BMY’s worst drop since 1999 was 71%
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) fell 71% from Oct 1999 to Jul 2002. It took 13.5 years from that peak to close at a new high, in May 2013. Over the same years the S&P 500 fell as much as 55%.
That drop is milder than most. It ranks 539th of the 986 stocks PortfolioAutopsy tracks, counted from the deepest.
Drawdown from the last high, 1999 to now
How BMY held up in each crash
| Crash | Years | BMY | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dot-com bust | 2000–02 | −69.5% | −47.5% |
| Financial crisis | 2007–09 | −42.6% | −55.2% |
| COVID crash | 2020 | −31.2% | −33.7% |
| 2022 rate shock | 2022 | −16.0% | −24.5% |
Each number is the deepest fall from a high inside that window, using daily prices with dividends reinvested.
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What was BMY’s maximum drawdown?
BMY’s deepest fall since 1999 was 70.6%, from its high on October 28, 1999 to its low on July 24, 2002. The figure uses daily prices with dividends reinvested.
How long did BMY take to recover?
13.5 years. BMY first closed above its Oct 1999 high again on May 15, 2013.
Was BMY riskier than the S&P 500?
Over the same years, BMY’s worst drop was 70.6% against 55.2% for the S&P 500 (SPY), and its worst 12 months were −63.1% against −47.4%.
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Daily adjusted closes from Yahoo Finance, January 5, 1999 through October 13, 2026, dividends reinvested. Historical facts, not a forecast and not investment advice.