Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (The) drawdown: 78.4% below the all-time high (price)
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (The) is 78.4% below its all-time high, set Apr 5, 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
- −78.4%
- 21.6% of ATH
- All-time high
- $252.62
- Apr 5, 2021
- Time below the high
- 5.5 yrs
- since Apr 5, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −84.1%
- Oct 11, 2022
- Longest underwater
- 5.5 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Feb 7, 2007
- 19.7 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −78.4% episode
% of all-time high since 1992: 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 5, 2021 | Oct 11, 2022 | −84.1% | 1.5 yrs | not yet | 5.5 yrs+ |
| Feb 21, 2007 | Jul 15, 2008 | −70.3% | 17 mo | Mar 14, 2011 | 4.1 yrs |
| Jan 11, 2018 | Dec 24, 2018 | −46.3% | 11 mo | Jul 31, 2019 | 1.5 yrs |
| Jun 30, 1999 | Oct 17, 2000 | −39.4% | 16 mo | Jan 25, 2002 | 2.6 yrs |
| Feb 12, 1992 | Jun 18, 1992 | −38.2% | 4 mo | Jun 8, 1995 | 3.3 yrs |
| Mar 4, 2020 | Mar 23, 2020 | −38.0% | 19 days | Apr 27, 2020 | 54 days |
| May 10, 2011 | Jul 24, 2012 | −36.7% | 14 mo | Dec 5, 2013 | 2.6 yrs |
| Jul 17, 1998 | Sep 11, 1998 | −36.3% | 56 days | Apr 20, 1999 | 9 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 1992: how far Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (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 Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (The) from its all-time high?
- Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (The) is currently 78.4% below its all-time high, set Apr 5, 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 Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (The) drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1992) took Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (The) 84.1% below its prior high, bottoming Oct 11, 2022. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from SMG; no free deep history exists for Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (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.