CSWC vs. CNS, GBDC, PSEC, VRTS, OCSL, FDUS, TCPC, GLAD, GAIN, and PNNT
Should you be buying Capital Southwest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital Southwest include Cohen & Steers (CNS), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Blackrock Tcp Capital (TCPC), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), and PennantPark Investment (PNNT). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Capital Southwest vs. Its Competitors
Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) and Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Cohen & Steers currently has a consensus price target of $82.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.54%. Capital Southwest has a consensus price target of $23.60, indicating a potential upside of 3.83%. Given Cohen & Steers' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cohen & Steers is more favorable than Capital Southwest.
Capital Southwest has a net margin of 34.51% compared to Cohen & Steers' net margin of 29.68%. Cohen & Steers' return on equity of 30.46% beat Capital Southwest's return on equity.
In the previous week, Cohen & Steers and Cohen & Steers both had 6 articles in the media. Capital Southwest's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Cohen & Steers' score of 0.48 indicating that Capital Southwest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.4% of Capital Southwest shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Capital Southwest shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cohen & Steers has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Southwest. Capital Southwest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cohen & Steers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Capital Southwest pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Cohen & Steers pays out 81.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capital Southwest pays out 156.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cohen & Steers has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Capital Southwest has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Southwest has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cohen & Steers beats Capital Southwest on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:CSWC) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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