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SK Telecom Co. Ltd. drawdown: 57.0% below the all-time high

SK Telecom Co. Ltd. is 57.0% below its all-time high, set Mar 2, 2000 (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
$83.5
Mar 2, 2000
Time below the high
26.5 yrs
since Mar 2, 2000
Worst-ever drawdown
−78.0%
May 31, 2012
Longest underwater
26.5 yrs
between all-time highs
Today's level first reached
Nov 30, 1999
26.8 yrs ago
Last time this deep
Oct 8, 1998
in a previous episode

% of all-time high since 1996#

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%
SKM close · log10.0020.0050.00
200020052010201520202025

The deepest drawdowns on record#

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

PeakTroughDepthPeak → troughRecovered byUnderwater
Mar 2, 2000May 31, 2012−78.0%12.2 yrsnot yet26.5 yrs+
Jul 19, 1996Nov 19, 1997−72.8%16 moJul 1, 19992.9 yrs
Jul 9, 1999Sep 29, 1999−45.4%3 moNov 15, 19994 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 1996: how far SK Telecom Co. Ltd. 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 SK Telecom Co. Ltd. from its all-time high?
SK Telecom Co. Ltd. is currently 57.0% below its all-time high, set Mar 2, 2000 (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 SK Telecom Co. Ltd. drawdown ever?
The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1996) took SK Telecom Co. Ltd. 78.0% below its prior high, bottoming May 31, 2012. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.

Methodology & related#

Daily data since -1 from SKM; no free deep history exists for SK Telecom Co. Ltd. — 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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