Ares Capital Corporation drawdown: 19.5% below the all-time high
Ares Capital Corporation is 19.5% below its all-time high, set Feb 4, 2025 (as of market close, Oct 1, 2026). The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown.
- Below all-time high
- −19.5%
- 80.5% of ATH
- All-time high
- $23.81
- Feb 4, 2025
- Time below the high
- 1.7 yrs
- since Feb 4, 2025
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −84.3%
- Mar 5, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 14.6 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Dec 14, 2004
- 21.8 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Jun 23, 2023
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2004#
The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater. Basis and range are in the URL, so a particular view is a link.
The deepest drawdowns on record#
Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.
| Peak | Trough | Depth | Peak → trough | Recovered by | Underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2007 | Mar 5, 2009 | −84.3% | 2.0 yrs | Oct 1, 2021 | 14.6 yrs |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Mar 27, 2026 | −26.7% | 14 mo | not yet | 1.7 yrs+ |
| Feb 8, 2022 | Sep 29, 2022 | −25.4% | 8 mo | Jan 15, 2025 | 2.9 yrs |
| Dec 28, 2004 | Oct 18, 2005 | −23.2% | 10 mo | Jan 23, 2007 | 2.1 yrs |
Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.
Drawdown vs what came next#
One dot per month since 2004: how far Ares Capital Corporation stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.
Read this with survivorship bias in mind: a single asset's history is one surviving sample, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How far is Ares Capital Corporation from its all-time high?
- Ares Capital Corporation is currently 19.5% below its all-time high, set Feb 4, 2025 (as of market close, Oct 1, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Ares Capital Corporation drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2004) took Ares Capital Corporation 84.3% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 5, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from ARCC; no free deep history exists for Ares Capital Corporation — for a 150-year drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.