Research Analysts Issue Forecasts for CSWC Q1 Earnings

Capital Southwest Corporation (NASDAQ:CSWC - Free Report) - Equities researchers at B. Riley issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Capital Southwest in a research note issued on Monday, June 16th. B. Riley analyst S. Adams anticipates that the asset manager will post earnings per share of $0.59 for the quarter. B. Riley currently 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 2026 earnings at $0.60 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.59 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.58 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.37 EPS.

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

Capital Southwest Price Performance

CSWC stock traded down $0.10 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $21.24. 569,344 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 449,263. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $20.56 and its 200-day moving average price is $21.55. The stock has a market cap of $1.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.35 and a beta of 0.94. Capital Southwest has a fifty-two week low of $17.46 and a fifty-two week high of $27.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58, a quick ratio of 0.18 and a current ratio of 0.18.

Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC - Get Free Report) last issued 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 firm had revenue of $52.34 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $52.83 million. Capital Southwest had a return on equity of 14.40% and a net margin of 34.51%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.68 earnings per share.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Capital Southwest

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in CSWC. Sanders Morris Harris LLC grew its position in shares of 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 valued at $31,986,000 after purchasing an additional 618,480 shares during the period. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of Capital Southwest in the fourth quarter valued at $21,846,000. Two Sigma Advisers LP grew its position in shares of Capital Southwest by 17.3% in the fourth quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 774,600 shares of the asset manager's stock valued at $16,902,000 after purchasing an additional 114,000 shares during the period. Punch & Associates Investment Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Capital Southwest by 2.1% in the first quarter. Punch & Associates Investment Management Inc. now owns 686,513 shares of the asset manager's stock valued at $15,323,000 after purchasing an additional 14,146 shares during the period. Finally, Two Sigma Investments LP grew its position in shares of Capital Southwest by 42.2% in the fourth quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 673,778 shares of the asset manager's stock valued at $14,702,000 after purchasing an additional 200,060 shares during the period. 23.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Capital Southwest Announces Dividend

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

Capital Southwest Company Profile

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.