Ulta Beauty Inc. drawdown: 23.5% below the all-time high
Ulta Beauty Inc. is 23.5% below its all-time high, set Feb 17, 2026 (as of market close, Sep 18, 2026). 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
- −23.5%
- 76.5% of ATH
- All-time high
- $706.82
- Feb 17, 2026
- Time below the high
- 7 mo
- since Feb 17, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −87.9%
- Mar 9, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 3.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Mar 31, 2023
- 3.5 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- May 29, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2007#
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 30, 2007 | Mar 9, 2009 | −87.9% | 16 mo | Dec 1, 2010 | 3.1 yrs |
| Jul 17, 2019 | Mar 18, 2020 | −64.9% | 8 mo | Aug 11, 2021 | 2.1 yrs |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Mar 13, 2025 | −44.6% | 12 mo | Dec 5, 2025 | 1.7 yrs |
| Jun 5, 2017 | Oct 12, 2017 | −39.4% | 4 mo | Nov 13, 2018 | 17 mo |
| Nov 5, 2013 | Jan 21, 2014 | −38.5% | 3 mo | Jan 8, 2015 | 14 mo |
| Feb 17, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | −36.6% | 4 mo | not yet | 7 mo+ |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Oct 20, 2023 | −32.6% | 6 mo | Feb 26, 2024 | 10 mo |
| Jul 8, 2011 | Aug 22, 2011 | −28.8% | 45 days | Sep 12, 2011 | 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 2007: how far Ulta Beauty 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 Ulta Beauty Inc. from its all-time high?
- Ulta Beauty Inc. is currently 23.5% below its all-time high, set Feb 17, 2026 (as of market close, Sep 18, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Ulta Beauty Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2007) took Ulta Beauty Inc. 87.9% 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 ULTA; no free deep history exists for Ulta Beauty 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.