Westamerica Bancorporation drawdown: 10.6% below the all-time high (price)
Westamerica Bancorporation is 10.6% below its all-time high, set Dec 19, 2019 (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
- −10.6%
- 89.4% of ATH
- All-time high
- $68.58
- Dec 19, 2019
- Time below the high
- 6.8 yrs
- since Dec 19, 2019
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −47.6%
- Mar 9, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 8.2 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Sep 18, 2008
- 18.1 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Jan 3, 2019
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1990: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2008 | Mar 9, 2009 | −47.6% | 6 mo | Dec 8, 2016 | 8.2 yrs |
| Dec 19, 2019 | May 16, 2023 | −46.3% | 3.4 yrs | not yet | 6.8 yrs+ |
| Jan 4, 1999 | Mar 7, 2000 | −44.0% | 14 mo | Dec 8, 2000 | 1.9 yrs |
| Nov 12, 2004 | Jan 15, 2008 | −35.2% | 3.2 yrs | Sep 18, 2008 | 3.8 yrs |
| Apr 15, 1998 | Aug 31, 1998 | −32.9% | 5 mo | Nov 30, 1998 | 8 mo |
| Dec 28, 2000 | Oct 8, 2001 | −25.6% | 9 mo | Apr 10, 2002 | 15 mo |
| Dec 9, 2016 | Sep 7, 2017 | −23.7% | 9 mo | Oct 22, 2019 | 2.9 yrs |
| May 17, 2002 | Jul 23, 2002 | −22.1% | 2 mo | Oct 15, 2003 | 17 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 1990: how far Westamerica Bancorporation 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 Westamerica Bancorporation from its all-time high?
- Westamerica Bancorporation is currently 10.6% below its all-time high, set Dec 19, 2019 (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 Westamerica Bancorporation drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1990) took Westamerica Bancorporation 47.6% 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 WABC; no free deep history exists for Westamerica Bancorporation — 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.