Telephone and Data Systems Inc. drawdown: 49.7% below the all-time high (price)
Telephone and Data Systems Inc. is 49.7% below its all-time high, set Jul 19, 2007 (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
- −49.7%
- 50.3% of ATH
- All-time high
- $67.4
- Jul 19, 2007
- Time below the high
- 19.2 yrs
- since Jul 19, 2007
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −90.2%
- Jun 1, 2023
- Longest underwater
- 19.2 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jun 29, 1999
- 27.3 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- May 25, 2004
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1991: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2007 | Jun 1, 2023 | −90.2% | 15.9 yrs | not yet | 19.2 yrs+ |
| Dec 7, 1999 | Mar 10, 2003 | −73.5% | 3.3 yrs | Jul 12, 2007 | 7.6 yrs |
| Oct 14, 1993 | Sep 22, 1998 | −45.3% | 4.9 yrs | Mar 24, 1999 | 5.4 yrs |
| Feb 6, 1992 | Jun 11, 1992 | −24.8% | 4 mo | Dec 31, 1992 | 11 mo |
| Dec 31, 1992 | Jan 29, 1993 | −16.6% | 29 days | May 21, 1993 | 5 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 1991: how far Telephone and Data Systems 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 Telephone and Data Systems Inc. from its all-time high?
- Telephone and Data Systems Inc. is currently 49.7% below its all-time high, set Jul 19, 2007 (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 Telephone and Data Systems Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1991) took Telephone and Data Systems Inc. 90.2% below its prior high, bottoming Jun 1, 2023. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from TDS; no free deep history exists for Telephone and Data Systems 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.