Vir Biotechnology Inc. drawdown: 88.0% below the all-time high (price)
Vir Biotechnology Inc. is 88.0% below its all-time high, set Jan 27, 2021 (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
- −88.0%
- 12.0% of ATH
- All-time high
- $83.07
- Jan 27, 2021
- Time below the high
- 5.7 yrs
- since Jan 27, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −94.8%
- Aug 11, 2025
- Longest underwater
- 5.7 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Oct 11, 2019
- 7.0 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −88.0% episode
% of all-time high since 2019: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2021 | Aug 11, 2025 | −94.8% | 4.5 yrs | not yet | 5.7 yrs+ |
| Feb 27, 2020 | Nov 9, 2020 | −57.6% | 8 mo | Jan 26, 2021 | 11 mo |
| Jan 31, 2020 | Feb 21, 2020 | −38.9% | 21 days | Feb 26, 2020 | 26 days |
| Nov 5, 2019 | Nov 26, 2019 | −25.4% | 21 days | Jan 16, 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 2019: how far Vir Biotechnology 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 Vir Biotechnology Inc. from its all-time high?
- Vir Biotechnology Inc. is currently 88.0% below its all-time high, set Jan 27, 2021 (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 Vir Biotechnology Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2019) took Vir Biotechnology Inc. 94.8% below its prior high, bottoming Aug 11, 2025. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from VIR; no free deep history exists for Vir Biotechnology 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.