Sensient Technologies Corporation drawdown: 2.7% below the all-time high (price)
Sensient Technologies Corporation is 2.7% below its all-time high, set Aug 24, 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
- −2.7%
- 97.3% of ATH
- All-time high
- $137.45
- Aug 24, 2026
- Time below the high
- 53 days
- since Aug 24, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −53.4%
- Apr 3, 2020
- Longest underwater
- 8.3 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Aug 21, 2026
- 56 days ago
- Last time this deep
- Jul 29, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1988: 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 26, 2017 | Apr 3, 2020 | −53.4% | 2.9 yrs | Apr 23, 2021 | 4.0 yrs |
| Nov 16, 2021 | Oct 13, 2023 | −49.6% | 1.9 yrs | Jul 3, 2025 | 3.6 yrs |
| Apr 18, 2008 | Mar 3, 2009 | −43.3% | 10 mo | Nov 2, 2010 | 2.5 yrs |
| Dec 31, 1998 | Nov 7, 2001 | −43.1% | 2.9 yrs | Apr 20, 2007 | 8.3 yrs |
| May 28, 1991 | Nov 8, 1994 | −34.0% | 3.4 yrs | Dec 21, 1995 | 4.6 yrs |
| Dec 22, 1995 | Sep 5, 1996 | −31.7% | 8 mo | Sep 26, 1997 | 1.8 yrs |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Mar 20, 2026 | −31.3% | 7 mo | Apr 24, 2026 | 8 mo |
| Jun 23, 2015 | Feb 5, 2016 | −23.2% | 7 mo | Jun 7, 2016 | 11 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 1988: how far Sensient Technologies Corporation 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 Sensient Technologies Corporation from its all-time high?
- Sensient Technologies Corporation is currently 2.7% below its all-time high, set Aug 24, 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 Sensient Technologies Corporation drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1988) took Sensient Technologies Corporation 53.4% below its prior high, bottoming Apr 3, 2020. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from SXT; no free deep history exists for Sensient Technologies Corporation — 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.