Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Series A Common Stock drawdown: 63.7% below the all-time high
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Series A Common Stock is 63.7% below its all-time high, set Mar 19, 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
- −63.7%
- 36.3% of ATH
- All-time high
- $77.27
- Mar 19, 2021
- Time below the high
- 5.5 yrs
- since Mar 19, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −91.3%
- Aug 12, 2024
- Longest underwater
- 7.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- May 3, 2012
- 14.4 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Nov 16, 2017
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2005#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2021 | Aug 12, 2024 | −91.3% | 3.4 yrs | not yet | 5.5 yrs+ |
| Oct 5, 2007 | Oct 24, 2008 | −64.9% | 13 mo | Sep 16, 2009 | 1.9 yrs |
| Dec 30, 2013 | Nov 14, 2017 | −64.8% | 3.9 yrs | Feb 12, 2021 | 7.1 yrs |
| May 19, 2011 | Aug 8, 2011 | −23.4% | 3 mo | Feb 8, 2012 | 9 mo |
| Jul 12, 2005 | Aug 9, 2006 | −18.0% | 13 mo | Dec 11, 2006 | 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 2005: how far Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Series A Common Stock 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 Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Series A Common Stock from its all-time high?
- Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Series A Common Stock is currently 63.7% below its all-time high, set Mar 19, 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 Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Series A Common Stock drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2005) took Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Series A Common Stock 91.3% below its prior high, bottoming Aug 12, 2024. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from WBD; no free deep history exists for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Series A Common Stock — 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.