DIS’s worst drop since 1999 was 68%
Walt Disney Company (The) (DIS) fell 68% from Apr 2000 to Aug 2002. It took 10.7 years from that peak to close at a new high, in Jan 2011. Over the same years the S&P 500 fell as much as 55%.
That drop is milder than most. It ranks 596th of the 986 stocks PortfolioAutopsy tracks, counted from the deepest.
Drawdown from the last high, 1999 to now
How DIS held up in each crash
| Crash | Years | DIS | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dot-com bust | 2000–02 | −67.9% | −47.5% |
| Financial crisis | 2007–09 | −54.9% | −55.2% |
| COVID crash | 2020 | −42.2% | −33.7% |
| 2022 rate shock | 2022 | −46.7% | −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 DIS’s maximum drawdown?
DIS’s deepest fall since 1999 was 67.9%, from its high on April 28, 2000 to its low on August 13, 2002. The figure uses daily prices with dividends reinvested.
How long did DIS take to recover?
10.7 years. DIS first closed above its Apr 2000 high again on January 4, 2011.
Was DIS riskier than the S&P 500?
Over the same years, DIS’s worst drop was 67.9% against 55.2% for the S&P 500 (SPY), and its worst 12 months were −56.6% 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.