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 +21.24% over the past year and +7.70% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, CSWC is up +4,008.93% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.37%/yr, and is currently −3.10% below its real total-return high on Apr. 17, 2026.
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × |
+7.70%
2026-06-09 |
+21.24%
2026-06-09 |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × |
+4,008.93%
+8.37%/yr |
+6.88%/yr
(R2=0.897) |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × |
$10,000.00
1980-03-17 |
$410,893.21
2026-06-09 |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | CSWC |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +7.70% |
| 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 | +20.09% |
| 2011 | −23.70% |
| 2010 | +29.79% |
| 2009 | −29.08% |
| 2008 | −8.73% |
| 2007 | −9.90% |
| 2006 | +36.07% |
| 2005 | +11.44% |
| 2004 | +22.66% |
| 2003 | +21.20% |
| 2002 | −25.69% |
| 2001 | +23.51% |
| 2000 | −14.99% |
| 1999 | −32.59% |
| 1998 | −7.47% |
| 1997 | +25.64% |
| 1996 | +37.31% |
| 1995 | +32.87% |
| 1994 | −6.38% |
| 1993 | +9.71% |
| 1992 | +33.63% |
| 1991 | +25.20% |
| 1990 | −27.69% |
| 1989 | +35.95% |
| 1988 | +13.34% |
| 1987 | −0.07% |
| 1986 | +51.66% |
| 1985 | +12.88% |
| 1984 | +9.96% |
| 1983 | +22.58% |
| 1982 | −18.48% |
| 1981 | −2.57% |
| 1980 | +36.89% |
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × |
−3.10%
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 Tue 2026-06-09 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × | +21.24% |
+7.73% +3.79%/yr |
+53.37% +15.32%/yr |
+21.94% +4.05%/yr |
+237.89% +12.95%/yr |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
