TJX’s worst drop since 1999 was 61%
TJX Companies (TJX) fell 61% from Apr 1999 to Feb 2000. It took 2.3 years from that peak to close at a new high, in Aug 2001. Over the same years the S&P 500 fell as much as 55%.
That drop is milder than most. It ranks 731st of the 986 stocks PortfolioAutopsy tracks, counted from the deepest.
Drawdown from the last high, 1999 to now
How TJX held up in each crash
| Crash | Years | TJX | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dot-com bust | 2000–02 | −32.4% | −47.5% |
| Financial crisis | 2007–09 | −50.0% | −55.2% |
| COVID crash | 2020 | −42.5% | −33.7% |
| 2022 rate shock | 2022 | −27.7% | −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 TJX’s maximum drawdown?
TJX’s deepest fall since 1999 was 60.9%, from its high on April 12, 1999 to its low on February 25, 2000. The figure uses daily prices with dividends reinvested.
How long did TJX take to recover?
2.3 years. TJX first closed above its Apr 1999 high again on August 10, 2001.
Was TJX riskier than the S&P 500?
Over the same years, TJX’s worst drop was 60.9% against 55.2% for the S&P 500 (SPY), and its worst 12 months were −55.0% 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.