All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
CSWC total return snapshot: CSWC returned +27.87% over the past year and +9.62% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, CSWC is up +17,087.27% in nominal total return, or +11.78%/yr, and is currently −3.67% below its total-return high on Apr. 17, 2026.
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-05-29 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × |
+9.62%
2026-05-29 |
+27.87%
2026-05-29 |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-05-29 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × |
+17,087.27%
+11.78%/yr |
+9.78%/yr
(R2=0.936) |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-05-29 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × |
$10,000.00
1980-03-17 |
$1,718,726.87
2026-05-29 |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | CSWC |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +9.62% |
| 2025 | +14.28% |
| 2024 | +2.14% |
| 2023 | +56.09% |
| 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 | +40.29% |
| 2012 | +22.19% |
| 2011 | −21.44% |
| 2010 | +31.73% |
| 2009 | −27.15% |
| 2008 | −8.47% |
| 2007 | −6.21% |
| 2006 | +39.49% |
| 2005 | +15.25% |
| 2004 | +26.64% |
| 2003 | +23.49% |
| 2002 | −23.93% |
| 2001 | +25.41% |
| 2000 | −12.11% |
| 1999 | −30.78% |
| 1998 | −5.98% |
| 1997 | +27.78% |
| 1996 | +41.87% |
| 1995 | +36.24% |
| 1994 | −3.87% |
| 1993 | +12.73% |
| 1992 | +37.50% |
| 1991 | +29.04% |
| 1990 | −23.27% |
| 1989 | +42.97% |
| 1988 | +18.32% |
| 1987 | +4.35% |
| 1986 | +53.34% |
| 1985 | +17.17% |
| 1984 | +14.30% |
| 1983 | +27.25% |
| 1982 | −15.36% |
| 1981 | +6.13% |
| 1980 | +48.48% |
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-05-29 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × |
−3.67%
from 2026-04-17 peak |
−69.34%
2009-03-09 from 2007-05-22 peak |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Fri 2026-05-29 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × | +27.87% |
+16.88% +8.12%/yr |
+78.98% +21.34%/yr |
+53.15% +8.90%/yr |
+356.57% +16.39%/yr |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
