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 +19.90% over the past year and +7.32% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, CSWC is up +4,121.55% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.43%/yr, and is currently −3.44% below its real total-return high on Apr. 17, 2026.
Data ending Fri Jun. 12, 2026
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × |
+7.32%
2026-06-12 |
+19.90%
2026-06-12 |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × |
+4,121.55%
+8.43%/yr |
+6.97%/yr
(R2=0.900) |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × |
$10,000.00
1980-03-17 |
$422,154.52
2026-06-12 |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | CSWC |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +7.32% |
| 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 | −0.96% |
| 2014 | +7.98% |
| 2013 | +38.05% |
| 2012 | +20.35% |
| 2011 | −23.64% |
| 2010 | +29.88% |
| 2009 | −29.00% |
| 2008 | −8.64% |
| 2007 | −9.86% |
| 2006 | +36.13% |
| 2005 | +11.51% |
| 2004 | +22.74% |
| 2003 | +21.32% |
| 2002 | −25.62% |
| 2001 | +23.61% |
| 2000 | −14.91% |
| 1999 | −32.54% |
| 1998 | −7.41% |
| 1997 | +25.73% |
| 1996 | +37.43% |
| 1995 | +33.02% |
| 1994 | −6.23% |
| 1993 | +9.88% |
| 1992 | +33.86% |
| 1991 | +25.51% |
| 1990 | −27.51% |
| 1989 | +36.13% |
| 1988 | +13.50% |
| 1987 | −0.07% |
| 1986 | +51.68% |
| 1985 | +12.91% |
| 1984 | +9.92% |
| 1983 | +22.64% |
| 1982 | −18.48% |
| 1981 | −2.58% |
| 1980 | +36.88% |
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × |
−3.44%
from 2026-04-17 peak |
−70.04%
2009-03-09 from 2007-05-22 peak |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Fri 2026-06-12 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC × | +19.90% |
+7.48% +3.67%/yr |
+52.89% +15.20%/yr |
+21.59% +3.99%/yr |
+238.21% +12.96%/yr |
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| Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
