Essential Utilities Inc. drawdown: 28.5% below the all-time high
Essential Utilities Inc. is 28.5% below its all-time high, set Feb 18, 2020 (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
- −28.5%
- 71.5% of ATH
- All-time high
- $54.07
- Feb 18, 2020
- Time below the high
- 6.6 yrs
- since Feb 18, 2020
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −82.9%
- Jul 8, 1981
- Longest underwater
- 16.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Dec 26, 2017
- 8.8 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Dec 14, 2011
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1980#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1981 | Jul 8, 1981 | −82.9% | 1 days | Aug 6, 1997 | 16.1 yrs |
| Mar 1, 2006 | Jul 15, 2008 | −50.5% | 2.4 yrs | Mar 4, 2013 | 7.0 yrs |
| Dec 30, 1998 | Mar 9, 2000 | −43.3% | 14 mo | Dec 27, 2000 | 2.0 yrs |
| Feb 18, 2020 | Oct 3, 2023 | −39.7% | 3.6 yrs | not yet | 6.6 yrs+ |
| May 8, 2002 | Jul 19, 2002 | −34.8% | 2 mo | Oct 7, 2003 | 17 mo |
| Nov 25, 1980 | May 4, 1981 | −28.9% | 5 mo | Jul 1, 1981 | 7 mo |
| Jan 26, 1998 | Jun 3, 1998 | −24.5% | 4 mo | Aug 18, 1998 | 7 mo |
| Oct 3, 2005 | Oct 21, 2005 | −19.9% | 18 days | Feb 27, 2006 | 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 1980: how far Essential Utilities 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 Essential Utilities Inc. from its all-time high?
- Essential Utilities Inc. is currently 28.5% below its all-time high, set Feb 18, 2020 (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 Essential Utilities Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1980) took Essential Utilities Inc. 82.9% below its prior high, bottoming Jul 8, 1981. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from WTRG; no free deep history exists for Essential Utilities 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.