Capital Southwest Corporation (CSWC)

NASDAQ: CSWC · USD

$23.0

+0.19 (+0.8%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	1.5B
Revenue (ttm)	237.2M
Net income (ttm)	109.5M
EPS (ttm)	$1.81
Shares out	63.7M
P/E (trailing)	12.7x
P/E (forward)	10.1x
Dividend	$2.56 (11.13%)
Volume	329,929
Beta	0.75

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 237.2M
Net income (ttm): 109.5M
EPS (ttm): $1.81
P/E (trailing): 12.7x
P/E (forward): 10.1x
Market cap: 1.5B

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E10.1

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Trailing P/E12.7

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ROE11.2

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ROIC9.6

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000017313
Company name	Capital Southwest Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	140501107
Earnings date	2026-11-02
Earnings time	amc
Employees	36
Employees change	6
Employees growth	20%
Enterprise value	$2.6B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	March
Founded	1961
Industry	Asset Management
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US1405011073
Last 10-K release date	2026-05-19
Last earnings date	2026-08-03
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2013-08-16
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$1.5B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-02
Options	Yes
Price	$22.98
Price currency	USD
Sector	Financials
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	CSWC
Tags	business-development-company
U.S. state	Texas
Website	https://www.capitalsouthwest.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	9.74x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	13.46x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	14.01x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	14.43x
Earnings yield	7.88%
EV/Earnings	24x
EV/EBIT	12.59x
EV/EBITDA	12.18x
EV/Sales	11.08x
FCF / EV yield	-11.61%
FCF yield	-20.9%
Forward EV/Sales	9.4x
Forward P/E	10.1x
Forward P/S	5.22x
Graham number	26.01581
Graham upside	13.61%
Industry forward P/E	12.81x
Industry P/E	27.37x
Lynch fair value	$25.15
Lynch upside	9.81%
P/B ratio	1.37x
P/E ratio	12.69x
P/S ratio	6.15x
Price / tangible book value	1.38x
Price/EBITDA ratio	6.76x
Sector forward P/E	13.63x
Sector P/E	15.65x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	87.98%
EBITDA margin	90.97%
Gross margin	100%
Operating margin	87.98%
Pretax margin	46.5%
Profit margin	46.68%
Profit per employee	$3M
Profitable quarters	19
Profitable years	6
Revenue per employee	$6.6M
ROA	6.21%
ROA (5Y)	5.92%
ROCE	9.02%
ROE	11.21%
ROE (5Y)	10.16%
ROIC	9.61%
ROIC (5Y)	9.7%
SBC / revenue	2.23%
Tax / revenue	-0.18%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	10.46%
EPS growth (Q)	-17.82%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-13.97%
EPS growth 3Y	3.23%
EPS growth 5Y	-8.87%
EPS growth years	1
Gross profit growth	13.48%
Gross profit growth (Q)	9.12%
Gross profit growth 3Y	20.04%
Gross profit growth 5Y	27.11%
Net income growth	32.58%
Net income growth (Q)	-8.4%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-10.36%
Net income growth 3Y	26.25%
Net income growth 5Y	13.88%
Net income growth years	1
Operating income growth	16.16%
Operating income growth (Q)	11.44%
Operating income growth 3Y	22.16%
Operating income growth 5Y	30.59%
Revenue growth	13.48%
Revenue growth (Q)	9.12%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	5.68%
Revenue growth 10Y	34.38%
Revenue growth 3Y	20.04%
Revenue growth 5Y	27.11%
Revenue growth quarters	24
Revenue growth years	10

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-145,000
Depreciation and amortization	$7.1M
EBIT	$208.7M
EBITDA	$215.8M
EPS	$1.81
FCF per share	$-4.79
Financing cash flow	$315.3M
Free cash flow	$-305M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$-310.3M
Gross profit	$237.2M
Income taxes	$-418,000
Investing cash flow	$-145,000
Net borrowing	$291.1M
Net cash flow	$10.3M
Net income	$109.5M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$-310.1M
Operating income	$208.7M
Revenue	$237.2M
Stock-based compensation	$5.3M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	1.02
Book value per share	$16.61
Debt / EBITDA	5.67
Debt / equity	1.16
Interest coverage	2.99
Long-term assets	$2.2B
Long-term liabilities	$1.3B
Net cash (debt)	$-1.2B
Net cash / market cap	-80%
Net debt / EBITDA	5.41
Net debt / equity	1.1
Piotroski F-Score	3
Property, plant and equipment	$3.6M
Shareholders' equity	$1.1B
Tangible book value	$1.1B
Tangible book value per share	$16.61
Total assets	$2.3B
Total cash	$58.5M
Total debt	$1.2B
Total liabilities	$1.3B
WACC	6.6%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.11
Current assets	$98.6M
Current liabilities	$1.3M
Current ratio	73.93
Net working capital	$38.8M
Quick ratio	73.2
Working capital	$97.3M
Working capital turnover	2.72

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-22.17%
Dividend growth	0.02%
Dividend growth (10Y)	21.02%
Dividend growth (3Y)	1.9%
Dividend growth (5Y)	0.01%
Dividend growth years	3
Dividend payment date	2026-10-30
Dividend payment years	44
Dividend payout frequency	Monthly
Dividend per share	$2.56
Dividend yield	11.13%
Ex-dividend date	2026-11-13
Last dividend	$0.25
Payout ratio	141.38%
Shareholder yield	-10.98%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	58.46%
10Y return CAGR	16.92%
10Y total return	377.13%
150-day SMA	$23.64
15Y price change	0.74%
15Y return CAGR	17.05%
15Y total return	960.97%
1D price change	0.83%
1M price change	-1.21%
1M total return	-0.39%
1W price change	2.05%
1W total return	2.05%
1Y price change	9.49%
1Y return CAGR	22.35%
1Y total return	22.33%
20-day SMA	$23.10
200-day SMA	$23.41
20Y price change	-23.55%
20Y return CAGR	11.34%
20Y total return	756.98%
3M price change	-2.97%
3M total return	-0.36%
3Y price change	9.8%
3Y return CAGR	15.52%
3Y total return	54.18%
50-day SMA	$23.77
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$25.75
52-week high date	2026-08-31
52-week low	$19.91
52-week low date	2025-11-04
5Y price change	-17.89%
5Y return CAGR	7.95%
5Y total return	46.57%
6M price change	-3.26%
6M total return	2.06%
All-time high	$51.95
All-time high date	2015-05-18
All-time low	$3.13
All-time low date	1987-11-10
Average true range (ATR)	$0.37
Average volume	475.4K
Beta (1Y)	0.66
Beta (2Y)	0.76
Beta (5Y)	0.75
Change from 52-week high	-10.76%
Change from 52-week low	15.42%
Change from all-time high	-56.01%
Change from all-time low	631.2%
Change from open	0.7%
Day's gap	0.13%
Dollar volume	$7.6M
High price	$22.98
Low price	$22.81
Monthly RSI	49.77
Open price	$22.82
Position in 52-week range	100%
Premarket change	0.44%
Premarket close	$22.79
Premarket price	$22.89
Previous close	$22.79
Price vs 150-day SMA	-3.35%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-1.07%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-2.38%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-3.87%
Relative volume	0.69
RSI	43.17
Sharpe ratio	0.97
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.6
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.27
Sortino ratio	1.83
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.1
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.62
Volume	329.9K
Weekly RSI	45.29
YTD price change	3.16%
YTD total return	12.9%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	61.8M
Float percentage	96.92%
Shares change (QoQ)	18.38%
Shares change (YoY)	22.17%
Shares held by insiders	3.08%
Shares held by institutions	27.33%
Shares outstanding	63.7M
Short % of float	5.77%
Short % of shares	5.59%
Short ratio	5.5 days

Deeper analysis on CSWC

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Capital Southwest Corporation (CSWC)

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