Capital Southwest Corporation drawdown: 19.6% below the all-time high (price)
Capital Southwest Corporation is 19.6% below its all-time high, set Oct 25, 2021 (as of market close, Oct 27, 2026), measured on price alone — dividends are not included, the convention headlines and crash histories use. 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
- −19.6%
- 80.4% of ATH
- All-time high
- $28.34
- Oct 25, 2021
- Time below the high
- 5.0 yrs
- since Oct 25, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −69.4%
- Mar 9, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 8.2 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Aug 13, 2019
- 7.2 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Jan 29, 2021
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1980: price#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2007 | Mar 9, 2009 | −69.4% | 1.8 yrs | Feb 13, 2015 | 7.7 yrs |
| Aug 13, 2019 | Mar 18, 2020 | −64.9% | 7 mo | Apr 5, 2021 | 1.6 yrs |
| Apr 30, 1998 | Mar 13, 2000 | −58.5% | 1.9 yrs | Jul 24, 2006 | 8.2 yrs |
| Sep 1, 1987 | Nov 24, 1987 | −43.2% | 3 mo | Nov 27, 1989 | 2.2 yrs |
| Oct 25, 2021 | Oct 7, 2022 | −41.0% | 11 mo | not yet | 5.0 yrs+ |
| Aug 17, 1981 | Sep 29, 1982 | −40.9% | 13 mo | Mar 15, 1985 | 3.6 yrs |
| Nov 27, 1989 | Sep 27, 1990 | −31.3% | 10 mo | Dec 12, 1991 | 2.0 yrs |
| May 19, 2015 | Feb 11, 2016 | −29.5% | 9 mo | Jun 8, 2018 | 3.1 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 1980: how far Capital Southwest 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 Capital Southwest Corporation from its all-time high?
- Capital Southwest Corporation is currently 19.6% below its all-time high, set Oct 25, 2021 (as of market close, Oct 27, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Capital Southwest Corporation drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1980) took Capital Southwest Corporation 69.4% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 9, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from CSWC; no free deep history exists for Capital Southwest 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.