Sun Life Financial Inc. drawdown: 5.6% below the all-time high (price)
Sun Life Financial Inc. is 5.6% below its all-time high, set Jul 28, 2026 (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
- −5.6%
- 94.4% of ATH
- All-time high
- $84.07
- Jul 28, 2026
- Time below the high
- 3 mo
- since Jul 28, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −80.1%
- Mar 9, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 14.3 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jul 2, 2026
- 3 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Apr 7, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2000: 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 31, 2007 | Mar 9, 2009 | −80.1% | 16 mo | Feb 9, 2022 | 14.3 yrs |
| Dec 29, 2000 | Oct 7, 2002 | −44.6% | 1.8 yrs | Jan 15, 2004 | 3.0 yrs |
| Feb 9, 2022 | Oct 12, 2022 | −33.0% | 8 mo | Oct 4, 2024 | 2.7 yrs |
| Sep 6, 2000 | Oct 12, 2000 | −16.4% | 36 days | Nov 3, 2000 | 58 days |
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 2000: how far Sun Life Financial 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 Sun Life Financial Inc. from its all-time high?
- Sun Life Financial Inc. is currently 5.6% below its all-time high, set Jul 28, 2026 (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 Sun Life Financial Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2000) took Sun Life Financial Inc. 80.1% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 9, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from SLF; no free deep history exists for Sun Life Financial 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.