Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated drawdown: 7.6% below the all-time high
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is 7.6% below its all-time high, set Sep 3, 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
- −7.6%
- 92.4% of ATH
- All-time high
- $557.96
- Sep 3, 2026
- Time below the high
- 8 days
- since Sep 3, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −91.8%
- Nov 11, 2003
- Longest underwater
- 13.7 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Nov 8, 2024
- 1.8 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Aug 6, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1991#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2000 | Nov 11, 2003 | −91.8% | 3.0 yrs | Jul 2, 2014 | 13.7 yrs |
| Feb 24, 1997 | Aug 31, 1998 | −70.2% | 1.5 yrs | Feb 8, 2000 | 3.0 yrs |
| Jan 6, 1992 | Jun 18, 1992 | −60.9% | 5 mo | Oct 14, 1993 | 1.8 yrs |
| Mar 6, 2000 | Apr 14, 2000 | −55.3% | 39 days | Jun 16, 2000 | 3 mo |
| Aug 19, 2015 | Dec 22, 2016 | −49.1% | 16 mo | Jul 19, 2017 | 1.9 yrs |
| Jan 10, 1994 | Jul 5, 1994 | −45.5% | 6 mo | Aug 8, 1995 | 1.6 yrs |
| Jul 20, 2020 | Oct 5, 2021 | −41.6% | 15 mo | Aug 15, 2022 | 2.1 yrs |
| Jun 4, 1996 | Jul 16, 1996 | −38.8% | 42 days | Dec 30, 1996 | 7 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 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 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 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated from its all-time high?
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is currently 7.6% below its all-time high, set Sep 3, 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 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1991) took Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 91.8% below its prior high, bottoming Nov 11, 2003. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from VRTX; no free deep history exists for Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated — 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.