Waste Management Inc. drawdown: 13.4% below the all-time high
Waste Management Inc. is 13.4% below its all-time high, set Mar 9, 2026 (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
- −13.4%
- 86.6% of ATH
- All-time high
- $246.51
- Mar 9, 2026
- Time below the high
- 6 mo
- since Mar 9, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −77.9%
- Mar 28, 2000
- Longest underwater
- 16.9 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Mar 27, 2024
- 2.5 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Dec 10, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1988#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 1999 | Mar 28, 2000 | −77.9% | 11 mo | Mar 24, 2016 | 16.9 yrs |
| Sep 1, 1988 | Jan 31, 1990 | −50.0% | 17 mo | Nov 19, 1990 | 2.2 yrs |
| Jan 3, 1992 | Nov 22, 1993 | −45.8% | 1.9 yrs | Jul 27, 1995 | 3.6 yrs |
| Jul 16, 1998 | Oct 8, 1998 | −33.1% | 3 mo | May 3, 1999 | 10 mo |
| Feb 18, 2020 | Mar 23, 2020 | −30.4% | 34 days | Mar 25, 2021 | 13 mo |
| Sep 10, 1997 | Dec 1, 1997 | −25.4% | 3 mo | Mar 12, 1998 | 6 mo |
| Jun 13, 1996 | Jul 25, 1996 | −24.3% | 42 days | Sep 23, 1996 | 3 mo |
| Nov 9, 1995 | Dec 21, 1995 | −22.2% | 42 days | Mar 4, 1996 | 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 1988: how far Waste Management Inc. 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 Waste Management Inc. from its all-time high?
- Waste Management Inc. is currently 13.4% below its all-time high, set Mar 9, 2026 (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 Waste Management Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1988) took Waste Management Inc. 77.9% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 28, 2000. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from WM; no free deep history exists for Waste Management Inc. — 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.