Visa Inc. drawdown: 3.6% below the all-time high
Visa Inc. is 3.6% below its all-time high, set Aug 25, 2026 (as of market close, Sep 11, 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
- −3.6%
- 96.4% of ATH
- All-time high
- $384.14
- Aug 25, 2026
- Time below the high
- 17 days
- since Aug 25, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −52.1%
- Jan 20, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 2.3 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jun 10, 2025
- 15 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Aug 17, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2008#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2008 | Jan 20, 2009 | −52.1% | 8 mo | Dec 18, 2009 | 1.6 yrs |
| Feb 19, 2020 | Mar 23, 2020 | −36.4% | 33 days | Aug 28, 2020 | 6 mo |
| Apr 23, 2010 | Sep 13, 2010 | −32.2% | 5 mo | Nov 30, 2011 | 1.6 yrs |
| Jul 27, 2021 | Sep 30, 2022 | −29.2% | 14 mo | Nov 21, 2023 | 2.3 yrs |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Mar 27, 2026 | −20.8% | 9 mo | Aug 24, 2026 | 14 mo |
| Oct 1, 2018 | Dec 24, 2018 | −19.3% | 3 mo | Mar 12, 2019 | 5 mo |
| Sep 2, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | −16.4% | 56 days | Dec 30, 2020 | 4 mo |
| Nov 18, 2015 | Feb 8, 2016 | −15.8% | 3 mo | Apr 18, 2016 | 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 2008: how far Visa 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 Visa Inc. from its all-time high?
- Visa Inc. is currently 3.6% below its all-time high, set Aug 25, 2026 (as of market close, Sep 11, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Visa Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2008) took Visa Inc. 52.1% below its prior high, bottoming Jan 20, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from V; no free deep history exists for Visa 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.