Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) Stock Price Expected to Rise, UBS Group Analyst Says

Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC - Get Free Report) had its price target raised by equities researchers at UBS Group from $21.00 to $22.50 in a note issued to investors on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. The firm presently has a "neutral" rating on the asset manager's stock. UBS Group's price target suggests a potential downside of 3.27% from the company's previous close.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently commented on CSWC. JMP Securities raised Capital Southwest from a "market perform" rating to a "market outperform" rating and set a $25.00 target price on the stock in a report on Tuesday, June 24th. Citigroup raised Capital Southwest to an "outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, June 24th. Citizens Jmp raised Capital Southwest from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $25.00 target price on the stock in a report on Tuesday, June 24th. B. Riley raised Capital Southwest to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Monday, June 16th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Capital Southwest from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, April 19th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Capital Southwest has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $24.00.

Capital Southwest Stock Up 0.0%

Shares of CSWC traded up $0.01 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $23.26. The company had a trading volume of 305,556 shares, compared to its average volume of 481,601. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58, a quick ratio of 0.18 and a current ratio of 0.18. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $21.58 and a 200 day moving average price of $21.66. Capital Southwest has a 52 week low of $17.46 and a 52 week high of $26.21. The company has a market capitalization of $1.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.72 and a beta of 0.95.

Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 14th. The asset manager reported $0.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.62 by ($0.08). The business had revenue of $52.34 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $52.83 million. Capital Southwest had a net margin of 34.51% and a return on equity of 14.40%. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.68 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Capital Southwest will post 2.54 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC bought a new stake in shares of Capital Southwest during the second quarter valued at approximately $311,170,000. Sanders Morris Harris LLC raised its stake in Capital Southwest by 75.9% in the first quarter. Sanders Morris Harris LLC now owns 1,433,064 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $31,986,000 after buying an additional 618,480 shares in the last quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in Capital Southwest in the fourth quarter worth approximately $21,846,000. Two Sigma Advisers LP raised its stake in Capital Southwest by 17.3% in the fourth quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 774,600 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $16,902,000 after buying an additional 114,000 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sound Income Strategies LLC raised its stake in Capital Southwest by 14.0% in the second quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 702,201 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $15,477,000 after buying an additional 86,185 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 23.42% of the company's stock.

About Capital Southwest

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, industry consolidation, recapitalizations and growth capital investments.