Rand Capital Corporation (RAND)

Nasdaq Stock Exchange
USD
US7521852076
17 March 1980  –  28 February 2025

Performance

Annualized Return
5.68%
Sharpe Ratio
0.4
Maximum Drawdown
-90%
Created with Highcharts 11.4.7Cumulative ReturnZoom3m6mYTD1y5yAll17 Mar 198028 Feb 2025All ▾1984198819921996200020042008201220162020202419821982198819881994199420002000200620062012201220182018202420240%+ 500%+ 1000%+ 1500%+ 2000%

Metrics

Metric Rand Capital Corporation
Initial Balance $10,000
Final Balance $120,092
Returns   [View more details]
Month-To-Date 2%
Year-To-Date 16.62%
3M 66.78%
6M 45.63%
Annual Return (3Y) 32.6%
Annual Return (5Y) 11.98%
Annual Return (All) 5.68%
Risk   [View more details]
Annual Volatility 75.9%
Max Drawdown -90%
Sharpe Ratio 0.4
Sortino Ratio 0.72
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.51

  • Initial balance: The amount of starting capital used to invest in the asset or portfolio. In this case, we're starting with a $10,000 investment on March 1980.
  • Final balance: The amount of capital we've accrued over time as of February 2025.
  • Annual return: Also known as annualized return, or CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), measures how much an investment has increased on average each year, during a specific time period. The time period in this case is approximately 45 year(s). Even a small difference in return can have a big impact on the final balance over a long period of time.
  • Annual volatility: Basically indicates how much, in percentage points, the investment can deviate from its annual return, under most circumstances. An investment with an annual return of 5% and an annual volatility of 10% would indicate returns from approximately -5% to 15% most of the time. A lower volatility is usually preferred to ensure more steady returns over time.
  • Best year: The best performance attained over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Worst year: The worst performance undergone over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Max drawdown: The largest percentage drop from a peak to a trough of an asset or portfolio, before a new peak is attained. Maximum drawdown is an indicator of downside risk over a specified time period.
  • Sharpe Ratio: The Sharpe ratio measures the performance of an investment compared to a risk-free asset, after adjusting for its risk. A Sharpe Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Sortino Ratio: The Sortino Ratio is a variation of the Sharpe ratio that only penalizes the investment for negative volatility/outcomes, and not for positive volatility. A Sortino Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Adjusted Sortino Ratio: Sortino Ratio/√2. To allow for comparing the Sortino ratio to the Sharpe ratio, we multiply the risk measure of the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2 (which is the same as dividing the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2).
  • Ulcer Index: The Ulcer Index (UI) is a technical indicator that measures downside risk in terms of both the depth and duration of price declines.
  • Gain to Pain Ratio: The sum of all returns divided by the absolute value of the sum of all negative returns. In essence, the GPR shows the ratio of net returns to the losses incurred in getting those returns.

Annualized Returns

Created with Highcharts 11.4.7Annualized ReturnsRand Capital CorporationAnnual Return 1yAnnual Return 3yAnnual Return 5yAnnual Return 10yAnnual Return 20yAnnual Return0%25%50%75%100%125%
Annual Return 1y Annual Return 3y Annual Return 5y Annual Return 10y Annual Return 20y Annual Return
Rand Capital Corporation 110.46 32.6 11.98 1.43 5.92 5.68

Annual Returns

Created with Highcharts 11.4.7Annual ReturnsRand Capital Corporation19801982198419861988199019921994199619982000200220042006200820102012201420162018202020222024-100%0%100%200%300%
Year Rand Capital Corporation
1980 266.67%
1981 -45.45%
1982 26.67%
1983 -10.53%
1984 -1.47%
1985 220.66%
1986 36.36%
1987 -26.67%
1988 -20%
1989 -9.09%
1990 -12%
1991 59.09%
1992 46.29%
1993 41.6%
1994 -20.69%
1995 -23.91%
1996 -58.93%
1997 -34.78%
1998 -16.67%
1999 120%
2000 27.27%
2001 -41.94%
2002 -18.9%
2003 40.77%
2004 7.59%
2005 -14.1%
2006 161.2%
2007 2.86%
2008 -2.78%
2009 13.71%
2010 -18.84%
2011 -4.02%
2012 -24.52%
2013 31.2%
2014 33.22%
2015 -7.82%
2016 -16.18%
2017 -4.43%
2018 -17.22%
2019 7.2%
2020 -12.7%
2021 -0.95%
2022 -17.05%
2023 7.45%
2024 91.43%
2025 16.62%

Rand Capital Corporation had 20 positive years and 26 negative years. That's a positive ratio of 43%.

Monthly Returns

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD
1980 - - 0% 6.7% 12.5% 55.6% 17.9% 24.2% 2.4% 26.2% -13.2% 19.6% 266.7%
1981 -25.5% 2.4% 8.3% -3.3% 0% -13.6% -18.4% 4.8% -23.1% 2% 19.6% -1.6% -45.5%
1982 -13.3% 0% 15.4% -0% 6.7% -3.1% 1.6% -3.2% 0% 1.6% 0% 22.6% 26.7%
1983 0% 2.6% 2.6% 0% 20% 2.1% -2% -0% 4.2% -28% -8.3% 3% -10.5%
1984 5.9% 0% -5.6% -5.9% 12.5% -5.6% 0% -5.9% 3.1% 0% 0% 1.5% -1.5%
1985 -4.5% 3.1% 0% 3% 158.5% 2.8% 13.5% -4.8% 25% -12% 0% 0% 220.7%
1986 9.1% 20.8% 3.5% 8.3% 4.6% 0% 14.7% -7.7% -8.3% -6.1% -6.5% 3.5% 36.4%
1987 40% 9.5% 0% -8.7% 4.8% -4.6% -4.8% 5% -14.3% -27.8% 0% -15.4% -26.7%
1988 9.1% 8.3% 4.6% 17.7% -2.5% -0% -7.7% -2.8% -5.7% 6.1% -11.4% -29% -20%
1989 -5.5% 15.4% -6.7% -7.1% 7.7% 3.6% -3.5% -3.6% -7.4% -4% 0% 4.2% -9.1%
1990 0% -4% 0% 0% 0% 0% -4.2% -4.4% -4.6% 4.8% 0% 0% -12%
1991 0% 0% 0% -4.6% -4.8% 0% 0% -10% 11.1% 5% 72.6% -3.5% 59.1%
1992 57.1% 16.4% -20% -5% -5.3% 11.1% -9.4% -15.5% -2% 4.2% 8% 18.5% 46.3%
1993 -3.1% 4.8% 4.6% -17.7% -0% 16.1% 10.6% 0% 0% 30.4% -6.7% 3.6% 41.6%
1994 -14.5% 19.4% -2.7% -5.6% 0% -22.1% -1.9% -3.9% -2% -6.1% -2.2% 27.8% -20.7%
1995 -4.4% -4.6% -4.8% -0% 25% 22.5% 14.3% 1.8% -0% -26.3% -31% -3.5% -23.9%
1996 -28.6% -20% -12.5% 0% 3.6% -17.2% 33.3% -6.3% -0% -10% -11.1% -4.2% -58.9%
1997 30.4% -0% -10% -7.4% -10% -15.6% 7.9% 2.4% -4.8% -10% 19.5% -30.2% -34.8%
1998 53.3% -4.4% -13.6% 5.3% -5% -5.3% -8.3% -3% -12.5% 14.3% -6.3% -16.7% -16.7%
1999 28% 9.4% -11.4% 6.5% -12.1% -3.5% 28.6% -11.1% -0% -12.5% 28.6% 52.8% 120%
2000 43.6% 41.8% 21.4% -55.9% 23.3% -2.7% 41.7% -2% -8% -15.2% -20.5% 12.9% 27.3%
2001 37.1% -25% -12.5% 18.9% -3.9% -2.2% -13.6% -14.7% -32.1% 34.6% -4.1% -10.6% -41.9%
2002 -5.5% 0% -7.5% 9% -2.5% 2.5% -7.4% -1.8% -9.1% 15% -12.2% 2% -18.9%
2003 -1% 3.9% -0.9% 5.7% 10.8% 3.3% -13.4% 7.3% 0.9% 13.4% -2.2% 9.9% 40.8%
2004 -13.8% 8% -5.2% 12.5% -3.5% 11.5% -3.9% -0.7% -8.8% -3.7% 11.5% 7.6% 7.6%
2005 -5.8% -0.7% -0.7% -11.7% 2.3% 2.3% -1.5% -1.5% -4.6% 3.2% -6.3% 11.7% -14.1%
2006 0.8% -3.7% 3.9% 8.9% 2% -2.7% -2.1% 1.4% 31% 39.5% 48.7% -11.2% 161.2%
2007 26.9% -13.7% -4.4% 7.7% -11.2% -0.6% 14.9% 12.8% 0.7% -8.6% -9.6% -4% 2.9%
2008 25.8% -0.7% 1.8% -6.3% -7.9% -17.7% 13.9% 1.4% 6.4% 0.3% -10% -2.8% -2.8%
2009 13.7% 0% 0% 0% -0% -11.8% 4.3% 7.9% -0% 0% 0% 0.8% 13.7%
2010 -4.5% 0.8% -2.9% 1.3% -7.2% -7.1% 0% -1.5% 5.6% 12.4% -13.7% -1.5% -18.8%
2011 -3.7% 2.6% -7.5% -4.8% 6.1% -2.7% 2.8% -6% 0% 4.6% 5.8% 0% -4%
2012 -1.6% 12.8% -8.4% -4.4% -3.7% -8.6% 2.3% -2.6% 2.7% -10% -5.7% 1.7% -24.5%
2013 6.8% 4% 16.2% -1.7% -2.4% 8.6% -5.1% -0.3% -1% -4.4% 5.3% 3.4% 31.2%
2014 2.6% 7.9% 2.7% 0.3% -3.4% -8% -3.2% 2.7% -0% 0.3% 14.8% 14.9% 33.2%
2015 0.5% -0.5% -3.4% -0.5% -3.6% 4% 4.6% -7% 0% -3.4% 2.7% -0.8% -7.8%
2016 -1.9% 21.4% 1.1% -5.3% -4.2% -8.5% -5.8% 1.4% 1.1% -8% -3% -2.8% -16.2%
2017 1.3% -1.6% -3.5% -4.6% -1% -2.8% 0.7% 2.5% 2.8% 2.7% -5.3% 4.9% -4.4%
2018 -9.6% -3.7% 2.3% -5.2% -1.2% 6.8% -7.1% 0% -4% 7.5% -7% 4.2% -17.2%
2019 20.8% -3.3% -2.7% 1.4% -5.2% -4% 2.3% -7.1% 0.4% 11.6% -1.8% -2.2% 7.2%
2020 0.4% -2.6% -14.5% 15.2% -45% -3.7% -4% 7.3% -1.8% 15.1% -2.1% 50.2% -12.7%
2021 -3.2% -0.7% 7.2% 3.7% -0.7% -9.2% 1.9% 4.5% -9% -5.7% 10.1% 2.3% -1%
2022 -13.2% -1.7% 5.5% -0.3% 0.6% -2.9% 0.6% -1.2% 2.1% 1.4% -3.9% -4.2% -17.1%
2023 4.7% 0.6% -2.9% -5.1% 4.9% -0.7% 3.5% 4.2% -4.4% -1.2% -1.5% 6% 7.5%
2024 2.9% 3.2% 3.1% 0.9% 22.8% -10.4% 13.3% 10.2% -10.2% -4.8% 4% 41.8% 91.4%
2025 14.3% 2% - - - - - - - - - - 16.6%
Pos 54.8% 59% 41% 46.2% 45% 34.1% 52.4% 40.5% 41.7% 53.5% 34.2% 59.5% 43.5%
Avg 6.5% 3.3% -1.5% -1% 4.6% -1.1% 2.9% -0.6% -2.2% 1.1% 1.2% 4.5% 16.9%

Other Return Metrics

Metric Rand Capital Corporation
Cumulative Return 1100.92%
Enh Ann Return 12.92%
Best Year 266.67%
Worst Year -58.93%
Best Month 158.5%
Worst Month -55.88%
Best Day 174.66%
Worst Day -32.31%
Win Ratio (Yearly) 43.48%
Win Ratio (Quarterly) 49.72%
Win Ratio (Monthly) 46.4%
Win Ratio (Daily) 49.09%

Annual Volatility

Created with Highcharts 11.4.7Annual VolatilityRand Capital CorporationAnnual Volatility 1yAnnual Volatility 3yAnnual Volatility 5yAnnual Volatility 10yAnnual Volatility 20yAnnual Volatility0%20%40%60%80%
Annual Volatility 1y Annual Volatility 3y Annual Volatility 5y Annual Volatility 10y Annual Volatility 20y Annual Volatility
Rand Capital Corporation 45.72 36.11 46.64 43.76 50.86 75.9

Sharpe Ratio

Created with Highcharts 11.4.7Sharpe RatioRand Capital CorporationSharpe Ratio 1ySharpe Ratio 3ySharpe Ratio 5ySharpe Ratio 10ySharpe Ratio 20ySharpe Ratio00.511.52
Sharpe Ratio 1y Sharpe Ratio 3y Sharpe Ratio 5y Sharpe Ratio 10y Sharpe Ratio 20y Sharpe Ratio
Rand Capital Corporation 1.86 0.96 0.48 0.25 0.37 0.4

3-Year Rolling Sharpe Ratio

The rolling Sharpe Ratio gives a clue about the continued consistency or stability of the risk-adjusted returns.

Created with Highcharts 11.4.73-Year Rolling Sharpe RatioRand Capital Corporation19841988199219962000200420082012201620202024-3-2-10

Drawdown Periods

Simply said, a drawdown is the "pain" period experienced by an investor between a peak (new highs) and subsequent valley (a low point before moving higher). In the table below are the fifth largest drawdowns encountered for the portfolio/asset in question.

Rand Capital Corporation

Start Valley End Days Drawdown
1995-08-16 1998-10-08 2000-03-09 1667 -90%
2000-03-10 2002-09-25 - 9121 -89.12%
1987-03-30 1991-08-22 1995-07-20 3034 -76.96%
1980-10-27 1981-09-28 1985-05-30 1676 -57.89%
1986-07-21 1986-11-18 1987-01-13 176 -27.5%

The Rand Capital Corporation took approximately 104 months on average to recover from a major drawdown. The longest drawdown lasted 304 months.

Underwater plot

The underwater plot shows you the drawdown periods on a chart. Whereas the performance chart usually gives you a positive viewpoint, the underwater plot gives you a pessimistic viewpoint. It helps you to visualize downtrends that occurred and how long it took for the portfolio's value to rebound to hit a new high after suffering a loss.

Created with Highcharts 11.4.7UnderwaterRand Capital Corporation19841988199219962000200420082012201620202024-100%-80%-60%-40%-20%0%

Other Risk Metrics

Metric Rand Capital Corporation
Sharpe Ratio 0.4
Sortino Ratio 0.72
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.51
Calmar Ratio 0.06
Omega Ratio 1.13
Gain to Pain Ratio 0.13
Ulcer Index 0.65
Kelly Criterion 5.56%
Skew 7.84
Kurtosis 220.35
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