Waters Corporation drawdown: 3.9% below the all-time high
Waters Corporation is 3.9% below its all-time high, set Sep 8, 2021 (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
- −3.9%
- 96.1% of ATH
- All-time high
- $424.7
- Sep 8, 2021
- Time below the high
- 5.0 yrs
- since Sep 8, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −80.1%
- Jul 22, 2002
- Longest underwater
- 10.6 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Aug 30, 2021
- 5.0 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- May 18, 2021
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1995#
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 28, 2000 | Jul 22, 2002 | −80.1% | 1.8 yrs | Apr 21, 2011 | 10.6 yrs |
| Sep 8, 2021 | Oct 30, 2023 | −44.3% | 2.1 yrs | not yet | 5.0 yrs+ |
| Apr 8, 2019 | Mar 23, 2020 | −35.9% | 11 mo | Jan 5, 2021 | 1.7 yrs |
| Sep 14, 1999 | Dec 15, 1999 | −35.1% | 3 mo | Jan 25, 2000 | 4 mo |
| Oct 3, 1996 | Apr 17, 1997 | −29.7% | 6 mo | Jun 2, 1997 | 8 mo |
| May 19, 2011 | Dec 16, 2011 | −28.1% | 7 mo | Jun 17, 2013 | 2.1 yrs |
| Mar 6, 2000 | Apr 17, 2000 | −27.5% | 42 days | Jun 2, 2000 | 3 mo |
| Oct 3, 1997 | Jan 5, 1998 | −22.1% | 3 mo | Jan 28, 1998 | 4 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.
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 3.9% below its all-time high, set Sep 8, 2021 (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 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.