All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
ARCC total return snapshot: ARCC returned −7.27% over the past year and −2.46% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 5, 2004, ARCC is up +1,101.41% in nominal total return, or +12.12%/yr, and is currently −11.22% below its total-return high on Jul. 17, 2025.
Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026
| Tue 2004-10-05💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCC × |
−2.46%
2026-07-02 |
−7.27%
2026-07-02 |
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| Tue 2004-10-05💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCC × |
+1,101.41%
+12.12%/yr |
+13.16%/yr
(R2=0.925) |
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| Tue 2004-10-05💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCC × |
$10,000.00
2004-10-05 |
$120,141.12
2026-07-02 |
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| Year | ARCC |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −2.46% |
| 2025 | +1.07% |
| 2024 | +19.78% |
| 2023 | +20.03% |
| 2022 | −3.84% |
| 2021 | +36.14% |
| 2020 | +0.86% |
| 2019 | +31.30% |
| 2018 | +8.81% |
| 2017 | +4.50% |
| 2016 | +28.03% |
| 2015 | +0.76% |
| 2014 | −3.57% |
| 2013 | +11.08% |
| 2012 | +24.73% |
| 2011 | +2.56% |
| 2010 | +45.43% |
| 2009 | +147.01% |
| 2008 | −47.74% |
| 2007 | −15.38% |
| 2006 | +30.53% |
| 2005 | −10.75% |
| 2004 | +31.46% |
| Tue 2004-10-05💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCC × |
−11.22%
from 2025-07-17 peak |
−79.05%
2009-03-05 from 2007-02-22 peak |
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| Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCC × | −7.27% |
+8.16% +4.00%/yr |
+32.15% +9.74%/yr |
+50.88% +8.57%/yr |
+238.87% +12.98%/yr |
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