All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
CSWC real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, CSWC returned +13.23% over the past year and +9.12% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, CSWC is up +4,149.45% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.44%/yr, and is currently −1.81% below its real total-return high on Apr. 17, 2026.
Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × |
+9.12%
2026-07-02 |
+13.23%
2026-07-02 |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × |
+4,149.45%
+8.44%/yr |
+6.94%/yr
(R2=0.900) |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × |
$10,000.00
1980-03-17 |
$424,945.02
2026-07-02 |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | CSWC |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +9.12% |
| 2025 | +11.30% |
| 2024 | −0.72% |
| 2023 | +51.04% |
| 2022 | −29.01% |
| 2021 | +47.05% |
| 2020 | −2.88% |
| 2019 | +20.06% |
| 2018 | +20.87% |
| 2017 | +7.72% |
| 2016 | +16.93% |
| 2015 | −0.99% |
| 2014 | +7.90% |
| 2013 | +37.93% |
| 2012 | +21.99% |
| 2011 | −23.69% |
| 2010 | +29.79% |
| 2009 | −29.07% |
| 2008 | −8.71% |
| 2007 | −9.90% |
| 2006 | +36.08% |
| 2005 | +11.44% |
| 2004 | +22.66% |
| 2003 | +21.22% |
| 2002 | −25.69% |
| 2001 | +23.51% |
| 2000 | −14.98% |
| 1999 | −32.59% |
| 1998 | −7.47% |
| 1997 | +25.65% |
| 1996 | +37.33% |
| 1995 | +32.97% |
| 1994 | −6.36% |
| 1993 | +9.73% |
| 1992 | +33.65% |
| 1991 | +25.22% |
| 1990 | −27.67% |
| 1989 | +35.97% |
| 1988 | +13.44% |
| 1987 | −0.07% |
| 1986 | +51.75% |
| 1985 | +12.97% |
| 1984 | +9.93% |
| 1983 | +22.61% |
| 1982 | −18.50% |
| 1981 | −2.57% |
| 1980 | +36.85% |
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × |
−1.81%
from 2026-04-17 peak |
−70.08%
2009-03-09 from 2007-05-22 peak |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × | +13.23% |
+4.75% +2.35%/yr |
+52.23% +15.04%/yr |
+34.83% +6.16%/yr |
+238.72% +12.98%/yr |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
