CDW
StockCDW Corporation
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This is the kind of decline worth waking up for.
CDW Corporation is 45.5% off its high — among the deepest declines in its recorded history.
Valuation is notable too — P/S Severity Score 2.2, below its typical range.
Very Large
Current Drawdown
-45.5%
Days in Drawdown
865
Avg Max Drawdown
4.2%
Avg Length
27
Drawdown Severity Score™
9.8
CDW - Price & High Water Mark
CDW - 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 22, 2026 · updated daily
Where today's valuation sits within CDW'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
CDW Corporation has been cheaper on this measure only about 37% of the time in 13 years of daily history.
Price to Sales history
EV to EBITDA
CDW Corporation has been cheaper on this measure only about 33% of the time in 13 years of daily history.
EV to EBITDA history · log scale
CDW Corporation (CDW) Analysis: Current Drawdown Insights
CDW Corporation is currently in a drawdown that is unusual by its own historical standards. As of 2026-08-21, the stock is trading at $137.25, which represents a 45.5% decline from its all-time high of $251.81. This drawdown has persisted for 865 days.
Based on its full tracked price history, CDW Corporation typically experiences drawdowns averaging 4.2% in depth, with an average duration of 27 days. CDW Corporation has gone through 133 total drawdown events in its tracked history. The largest drawdown on record for CDW Corporation was 44.8%, beginning in 2019. The longest drawdown duration on record was 405 days.
The Drawdown Severity Score™ for CDW Corporation currently stands at 9.80. This is our proprietary indicator that shows the relative severity of the current drawdown based on the asset's unique historical patterns. A score between 8.0 and 12.0 indicates an extremely rare, severe drawdown: the asset almost never experiences declines of this magnitude in its tracked history.
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 CDW Corporation'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 133 tracked pullbacks (61 listed).
| Start Date | End Date | Duration | Max Depth | Start Price | Lowest Price | Recovery Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-08 | Ongoing | 865 days | -45.5% | $251.81 | $137.25 | n/a |
| 2024-03-25 | 2024-03-27 | 3 days | -0.7% | $249.66 | $247.88 | $251.81 |
| 2024-03-13 | 2024-03-20 | 8 days | -1.9% | $243.99 | $239.26 | $244.90 |
| 2024-03-08 | 2024-03-12 | 4 days | -0.2% | $242.50 | $242.11 | $243.99 |
| 2024-03-04 | 2024-03-07 | 4 days | -1.0% | $241.50 | $239.21 | $242.50 |
| 2024-02-26 | 2024-03-01 | 5 days | -1.1% | $241.30 | $238.53 | $241.50 |
| 2024-02-12 | 2024-02-22 | 11 days | -3.2% | $238.86 | $231.31 | $241.13 |
| 2024-02-05 | 2024-02-07 | 3 days | -0.9% | $226.62 | $224.52 | $231.43 |
| 2024-01-31 | 2024-02-02 | 3 days | -1.5% | $224.24 | $220.83 | $226.62 |
| 2024-01-29 | 2024-01-30 | 2 days | -0.3% | $223.73 | $223.16 | $224.24 |
| 2023-12-27 | 2024-01-25 | 30 days | -6.4% | $222.79 | $208.48 | $223.05 |
| 2023-12-20 | 2023-12-21 | 2 days | -0.7% | $218.14 | $216.64 | $219.26 |
| 2023-11-16 | 2023-12-14 | 29 days | -4.0% | $212.63 | $204.15 | $214.72 |
| 2023-10-12 | 2023-11-14 | 34 days | -7.8% | $207.67 | $191.39 | $212.18 |
| 2023-09-07 | 2023-10-11 | 35 days | -6.8% | $207.15 | $192.98 | $207.67 |
| 2023-09-05 | 2023-09-06 | 2 days | -0.3% | $207.05 | $206.53 | $207.15 |
| 2023-02-17 | 2023-09-01 | 196 days | -23.6% | $206.17 | $157.44 | $207.05 |
| 2023-02-14 | 2023-02-15 | 2 days | -1.5% | $203.24 | $200.25 | $204.61 |
| 2022-01-05 | 2023-02-13 | 405 days | -26.0% | $197.91 | $146.38 | $203.24 |
| 2021-12-28 | 2022-01-04 | 8 days | -1.5% | $196.86 | $193.96 | $197.91 |
| 2021-09-03 | 2021-12-23 | 112 days | -14.6% | $192.79 | $164.67 | $192.81 |
| 2021-08-31 | 2021-09-02 | 3 days | -0.2% | $190.40 | $189.97 | $192.79 |
| 2021-08-17 | 2021-08-27 | 11 days | -2.4% | $188.39 | $183.95 | $188.99 |
| 2021-08-06 | 2021-08-10 | 5 days | -0.5% | $180.43 | $179.50 | $181.29 |
| 2021-04-19 | 2021-08-02 | 106 days | -11.2% | $173.76 | $154.38 | $173.86 |
| 2021-04-12 | 2021-04-13 | 2 days | -0.7% | $165.67 | $164.55 | $166.10 |
| 2021-04-06 | 2021-04-08 | 3 days | -0.7% | $161.98 | $160.84 | $164.87 |
| 2021-03-29 | 2021-04-01 | 4 days | -1.8% | $158.55 | $155.64 | $160.00 |
| 2021-02-25 | 2021-03-26 | 29 days | -6.6% | $153.07 | $143.01 | $158.55 |
| 2021-02-22 | 2021-02-24 | 3 days | -2.2% | $151.41 | $148.05 | $153.07 |
| 2021-02-18 | 2021-02-19 | 2 days | -0.8% | $148.69 | $147.55 | $151.41 |
| 2021-02-11 | 2021-02-17 | 7 days | -1.2% | $148.20 | $146.37 | $148.69 |
| 2021-02-08 | 2021-02-09 | 2 days | -0.4% | $142.20 | $141.65 | $142.76 |
| 2020-11-10 | 2021-02-04 | 87 days | -11.4% | $135.17 | $119.77 | $141.27 |
| 2019-12-27 | 2020-11-09 | 319 days | -44.8% | $134.50 | $74.20 | $135.17 |
| 2019-12-23 | 2019-12-26 | 4 days | -0.7% | $133.84 | $132.86 | $134.50 |
| 2019-12-17 | 2019-12-19 | 3 days | -0.9% | $130.83 | $129.59 | $132.28 |
| 2019-11-26 | 2019-12-16 | 21 days | -3.5% | $128.35 | $123.81 | $130.83 |
| 2019-11-20 | 2019-11-25 | 6 days | -0.7% | $127.79 | $126.88 | $128.35 |
| 2019-11-06 | 2019-11-15 | 10 days | -2.2% | $125.94 | $123.17 | $126.63 |
| 2019-10-14 | 2019-10-24 | 11 days | -1.6% | $115.37 | $113.52 | $115.41 |
| 2019-09-27 | 2019-10-11 | 15 days | -3.0% | $114.44 | $110.99 | $115.37 |
| 2019-09-20 | 2019-09-26 | 7 days | -2.6% | $112.95 | $110.04 | $114.44 |
| 2019-09-06 | 2019-09-18 | 13 days | -5.9% | $109.86 | $103.40 | $111.64 |
| 2019-08-02 | 2019-09-05 | 35 days | -9.3% | $109.63 | $99.47 | $109.86 |
| 2019-07-15 | 2019-07-31 | 17 days | -3.4% | $107.50 | $103.89 | $109.30 |
| 2019-07-08 | 2019-07-12 | 5 days | -3.0% | $105.26 | $102.12 | $107.50 |
| 2019-05-06 | 2019-06-27 | 53 days | -9.5% | $100.63 | $91.06 | $102.12 |
| 2019-04-16 | 2019-05-03 | 18 days | -3.0% | $99.75 | $96.74 | $100.63 |
| 2019-04-09 | 2019-04-10 | 2 days | -0.0% | $94.08 | $94.06 | $95.98 |
| 2019-03-22 | 2019-04-01 | 11 days | -4.4% | $90.93 | $86.89 | $90.97 |
| 2018-12-04 | 2019-02-22 | 81 days | -21.5% | $88.25 | $69.27 | $88.32 |
| 2018-09-17 | 2018-11-07 | 52 days | -12.7% | $82.62 | $72.09 | $82.66 |
| 2018-02-02 | 2018-05-07 | 94 days | -10.9% | $69.55 | $61.96 | $69.64 |
| 2017-06-26 | 2017-09-27 | 94 days | -9.4% | $58.95 | $53.43 | $59.11 |
| 2016-12-09 | 2017-02-07 | 61 days | -7.9% | $49.80 | $45.88 | $51.18 |
| 2016-09-23 | 2016-11-14 | 53 days | -7.6% | $42.42 | $39.19 | $43.71 |
| 2015-11-06 | 2016-09-20 | 319 days | -27.0% | $41.04 | $29.96 | $41.13 |
| 2015-04-24 | 2015-08-04 | 103 days | -14.5% | $34.49 | $29.50 | $34.63 |
| 2014-08-27 | 2014-11-21 | 87 days | -15.6% | $29.48 | $24.88 | $29.57 |
| 2014-01-13 | 2014-02-27 | 46 days | -7.6% | $21.81 | $20.14 | $22.43 |
| 2013-09-25 | 2014-01-09 | 107 days | -14.8% | $21.26 | $18.11 | $21.48 |
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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CDW Corporation (CDW) is trading at $137.25 as of Aug 21, 2026. It is 45.5% below its high of $251.81. The drawdown has lasted 865 days. Severity score: 9.8 (Very Large).
CDW Price History and Drawdown Data
Latest price
$137.25
High-water mark
$251.81
Current drawdown
-45.5%
Days in drawdown
865
This CDW 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 CDW Corporation drawdowns.
What History Says About CDW
CDW Corporation has dropped 15%+ from its high 6 times in its tracked history. These events lasted an average of 235 days with an average max drop of -26.4%.
The current drawdown of -45.5% has lasted 865 days, which is 3.7x the average duration of comparable events.
| Period | Max Drop | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 2019 to Nov 2020 | -44.8% | 319 days |
| Nov 2015 to Sep 2016 | -27.0% | 319 days |
| Jan 2022 to Feb 2023 | -26.0% | 405 days |
| Feb 2023 to Sep 2023 | -23.6% | 196 days |
| Dec 2018 to Feb 2019 | -21.5% | 81 days |
| Aug 2014 to Nov 2014 | -15.6% | 87 days |
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