan Company is currently 55.0% below its all-time high, set May 6, 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 Stepan Company drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1983) took Stepan Company 69.3% below its prior high, bottoming Nov 4, 2025. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from SCL; no free deep history exists for Stepan Company — 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.