White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. drawdown: 4.6% below the all-time high (price)
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. is 4.6% below its all-time high, set Apr 17, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 20, 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
- −4.6%
- 95.4% of ATH
- All-time high
- $2,319
- Apr 17, 2026
- Time below the high
- 6 mo
- since Apr 17, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −78.6%
- Mar 9, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 9.9 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Feb 17, 2026
- 8 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Nov 20, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1986: 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.
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 8, 2005 | Mar 9, 2009 | −78.6% | 3.5 yrs | Jul 31, 2015 | 9.9 yrs |
| Mar 13, 1987 | Dec 11, 1987 | −42.6% | 9 mo | Aug 2, 1990 | 3.4 yrs |
| Feb 11, 2020 | Mar 18, 2020 | −40.2% | 36 days | Feb 17, 2021 | 12 mo |
| Oct 15, 1993 | May 20, 1994 | −34.5% | 7 mo | Sep 13, 1996 | 2.9 yrs |
| Jul 17, 1998 | Mar 8, 2000 | −33.4% | 1.6 yrs | Jun 14, 2000 | 1.9 yrs |
| Jun 21, 2001 | Oct 9, 2002 | −27.2% | 16 mo | May 12, 2003 | 1.9 yrs |
| Feb 22, 2021 | Dec 3, 2021 | −22.1% | 9 mo | Jun 7, 2022 | 15 mo |
| Aug 26, 1986 | Nov 19, 1986 | −19.3% | 3 mo | Feb 25, 1987 | 6 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 1986: how far White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. 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 White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. from its all-time high?
- White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. is currently 4.6% below its all-time high, set Apr 17, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 20, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1986) took White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. 78.6% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 9, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from WTM; no free deep history exists for White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. — 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.