CSWC

Capital Southwest Corporation NASDAQ Listed Mar 17, 1980

Financial Services ·Asset Management ·US · capitalsouthwest.com

$24.19

Mkt Cap $1.5B

52w Low $19.37 95.2% of range 52w High $24.43

50d MA $22.71 200d MA $22.27

P/E (TTM) 16.2x

EV/EBITDA 23.1x

P/B 1.3x

Debt/Equity 1.1x

ROE 3.4%

P/FCF -4.8x

RSI (14) —

ATR (14) —

Beta 0.77

50d MA $22.71

200d MA $22.27

Avg Volume 653.9K

About

Capital Southwest Corporation is a business development company specializing in credit and private equity and venture capital investments in middle market companies, mezzanine, later stage, mature, late venture, emerging growth, buyouts, recapitalizations and growth capital investments. It does not invest in startups, publicly traded companies, real estate developments, project finance opportuniti… Capital Southwest Corporation is a business development company specializing in credit and private equity and venture capital investments in middle market companies, mezzanine, later stage, mature, late venture, emerging growth, buyouts, recapitalizations and growth capital investments. It does not invest in startups, publicly traded companies, real estate developments, project finance opportunities, oil and gas exploration businesses, troubled companies, turnarounds, and companies in which significant senior management is departing. In lower middle market, the firm typically invests in growth financing, bolt-on acquisitions, new platform acquisitions, refinancing, dividend recapitalizations, sponsor-led buyouts, and management buyouts situations. The investment structures are Unitranche debt, subordinated debt, senior debt, first and second lien debt, and preferred and common equity. The firm makes equity co-investments alongside debt investments, up to 20% of total check and only makes non-control investments. It prefers to invest in Industrial manufacturing and services, value-added distribution, healthcare products and services, business services, specialty chemicals, food and beverage, tech-enabled services and SaaS models. The firm seeks to invest in energy services and products, industrial technologies, and specialty chemicals and products. Within energy services and products, the firm seeks to invest in each segment of the industry, including upstream, midstream and downstream, excluding exploration and production with a focus on differentiated products and services, equipment and tool rental, consumable products, and drilling and completion chemicals. Within industrial technologies, it seeks to invest in automation and process controls, handling and packaging equipment, industrial filtration and fluid handling, measurement, monitoring and testing, professional tools, and sensors and instrumentation. Within and specialty chemicals and products, the firm seeks to invest in businesses that develop and manufacture highly differentiated chemicals and products including adhesives, coatings and sealants, catalysts and absorbents, cosmeceuticals, fine chemicals, flavors and fragrances, performance lubricants, polymers, plastics and composites, chemical dispensing and filtration equipment, professional and industrial trade consumables and tools, engineered solutions for HVAC, plumbing, and electrical installations, specified high performance materials for fire protection and oilfield applications. It may also invest in exceptional opportunities in building products. The firm seeks to invest in the United States. The firm seeks to make investments ranging from $5 to $25 million in securities. It seeks to make equity investments ranging from $5 million to $50 million and debt investments between $5 million and $20 million and co-invest in transaction size up to $40 million. It prefers to invest in companies with revenues approaching above $10 million, profitable operations, historical growth rate of at least 15 percent per year. Within the lower middle market, it seeks to invest in with less than $15 million in EBITDA and also opportunistically invests in the upper middle market, generally defined as companies with EBITDA in excess of $50 million. In addition to making direct investments, the firm allocates capital to syndicated first and second lien term loans in the upper middle market. Criteria for Upper Middle Market Syndicated 1st Lien is EBITDA Size more than $30 million, Closing Leverage greater than 4 times, investment hold size between $5 million and $7 million, investment yield greater than 6.5%. Criteria for Upper Middle Market Syndicated 2nd Lien is EBITDA Size more than $50 million, Closing Leverage greater than 6 times, investment hold size between $5 million and $7 million, investment yield greater than 9%. It prefers to take a majority and minority stake. The firm has the flexibility to hold investments for very long period in its portfolio companies. It may also invest through warrants. The firm prefers to take Board participation in its portfolio companies. Capital Southwest Corporation was founded on April 19, 1961 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Recent Earnings

Date	Time	Est	Rptd	Surp	Base	Gap%	D1%	D2%	D3%	D4%	D5%	Guide ▲★
Feb 2, 2026	AMC	0.59	0.64	+9.0%	23.15	+1.3%	+0.6%	+0.3%	-0.6%	+0.2%	+0.4%	—
Nov 3, 2025	AMC	0.58	0.57	-1.7%	20.43	+0.0%	-2.3%	+0.7%	-0.3%	+1.7%	+1.8%	—
Aug 6, 2025	AMC	0.59	0.59	+0.0%	22.63	+1.2%	-0.6%	+1.2%	+0.3%	+0.8%	+1.5%	—
May 14, 2025	AMC	0.62	0.54	-12.9%	20.94	-1.1%	-0.4%	+2.1%	+2.9%	+2.5%	-1.1%	—
Feb 3, 2025	AMC	0.62	0.63	+1.6%	22.28	+2.1%	+2.2%	+2.2%	+2.7%	+3.1%	+3.4%	—
Oct 28, 2024	AMC	0.66	0.66	+0.0%	25.72	-1.4%	-4.8%	-5.1%	-6.0%	-6.8%	-13.2%	—
Aug 5, 2024	AMC	0.66	0.63	-4.5%	23.56	+1.9%	+3.4%	+1.3%	+1.5%	+1.6%	+1.1%	—
May 14, 2024	AMC	0.66	0.66	+0.0%	27.20	-0.2%	-3.0%	-4.4%	-3.7%	-2.6%	-2.9%	—
Jan 29, 2024	AMC	0.66	0.70	+6.1%	25.29	+0.4%	+1.5%	-2.9%	-3.9%	-3.2%	-3.3%	—
Oct 30, 2023	AMC	0.65	0.69	+6.2%	21.09	+4.2%	+2.6%	+1.4%	+2.4%	+2.4%	+2.8%	—
Aug 7, 2023	AMC	0.64	0.65	+1.6%	21.67	+1.3%	+3.9%	+3.7%	+3.0%	+1.6%	+2.8%	—
May 22, 2023	AMC	0.62	0.65	+4.8%	18.31	+2.6%	+0.2%	-0.3%	-0.8%	+0.7%	+0.5%	—

Recent Analyst Ratings

Date	Firm	Action	Grade	Target	Base	Open	Gap%	D1%	D2%	D3%	D4%	D5%
Oct 14	UBS	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$20.14	$20.00	-0.7%	+0.2%	+1.0%	+0.9%	+1.3%	+1.2%
Aug 8	Raymond James	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$22.50	$22.76	+1.2%	+1.8%	+0.8%	+1.3%	+2.1%	+1.5%
Aug 8	B. Riley Securities	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$22.50	$22.76	+1.2%	+1.8%	+0.8%	+1.3%	+2.1%	+1.5%
Jul 16	UBS	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$22.83	$22.79	-0.2%	+0.7%	+1.8%	+1.9%	+0.8%	+1.2%
Jun 24	JMP Securities	Upgrade	Market Perform → Market Outperform	—	$21.23	$21.59	+1.7%	+1.2%	+0.2%	+2.6%	+3.0%	+3.8%
May 16	Raymond James	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$20.86	$20.85	-0.0%	+2.4%	+3.3%	+2.9%	-0.7%	-1.3%
Apr 17	UBS	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$19.47	$19.50	+0.2%	+1.1%	-0.6%	+0.1%	+0.9%	+2.5%
Oct 30	B. Riley Securities	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$24.48	$24.48	+0.0%	-0.3%	-1.2%	-2.0%	-8.8%	-8.1%
Aug 7	B. Riley Securities	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$24.37	$24.50	+0.5%	-2.1%	-1.9%	-1.8%	-2.2%	-2.0%
May 15	JMP Securities	Downgrade	Market Outperform → Market Perform	—	$27.20	$27.14	-0.2%	-3.0%	-4.4%	-3.7%	-2.6%	-2.9%
Mar 26	JMP Securities	Maintains	Market Outperform → Market Outperform	—	$24.18	$24.25	+0.3%	+1.1%	+2.2%	+3.2%	+2.2%	+2.0%
Jan 31	B. Riley Securities	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$25.66	$25.59	-0.3%	-4.3%	-5.3%	-4.6%	-4.7%	-6.2%
Jan 31	Raymond James	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$25.66	$25.59	-0.3%	-4.3%	-5.3%	-4.6%	-4.7%	-6.2%
Jan 8	B. Riley Securities	Downgrade	Buy → Neutral	—	$25.06	$24.92	-0.6%	-0.4%	+0.1%	+1.2%	+0.3%	+1.2%
Aug 18	JMP Securities	Maintains	Market Outperform → Market Outperform	—	$21.51	$21.43	-0.4%	+1.7%	+1.4%	-0.7%	+0.4%	+1.0%
Aug 9	Raymond James	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$22.51	$22.60	+0.4%	-0.1%	-0.8%	-2.2%	-1.1%	-2.8%
May 26	JMP Securities	Maintains	Market Outperform → Market Outperform	—	$18.17	$18.22	+0.3%	+1.5%	+1.3%	+0.7%	+2.3%	+2.9%
May 26	JMP Securities	Maintains	Market Outperform → Outperform	—	$18.17	$18.22	+0.3%	+1.5%	+1.3%	+0.7%	+2.3%	+2.9%
Apr 14	JMP Securities	Maintains	Market Outperform → Outperform	—	$18.22	$18.23	+0.1%	+0.2%	+2.5%	+0.3%	+2.1%	+0.4%
Apr 11	UBS	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$17.46	$17.44	-0.1%	-0.3%	+0.7%	+4.4%	+4.6%	+6.9%
Mar 13	JMP Securities	Maintains	Market Outperform → Outperform	—	$17.22	$17.11	-0.6%	-0.1%	-1.2%	-1.9%	+0.0%	-1.3%
Feb 1	JMP Securities	Maintains	Market Outperform → Outperform	—	$19.81	$19.94	+0.7%	+1.1%	-0.6%	-1.0%	-1.8%	-1.2%
Feb 1	B. Riley Securities	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$19.81	$19.94	+0.7%	+1.1%	-0.6%	-1.0%	-1.8%	-1.2%
Dec 9	B. Riley Securities	Upgrade	Neutral → Buy	—	$17.84	$18.05	+1.2%	+2.4%	+2.6%	+3.4%	-1.6%	-2.6%
Nov 2	JMP Securities	Maintains	Market Outperform → Market Outperform	—	$19.30	$19.27	-0.2%	-1.1%	-2.3%	+0.0%	+1.6%	+0.5%
Aug 3	JMP Securities	Maintains	Market Outperform → Market Outperform	—	$20.10	$20.10	+0.0%	+0.1%	-1.0%	+0.7%	+1.4%	+1.7%
Aug 3	Raymond James	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$20.10	$20.10	+0.0%	+0.1%	-1.0%	+0.7%	+1.4%	+1.7%
May 25	Raymond James	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$22.25	$22.41	+0.7%	+1.4%	+1.4%	+2.2%	+0.4%	+0.1%
Aug 4	Raymond James	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$26.59	$26.70	+0.4%	-3.3%	-1.2%	-0.9%	-0.3%	-0.4%
Feb 3	Raymond James	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$18.83	$18.89	+0.3%	-0.5%	+4.4%	+4.9%	+9.0%	+8.6%
Jan 8	Raymond James	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$18.41	$18.50	+0.5%	+1.1%	+1.1%	-1.8%	-0.1%	+0.5%
Mar 24	B. Riley Securities	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$9.22	$9.60	+4.1%	+13.7%	+25.2%	+34.1%	+39.2%	+30.4%
Mar 24	B. Riley FBR	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$9.22	$9.60	+4.1%	+13.7%	+25.2%	+34.1%	+39.2%	+30.4%
Jan 13	B. Riley Securities	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$20.78	$20.80	+0.1%	+0.6%	+0.6%	+0.9%	+1.7%	+2.0%
Jan 13	B. Riley FBR	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$20.78	$20.80	+0.1%	+0.6%	+0.6%	+0.9%	+1.7%	+2.0%
Dec 12	Raymond James	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$21.95	$22.29	+1.5%	+0.7%	+0.9%	+1.2%	+1.1%	+1.4%
Oct 10	Jefferies	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$21.39	$21.56	+0.8%	+1.7%	+1.6%	+2.5%	+2.4%	+3.1%
Sep 23	National Securities	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$22.04	$22.40	+1.6%	+0.5%	-1.1%	-1.0%	+0.2%	+0.5%
Mar 15	JMP Securities	Maintains	Market Outperform → Market Outperform	—	$21.48	$21.23	-1.2%	-0.3%	-0.5%	-0.9%	-0.8%	-0.9%
Jan 25	B. Riley FBR	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$21.50	$21.50	+0.0%	-0.4%	+0.0%	+0.8%	+0.1%	-1.3%
Jul 31	JMP Securities	Maintains	Market Outperform → Outperform	—	$18.10	$18.47	+2.0%	+2.3%	+1.2%	+1.3%	+1.5%	+1.2%
Nov 30	Ladenburg Thalmann	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$17.06	$17.06	+0.0%	-0.4%	-0.3%	+1.1%	-0.2%	-0.2%
Aug 30	Baird	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$17.38	$17.39	+0.1%	-2.5%	-4.2%	-3.7%	-5.2%	-5.6%
Jun 30	Janney Capital	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$16.29	$16.33	+0.2%	-1.3%	-0.6%	-0.2%	-1.1%	-0.3%

Recent Filings

8-K

Unknown — 8-K Filing

CSWC's Q4 2026 net investment income guidance of $0.57-$0.58/share suggests stable dividend-paying capacity for this BDC, important for income-focused investors relying on consistent distributions.

Apr 16

8-K · 7.01 ! Medium

Capital Southwest Corp -- 8-K 7.01: Regulation FD Disclosure

Capital Southwest Corporation announced a quarterly dividend for Q2 2026, providing shareholders with expected income distribution information.

Feb 25

8-K · 7.01 ! Medium

Capital Southwest Corp -- 8-K 7.01: Regulation FD Disclosure

Capital Southwest Corp (CSWC) will host an analyst conference call on February 3, 2026, with presentation materials available for investor review.

Feb 2

Data updated apr 25, 2026 3:37am · Source: massive.com