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Waters Corporation drawdown: at its all-time high (price)

Waters Corporation is trading at its all-time high (as of market close, Oct 27, 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
at the high
100.0% of ATH
All-time high
$468.55
Oct 27, 2026
Time below the high
0 days
since Oct 27, 2026
Worst-ever drawdown
−80.1%
Jul 22, 2002
Longest underwater
10.6 yrs
between all-time highs
Today's level first reached
today
a fresh record

% of all-time high since 1995: 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.

Basis
Range
All-time high = 100%20%40%60%80%
WAT close · log5.0020.00100
200020052010201520202025

The deepest drawdowns on record#

Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.

PeakTroughDepthPeak → troughRecovered byUnderwater
Sep 28, 2000Jul 22, 2002−80.1%1.8 yrsApr 21, 201110.6 yrs
Sep 8, 2021Oct 30, 2023−44.3%2.1 yrsSep 17, 20265.0 yrs
Apr 8, 2019Mar 23, 2020−35.9%11 moJan 5, 20211.7 yrs
Sep 14, 1999Dec 15, 1999−35.1%3 moJan 25, 20004 mo
Oct 3, 1996Apr 17, 1997−29.7%6 moJun 2, 19978 mo
May 19, 2011Dec 16, 2011−28.1%7 moJun 17, 20132.1 yrs
Mar 6, 2000Apr 17, 2000−27.5%42 daysJun 2, 20003 mo
Oct 3, 1997Jan 5, 1998−22.1%3 moJan 28, 19984 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 1995: how far Waters Corporation stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.

1950–19992000–today

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 Waters Corporation from its all-time high?
Waters Corporation is currently at (or within half a percent of) its all-time high, set Oct 27, 2026.
What was the biggest Waters Corporation drawdown ever?
The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1995) took Waters Corporation 80.1% below its prior high, bottoming Jul 22, 2002. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.

Methodology & related#

Daily data since -1 from WAT; no free deep history exists for Waters Corporation — 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.

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