Block Inc. drawdown: 71.9% below the all-time high
Block Inc. is 71.9% below its all-time high, set Aug 5, 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
- −71.9%
- 28.1% of ATH
- All-time high
- $281.81
- Aug 5, 2021
- Time below the high
- 5.1 yrs
- since Aug 5, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −86.1%
- Oct 30, 2023
- Longest underwater
- 5.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Aug 28, 2018
- 8.0 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −71.9% episode
% of all-time high since 2015#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2021 | Oct 30, 2023 | −86.1% | 2.2 yrs | not yet | 5.1 yrs+ |
| Sep 28, 2018 | Mar 20, 2020 | −61.5% | 18 mo | Jun 22, 2020 | 1.7 yrs |
| Apr 12, 2016 | Jun 27, 2016 | −44.3% | 2 mo | Feb 23, 2017 | 10 mo |
| Dec 31, 2015 | Feb 8, 2016 | −36.1% | 39 days | Mar 21, 2016 | 3 mo |
| Nov 24, 2017 | Dec 29, 2017 | −29.0% | 35 days | Mar 5, 2018 | 3 mo |
| Feb 19, 2021 | May 13, 2021 | −28.7% | 3 mo | Aug 5, 2021 | 5 mo |
| Mar 20, 2018 | Apr 25, 2018 | −22.4% | 36 days | May 30, 2018 | 2 mo |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | −18.7% | 17 days | Nov 6, 2020 | 24 days |
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 2015: how far Block 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 Block Inc. from its all-time high?
- Block Inc. is currently 71.9% below its all-time high, set Aug 5, 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 Block Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2015) took Block Inc. 86.1% below its prior high, bottoming Oct 30, 2023. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from XYZ; no free deep history exists for Block 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.