Capital Southwest Corporation (NASDAQ:CSWC – Free Report) – Stock analysts at B. Riley issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Capital Southwest in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, June 16th. B. Riley analyst S. Adams forecasts that the asset manager will post earnings of $0.59 per share 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 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.
A number of other brokerages have also commented on CSWC. UBS Group cut their price target on Capital Southwest from $23.50 to $20.50 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 17th. Wall Street Zen raised Capital Southwest from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note 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 on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 16th.
Capital Southwest Stock Performance
NASDAQ:CSWC opened at $21.24 on Thursday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $20.56 and its 200 day simple moving average is $21.58. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.14 billion, a PE ratio of 14.35 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a quick ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 0.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58. Capital Southwest has a twelve month low of $17.46 and a twelve month high of $27.23.
Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results 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 company 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 last year, the company posted $0.68 earnings per share.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Capital Southwest
A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Sanders Morris Harris LLC boosted its position in shares of Capital Southwest by 75.9% during 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 buying an additional 618,480 shares during the last quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. purchased a new position in shares of Capital Southwest during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $21,846,000. Two Sigma Advisers LP boosted its position in shares of Capital Southwest by 17.3% during the fourth quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 774,600 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $16,902,000 after buying an additional 114,000 shares during the last quarter. Punch & Associates Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Capital Southwest by 2.1% during 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 buying an additional 14,146 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Two Sigma Investments LP boosted its position in shares of Capital Southwest by 42.2% during the fourth quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 673,778 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $14,702,000 after buying an additional 200,060 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 23.42% of the company’s stock.
Capital Southwest Announces Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 15th will be paid 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 yield of 10.93%. Capital Southwest’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 156.76%.
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.
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