ALGN
StockAlign Technology, Inc.
One email when a drop — in price or in valuation — is historically rare for ALGN. Otherwise we stay quiet.
This is the kind of decline worth waking up for.
Align Technology, Inc. is 77.7% off its high — among the deepest declines in its recorded history.
And it's not just the price: Align Technology, Inc.'s P/S Severity Score is 6.1 — historically low valuation vs its own history.
Historic
Current Drawdown
-77.7%
Days in Drawdown
1796
Avg Max Drawdown
6.7%
Avg Length
54
Drawdown Severity Score™
13.9
ALGN - Price & High Water Mark
ALGN - Drawdown Timeline
How to read this chart: Negative values indicate drawdowns from all-time highs. Values closer to 0% mean the stock is near its high water mark.
Valuation vs Its Own History
Data as of August 21, 2026 · updated daily
Where today's valuation sits within ALGN's own multi-year range, scored with the same Drawdown Severity Score language as price, measured from its typical level rather than its record high — a higher score means it has rarely been cheaper. This is context, not a recommendation.
Price to Sales
Align Technology, Inc. has been cheaper on this measure only about 8% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
Price to Sales history
EV to EBITDA
Align Technology, Inc. has been cheaper on this measure only about 11% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
EV to EBITDA history · log scale
Align Technology, Inc. (ALGN) Analysis: Current Drawdown Insights
Align Technology, Inc. is currently in a drawdown that is unusual by its own historical standards. As of 2026-08-21, the stock is trading at $162.55, which represents a 77.7% decline from its all-time high of $729.92. This drawdown has persisted for 1796 days.
Based on its full tracked price history, Align Technology, Inc. typically experiences drawdowns averaging 6.7% in depth, with an average duration of 54 days. Align Technology, Inc. has gone through 135 total drawdown events in its tracked history. The largest drawdown on record for Align Technology, Inc. was 92.3%, beginning in 2001. The longest drawdown duration on record was 1622 days.
The Drawdown Severity Score™ for Align Technology, Inc. currently stands at 13.94. This is our proprietary indicator that shows the relative severity of the current drawdown based on the asset's unique historical patterns. A score above 12.0 indicates a historic, once-in-a-decade event: declines of this magnitude are extraordinarily rare in this asset's tracked history and can also signal fundamental changes worth investigating.
Understanding Drawdowns: A drawdown measures how far a stock has fallen from its peak price. Every stock experiences drawdowns: periods when the price declines from all-time highs before recovering. By analyzing Align Technology, Inc.'s historical drawdown patterns, investors can identify when the stock is experiencing a typical market fluctuation versus an unusual decline that is rare by that stock's own historical standards.
📜 Historical Drawdown Events
Current drawdown shown in blue. Showing the most recent and the deepest of 135 tracked pullbacks (65 listed).
| Start Date | End Date | Duration | Max Depth | Start Price | Lowest Price | Recovery Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-20 | Ongoing | 1796 days | -77.7% | $729.92 | $162.55 | n/a |
| 2021-09-03 | 2021-09-08 | 6 days | -1.8% | $729.03 | $716.21 | $729.92 |
| 2021-08-26 | 2021-09-01 | 7 days | -2.8% | $716.90 | $696.56 | $718.72 |
| 2021-08-05 | 2021-08-24 | 20 days | -4.6% | $708.01 | $675.26 | $712.84 |
| 2021-07-13 | 2021-07-29 | 17 days | -7.4% | $642.86 | $595.56 | $676.98 |
| 2021-07-06 | 2021-07-09 | 4 days | -3.1% | $624.17 | $604.67 | $627.19 |
| 2021-04-28 | 2021-07-02 | 66 days | -11.8% | $621.76 | $548.64 | $624.17 |
| 2021-02-08 | 2021-04-27 | 78 days | -20.0% | $620.45 | $496.07 | $621.76 |
| 2021-01-11 | 2021-02-04 | 25 days | -10.7% | $570.53 | $509.64 | $615.16 |
| 2021-01-06 | 2021-01-07 | 2 days | -0.6% | $543.65 | $540.39 | $558.36 |
| 2020-12-23 | 2021-01-05 | 14 days | -3.0% | $536.59 | $520.45 | $543.65 |
| 2020-12-07 | 2020-12-17 | 11 days | -3.3% | $521.72 | $504.31 | $526.72 |
| 2020-11-06 | 2020-12-01 | 26 days | -10.3% | $491.91 | $441.35 | $500.10 |
| 2020-10-26 | 2020-11-04 | 10 days | -9.3% | $469.56 | $426.08 | $483.46 |
| 2018-09-26 | 2020-10-22 | 758 days | -65.0% | $392.98 | $137.72 | $453.23 |
| 2018-09-17 | 2018-09-25 | 9 days | -3.0% | $390.16 | $378.37 | $392.98 |
| 2018-08-31 | 2018-09-14 | 15 days | -4.8% | $387.05 | $368.64 | $390.16 |
| 2018-07-26 | 2018-08-27 | 33 days | -8.7% | $381.77 | $348.58 | $381.87 |
| 2018-07-24 | 2018-07-25 | 2 days | -1.3% | $377.50 | $372.59 | $381.77 |
| 2018-07-19 | 2018-07-20 | 2 days | -0.5% | $372.31 | $370.32 | $375.38 |
| 2018-06-19 | 2018-07-17 | 29 days | -8.5% | $370.10 | $338.68 | $370.53 |
| 2018-06-15 | 2018-06-18 | 4 days | -1.0% | $366.27 | $362.66 | $370.10 |
| 2018-06-07 | 2018-06-08 | 2 days | -2.0% | $346.37 | $339.32 | $346.67 |
| 2018-05-22 | 2018-05-23 | 2 days | -1.5% | $302.46 | $297.86 | $308.20 |
| 2018-05-14 | 2018-05-16 | 3 days | -0.9% | $286.49 | $283.77 | $287.96 |
| 2018-01-29 | 2018-05-11 | 102 days | -22.3% | $283.97 | $220.71 | $286.49 |
| 2018-01-18 | 2018-01-24 | 7 days | -1.9% | $272.25 | $267.10 | $272.28 |
| 2017-11-29 | 2018-01-17 | 50 days | -17.2% | $264.23 | $218.76 | $272.25 |
| 2017-11-22 | 2017-11-27 | 6 days | -0.8% | $256.43 | $254.38 | $262.42 |
| 2017-11-17 | 2017-11-20 | 4 days | -0.4% | $254.92 | $253.89 | $255.51 |
| 2017-11-15 | 2017-11-16 | 2 days | -1.9% | $254.02 | $249.19 | $254.92 |
| 2017-11-09 | 2017-11-13 | 5 days | -1.3% | $252.74 | $249.46 | $253.73 |
| 2017-11-01 | 2017-11-03 | 3 days | -2.3% | $238.98 | $233.47 | $241.35 |
| 2017-10-30 | 2017-10-31 | 2 days | -0.2% | $235.94 | $235.57 | $238.98 |
| 2017-10-25 | 2017-10-27 | 3 days | -1.0% | $203.72 | $201.75 | $235.94 |
| 2017-10-18 | 2017-10-19 | 2 days | -0.0% | $194.27 | $194.23 | $196.85 |
| 2017-10-12 | 2017-10-13 | 2 days | -0.0% | $192.46 | $192.38 | $192.81 |
| 2017-09-21 | 2017-10-11 | 21 days | -3.0% | $188.78 | $183.04 | $192.46 |
| 2017-09-19 | 2017-09-20 | 2 days | -0.6% | $188.34 | $187.18 | $188.78 |
| 2017-09-13 | 2017-09-18 | 6 days | -1.1% | $185.66 | $183.57 | $188.34 |
| 2017-09-06 | 2017-09-07 | 2 days | -1.5% | $179.33 | $176.63 | $179.99 |
| 2017-08-17 | 2017-09-05 | 20 days | -5.9% | $178.46 | $167.98 | $179.33 |
| 2017-08-10 | 2017-08-15 | 6 days | -2.6% | $175.77 | $171.23 | $177.97 |
| 2017-08-08 | 2017-08-09 | 2 days | -0.2% | $174.01 | $173.62 | $175.77 |
| 2017-07-31 | 2017-08-07 | 8 days | -3.4% | $173.06 | $167.23 | $174.01 |
| 2017-07-25 | 2017-07-28 | 4 days | -2.4% | $161.19 | $157.26 | $173.06 |
| 2017-07-21 | 2017-07-24 | 4 days | -0.8% | $160.17 | $158.87 | $161.19 |
| 2017-07-18 | 2017-07-19 | 2 days | -0.1% | $156.21 | $156.02 | $159.28 |
| 2017-06-26 | 2017-07-14 | 19 days | -3.2% | $153.50 | $148.62 | $154.30 |
| 2017-06-09 | 2017-06-23 | 15 days | -5.5% | $151.82 | $143.41 | $153.50 |
| 2017-06-05 | 2017-06-08 | 4 days | -0.7% | $149.70 | $148.62 | $151.82 |
| 2016-12-19 | 2017-02-17 | 61 days | -11.0% | $101.14 | $89.98 | $101.77 |
| 2016-09-08 | 2016-11-17 | 71 days | -12.6% | $96.29 | $84.14 | $97.24 |
| 2015-10-27 | 2016-03-02 | 128 days | -14.1% | $68.27 | $58.65 | $68.51 |
| 2015-07-21 | 2015-10-23 | 95 days | -18.3% | $66.04 | $53.94 | $67.97 |
| 2014-01-21 | 2015-06-16 | 511 days | -30.6% | $63.95 | $44.37 | $64.29 |
| 2013-10-02 | 2013-10-18 | 17 days | -13.7% | $49.26 | $42.52 | $57.98 |
| 2012-09-14 | 2013-07-10 | 300 days | -35.2% | $39.17 | $25.39 | $39.19 |
| 2012-07-03 | 2012-07-27 | 25 days | -12.4% | $35.22 | $30.86 | $35.82 |
| 2007-10-25 | 2012-04-02 | 1622 days | -82.6% | $28.70 | $5.00 | $28.70 |
| 2007-07-26 | 2007-10-04 | 71 days | -18.6% | $27.69 | $22.55 | $27.74 |
| 2004-04-20 | 2007-04-26 | 1102 days | -75.2% | $22.80 | $5.66 | $23.60 |
| 2004-01-27 | 2004-04-12 | 76 days | -17.7% | $21.79 | $17.93 | $22.43 |
| 2003-12-02 | 2004-01-07 | 37 days | -14.7% | $18.61 | $15.88 | $18.70 |
| 2003-11-10 | 2003-11-28 | 19 days | -12.4% | $17.87 | $15.66 | $17.94 |
| 2001-01-31 | 2003-11-03 | 1007 days | -92.3% | $16.88 | $1.30 | $16.93 |
How to read: Each row shows a complete drawdown from peak to recovery. Red rows = most severe drawdowns (worst 20% or 5x+ average), yellow rows = moderate (2x-5x worse than average).
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Align Technology, Inc. (ALGN) is trading at $162.55 as of Aug 21, 2026. It is 77.7% below its high of $729.92. The drawdown has lasted 1,796 days. Severity score: 13.9 (Historic).
ALGN Price History and Drawdown Data
Latest price
$162.55
High-water mark
$729.92
Current drawdown
-77.7%
Days in drawdown
1,796
This ALGN page is built around daily price history, the latest high-water mark, current drawdown depth, drawdown duration, and comparable historical drawdown events. The chart above provides the price-history context, while the sections below explain how the current move compares with prior Align Technology, Inc. drawdowns.
What History Says About ALGN
Align Technology, Inc. has dropped 20%+ from its high 8 times in its tracked history. These events lasted an average of 685 days with an average max drop of -52.9%.
The current drawdown of -77.7% has lasted 1,796 days, which is 2.6x the average duration of comparable events.
| Period | Max Drop | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2001 to Nov 2003 | -92.3% | 1007 days |
| Oct 2007 to Apr 2012 | -82.6% | 1622 days |
| Apr 2004 to Apr 2007 | -75.2% | 1102 days |
| Sep 2018 to Oct 2020 | -65.0% | 758 days |
| Sep 2012 to Jul 2013 | -35.2% | 300 days |
| Jan 2014 to Jun 2015 | -30.6% | 511 days |
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