W. P. Carey Inc. REIT drawdown: 30.3% below the all-time high
W. P. Carey Inc. REIT is 30.3% below its all-time high, set Oct 18, 2019 (as of market close, Oct 1, 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
- −30.3%
- 69.7% of ATH
- All-time high
- $91.53
- Oct 18, 2019
- Time below the high
- 7.0 yrs
- since Oct 18, 2019
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −53.3%
- Mar 3, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 7.0 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Mar 15, 2013
- 13.5 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Feb 17, 2016
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1998#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 2007 | Mar 3, 2009 | −53.3% | 15 mo | Mar 24, 2011 | 3.3 yrs |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Mar 23, 2020 | −53.1% | 5 mo | not yet | 7.0 yrs+ |
| May 20, 2013 | Feb 11, 2016 | −34.0% | 2.7 yrs | Mar 26, 2019 | 5.8 yrs |
| Feb 18, 2005 | Dec 6, 2005 | −32.6% | 10 mo | Dec 3, 2007 | 2.8 yrs |
| Apr 30, 1998 | Dec 16, 1999 | −29.0% | 1.6 yrs | Oct 15, 2001 | 3.5 yrs |
| Oct 14, 2003 | Apr 20, 2004 | −23.1% | 6 mo | Nov 26, 2004 | 13 mo |
| Jul 21, 2011 | Aug 8, 2011 | −21.3% | 18 days | Dec 9, 2011 | 5 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 1998: how far W. P. Carey Inc. REIT 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 W. P. Carey Inc. REIT from its all-time high?
- W. P. Carey Inc. REIT is currently 30.3% below its all-time high, set Oct 18, 2019 (as of market close, Oct 1, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest W. P. Carey Inc. REIT drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1998) took W. P. Carey Inc. REIT 53.3% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 3, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from WPC; no free deep history exists for W. P. Carey Inc. REIT — 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.