All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)

Total Real Returns

CSWC: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

CSWC total return snapshot: CSWC returned +23.34% over the past year and +11.27% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, CSWC is up +17,535.08% in nominal total return, or +11.74%/yr, and is currently −10.25% below its total-return high on Aug. 31, 2026.

Data ending Mon Oct. 19, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Mon 2026-10-19 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
CSWC × 		+17,535.08%
+11.74%/yr 		+9.84%/yr
R2=0.938
Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Mon 2026-10-19 Start
Value 		End
Value
CSWC × 		$10,000.00
1980-03-17 		$1,763,508.22
2026-10-19

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-19

  YTD YoY
CSWC × 		+11.27% +23.34%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
CSWC × 		−10.25%
on 2026-10-19
from 2026-08-31 peak 		−69.39%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-05-22 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-10-19 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
CSWC × 		+23.34% +11.32%
+5.51%/yr 		+47.08%
+13.72%/yr 		+45.60%
+7.80%/yr 		+342.31%
+16.03%/yr

Annual Returns

Year CSWC
2026 (YTD) +11.27%
2025 +14.28%
2024 +2.14%
2023 +56.10%
2022 −24.42%
2021 +57.40%
2020 −1.56%
2019 +22.80%
2018 +23.18%
2017 +9.99%
2016 +19.35%
2015 −0.27%
2014 +8.72%
2013 +40.08%
2012 +24.10%
2011 −21.43%
2010 +31.73%
2009 −27.15%
2008 −8.63%
2007 −6.21%
2006 +39.49%
2005 +15.26%
2004 +26.65%
2003 +23.48%
2002 −23.92%
2001 +25.42%
2000 −12.11%
1999 −30.78%
1998 −5.98%
1997 +27.78%
1996 +41.88%
1995 +36.34%
1994 −3.87%
1993 +12.73%
1992 +37.49%
1991 +29.04%
1990 −23.27%
1989 +42.32%
1988 +18.45%
1987 +4.38%
1986 +53.41%
1985 +17.24%
1984 +14.31%
1983 +27.25%
1982 −15.40%
1981 +6.17%
1980 +48.47%