All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
ARCC real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, ARCC returned −8.68% over the past year and −8.35% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 5, 2004, ARCC is up +562.06% in real purchasing-power return, or +9.13%/yr, and is currently −16.89% below its real total-return high on Jul. 17, 2025.
| Tue 2004-10-05? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCC × |
−8.35%
2026-05-22 |
−8.68%
2026-05-22 |
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| Tue 2004-10-05? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCC × |
+562.06%
+9.13%/yr |
+10.63%/yr
(R2=0.888) |
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| Tue 2004-10-05? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCC × |
$10,000.00
2004-10-05 |
$66,206.38
2026-05-22 |
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| Year | ARCC |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −8.35% |
| 2025 | −1.57% |
| 2024 | +16.42% |
| 2023 | +16.14% |
| 2022 | −9.68% |
| 2021 | +27.18% |
| 2020 | −0.49% |
| 2019 | +28.36% |
| 2018 | +6.77% |
| 2017 | +2.33% |
| 2016 | +25.43% |
| 2015 | +0.03% |
| 2014 | −4.30% |
| 2013 | +9.43% |
| 2012 | +22.60% |
| 2011 | −0.40% |
| 2010 | +43.29% |
| 2009 | +140.47% |
| 2008 | −47.79% |
| 2007 | −18.71% |
| 2006 | +27.32% |
| 2005 | −13.71% |
| 2004 | +31.29% |
| Tue 2004-10-05? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCC × |
−16.89%
from 2025-07-17 peak |
−79.94%
2009-03-05 from 2007-02-22 peak |
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| Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCC × | −8.68% |
−1.59% −0.80%/yr |
+19.58% +6.14%/yr |
+24.17% +4.42%/yr |
+127.07% +8.54%/yr |
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