Brokers Set Expectations for CSWC Q1 Earnings

Capital Southwest Corporation (NASDAQ:CSWC - Free Report) - Research analysts at B. Riley issued their Q1 2027 EPS estimates for Capital Southwest in a report released on Monday, June 16th. B. Riley analyst S. Adams expects that the asset manager will post earnings per share of $0.59 for the quarter. B. Riley has a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Capital Southwest's current full-year earnings is $2.54 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Capital Southwest's Q2 2027 earnings at $0.58 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.58 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $0.58 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.33 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also recently weighed in on CSWC. Raymond James Financial reduced their target price on shares of Capital Southwest from $24.00 to $23.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 16th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Capital Southwest from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, April 19th. Finally, UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of Capital Southwest from $23.50 to $20.50 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 17th.

Capital Southwest Stock Down 0.5%

NASDAQ:CSWC traded down $0.10 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $21.24. The stock had a trading volume of 569,344 shares, compared to its average volume of 449,263. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $20.56 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $21.56. The company has a market capitalization of $1.14 billion, a PE ratio of 14.35 and a beta of 0.94. Capital Southwest has a twelve month low of $17.46 and a twelve month high of $27.23. The company has a current ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58.

Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 14th. The asset manager reported $0.54 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.62 by ($0.08). The firm had revenue of $52.34 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 business earned $0.68 EPS.

Capital Southwest Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.1934 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 15th. This represents a $2.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 10.93%. Capital Southwest's payout ratio is currently 156.76%.

Institutional Trading of Capital Southwest

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Focus Partners Wealth raised its holdings in Capital Southwest by 6.6% during the fourth quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 9,464 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $207,000 after purchasing an additional 585 shares in the last quarter. Capital Analysts LLC grew its position in shares of Capital Southwest by 35.6% during the fourth quarter. Capital Analysts LLC now owns 2,550 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $56,000 after acquiring an additional 669 shares during the last quarter. Quarry LP grew its position in shares of Capital Southwest by 52.5% during the fourth quarter. Quarry LP now owns 2,126 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $46,000 after acquiring an additional 732 shares during the last quarter. Apollon Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of Capital Southwest by 4.0% during the first quarter. Apollon Wealth Management LLC now owns 21,498 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $480,000 after acquiring an additional 817 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Guggenheim Capital LLC grew its position in shares of Capital Southwest by 5.6% during the fourth quarter. Guggenheim Capital LLC now owns 23,612 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $515,000 after acquiring an additional 1,246 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.