VST drawdown: 25.0% below the all-time high
Vistra Corp. (VST) is 25.0% below its all-time high, set Sep 22, 2025 (as of market close, Jul 24, 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. "All-time" means since our price data begins (2016).
- Below all-time high
- −25.0%
- 75.0% of ATH
- All-time high
- $217.9
- Sep 22, 2025
- Time below the high
- 10 mo
- since Sep 22, 2025
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −54.0%
- Mar 18, 2020
- Longest underwater
- 2.6 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Nov 21, 2024
- 1.7 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- May 9, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2016#
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.
% of all-time high on the price basis — the all-time high considers the full history of VST, including years before the visible window. Dividends are excluded on this basis (the convention headlines use).
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 4, 2019 | Mar 18, 2020 | −54.0% | 4 mo | Jun 7, 2022 | 2.6 yrs |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Apr 4, 2025 | −48.9% | 2 mo | Jun 27, 2025 | 5 mo |
| Sep 22, 2025 | May 19, 2026 | −38.2% | 8 mo | not yet | 10 mo+ |
| May 28, 2024 | Jul 30, 2024 | −35.0% | 2 mo | Sep 20, 2024 | 4 mo |
| Jun 7, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | −23.3% | 4 mo | Jul 21, 2023 | 13 mo |
| May 2, 2019 | Jul 23, 2019 | −21.4% | 3 mo | Oct 30, 2019 | 6 mo |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Dec 18, 2024 | −20.2% | 27 days | Jan 10, 2025 | 50 days |
| Feb 10, 2017 | May 2, 2017 | −18.7% | 3 mo | Sep 18, 2017 | 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 2016: how far VST 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: VST is on this chart precisely because it survived — the many stocks that fell this far and never recovered (or were delisted) aren't on anyone's chart, 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 VST from its all-time high?
- VST is currently 25.0% below its all-time high, set Sep 22, 2025 (as of market close, Jul 24, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest VST drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2016) took the stock 54.0% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 18, 2020. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily closing prices since 2016 (split-adjusted). "All-time" means since our price data begins — VST may have traded earlier. For a 150-year index 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, 150 years of returns and the rolling-returns explorer. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.