STAAR Surgical Company drawdown: 86.3% below the all-time high (price)
STAAR Surgical Company is 86.3% below its all-time high, set Sep 7, 2021 (as of market close, Oct 20, 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
- −86.3%
- 13.7% of ATH
- All-time high
- $162.68
- Sep 7, 2021
- Time below the high
- 5.1 yrs
- since Sep 7, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −95.6%
- May 1, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 16.4 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- May 4, 2018
- 8.5 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Jul 22, 2009
- in a previous 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 1997 | May 1, 2009 | −95.6% | 11.5 yrs | Mar 25, 2014 | 16.4 yrs |
| Sep 7, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | −90.7% | 3.6 yrs | not yet | 5.1 yrs+ |
| Mar 17, 1992 | Mar 22, 1993 | −79.1% | 12 mo | Jun 13, 1996 | 4.2 yrs |
| Apr 22, 2014 | May 16, 2016 | −73.5% | 2.1 yrs | May 3, 2018 | 4.0 yrs |
| Sep 13, 2018 | Jun 3, 2019 | −54.4% | 9 mo | Jun 22, 2020 | 1.8 yrs |
| Jun 13, 1996 | Apr 3, 1997 | −43.6% | 10 mo | Sep 10, 1997 | 15 mo |
| Feb 16, 2021 | Mar 8, 2021 | −37.5% | 20 days | Apr 21, 2021 | 2 mo |
| Aug 5, 2020 | Aug 28, 2020 | −26.1% | 23 days | Oct 19, 2020 | 2 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 STAAR Surgical 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 STAAR Surgical Company from its all-time high?
- STAAR Surgical Company is currently 86.3% below its all-time high, set Sep 7, 2021 (as of market close, Oct 20, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest STAAR Surgical Company drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1992) took STAAR Surgical Company 95.6% below its prior high, bottoming May 1, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from STAA; no free deep history exists for STAAR Surgical 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.