Yum! Brands Inc. drawdown: 16.2% below the all-time high
Yum! Brands Inc. is 16.2% below its all-time high, set Feb 27, 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
- −16.2%
- 83.8% of ATH
- All-time high
- $168.16
- Feb 27, 2026
- Time below the high
- 6 mo
- since Feb 27, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −67.7%
- Jul 28, 2000
- Longest underwater
- 4.9 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- May 1, 2023
- 3.4 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Oct 27, 2023
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1997#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 1999 | Jul 28, 2000 | −67.7% | 16 mo | Feb 26, 2004 | 4.9 yrs |
| Sep 6, 2019 | Mar 23, 2020 | −52.6% | 7 mo | Apr 30, 2021 | 1.6 yrs |
| May 15, 2008 | Nov 20, 2008 | −46.2% | 6 mo | Apr 14, 2010 | 1.9 yrs |
| May 20, 2015 | Feb 11, 2016 | −31.2% | 9 mo | Feb 14, 2017 | 1.7 yrs |
| Nov 17, 1997 | Jan 8, 1998 | −26.5% | 52 days | Jul 17, 1998 | 8 mo |
| Dec 31, 2021 | Oct 11, 2022 | −24.2% | 9 mo | Apr 24, 2023 | 16 mo |
| Jul 14, 2014 | Oct 15, 2014 | −19.3% | 3 mo | Apr 22, 2015 | 9 mo |
| May 2, 2023 | Oct 12, 2023 | −18.6% | 5 mo | Apr 29, 2024 | 12 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 1997: how far Yum! Brands 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 Yum! Brands Inc. from its all-time high?
- Yum! Brands Inc. is currently 16.2% below its all-time high, set Feb 27, 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 Yum! Brands Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1997) took Yum! Brands Inc. 67.7% below its prior high, bottoming Jul 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 YUM; no free deep history exists for Yum! Brands 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.