Capital Southwest Corporation (CSWC)Financial Services | Asset Management | Dallas, United States | NasdaqGS
24.32 USD
+0.50
(2.078%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:14 p.m. EDT
CSWC shows a high dividend yield and consistent dividend payments, which makes it attractive for income-focused investors. However, the stock has shown mixed performance in the short term, with a recent dip and a forecasted slight decline. The long-term fundamentals are somewhat weak, with declining revenue and high debt-to-equity ratio, which may limit growth potential. While the stock offers a good yield, the overall risk profile suggests caution, and investors should consider the potential for volatility and the need for a long-term holding strategy. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.062900 |
| MSTL | 0.110912 |
| AutoETS | 0.114218 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.118612 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 44% |
| H-stat | 10.10 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.204 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.27 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-05-14 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-04-14 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 119.309 |
| Revenue per Share | 4.215 |
| Market Cap | 1,462,839,552 |
| Trailing P/E | 13.43 |
| Forward P/E | 10.75 |
| Beta | 0.77 |
| Profit Margins | 45.46% |
| Website | https://www.capitalsouthwest.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 3:14 p.m. EDT: The options data suggests a mixed sentiment. Call options are showing increased activity, particularly around the ATM strike of 22.5, indicating some bullish sentiment. However, put options, especially for strikes like 20.0 and 25.0, are showing significant open interest, which may signal caution or potential downside. The high IV in puts suggests increased volatility expectations, possibly due to uncertainty in the market. The overall options activity suggests a cautious outlook, with traders hedging against potential downside while still showing interest in the stock.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.80% | 13.33% | 13.68% | 15.28% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | 0.193000 | 0.804502 |
| 2026-03-13 | 0.253000 | 1.190828 |
| 2026-02-13 | 0.193000 | 0.863115 |
| 2026-01-15 | 0.193000 | 0.837004 |
| 2025-12-15 | 0.253000 | 1.192275 |
| 2025-11-14 | 0.193000 | 0.973491 |
| 2025-10-15 | 0.193000 | 1.004305 |
| 2025-09-15 | 0.253000 | 1.209743 |
| 2025-08-15 | 0.193000 | 0.929048 |
| 2025-07-15 | 0.193000 | 0.921780 |
| 2025-06-13 | 0.640000 | 3.407756 |
| 2025-03-14 | 0.640000 | 3.343803 |
| 2024-12-13 | 0.630000 | 3.384917 |
| 2024-09-13 | 0.640000 | 3.085882 |
| 2024-06-14 | 0.630000 | 3.064483 |
| 2024-03-14 | 0.630000 | 3.354780 |
| 2023-12-14 | 0.630000 | 3.490227 |
| 2023-09-14 | 0.620000 | 3.755174 |
| 2023-06-14 | 0.590000 | 4.219220 |
| 2023-03-14 | 0.580000 | 4.803687 |
| 2022-12-14 | 0.570000 | 4.735275 |
| 2022-09-14 | 0.500000 | 4.133174 |
| 2022-06-14 | 0.630000 | 5.192114 |
| 2022-03-14 | 0.480000 | 3.265666 |
| 2021-12-14 | 0.970000 | 6.319112 |
| 2021-09-14 | 0.540000 | 3.486758 |
| 2021-06-14 | 0.530000 | 3.432347 |
| 2021-03-12 | 0.520000 | 4.157202 |
| 2020-12-14 | 0.510000 | 5.514247 |
| 2020-09-14 | 0.510000 | 6.634398 |
| 2020-06-12 | 0.510000 | 6.836323 |
| 2020-03-13 | 0.510000 | 7.989506 |
| 2019-12-19 | 1.250000 | 12.258247 |
| 2019-09-13 | 0.500000 | 5.141665 |
| 2019-06-13 | 0.490000 | 5.111716 |
| 2019-03-14 | 0.480000 | 5.153268 |
| 2018-12-13 | 0.460000 | 5.364295 |
| 2018-09-14 | 0.440000 | 5.624749 |
| 2018-06-25 | 0.890000 | 11.959833 |
| 2018-03-14 | 0.280000 | 4.207272 |
| 2017-12-14 | 0.260000 | 4.086828 |
| 2017-09-14 | 0.240000 | 3.958577 |
| 2017-06-13 | 0.210000 | 3.547466 |
| 2017-03-13 | 0.450000 | 7.760044 |
| 2016-12-13 | 0.170000 | 3.089766 |
| 2016-09-13 | 0.110000 | 2.106559 |
| 2016-06-16 | 0.060000 | 1.245293 |
| 2016-03-11 | 0.040000 | 0.805309 |
| 2015-05-12 | 0.036711 | 0.589916 |
| 2014-11-12 | 0.036711 | 0.797480 |
| 2014-05-13 | 0.036711 | 0.831190 |
| 2013-11-13 | 0.036711 | 0.898506 |
| 2013-05-15 | 0.036711 | 0.869282 |
| 2013-03-13 | 0.252386 | 6.740598 |
| 2012-11-13 | 0.036711 | 1.176404 |
| 2012-05-22 | 1.614354 | 62.330502 |
| 2012-05-15 | 0.036711 | 1.298015 |
| 2011-11-10 | 0.036711 | 1.713940 |
| 2011-05-13 | 0.036711 | 1.561740 |
| 2010-11-10 | 0.036711 | 1.435564 |
| 2010-05-12 | 0.036711 | 1.574081 |
| 2009-11-12 | 0.036711 | 1.915099 |
| 2009-05-13 | 0.036711 | 2.149827 |
| 2008-12-17 | 0.198238 | 7.573770 |
| 2008-11-12 | 0.036711 | 1.726358 |
| 2008-09-22 | 0.027533 | 0.793282 |
| 2008-05-13 | 0.036711 | 1.277157 |
| 2007-11-13 | 0.036711 | 1.345388 |
| 2007-05-11 | 0.018355 | 0.462207 |
| 2006-11-13 | 0.036711 | 1.268091 |
| 2006-05-11 | 0.018355 | 0.827080 |
| 2005-11-10 | 0.036711 | 1.758488 |
| 2005-05-12 | 0.018355 | 0.995802 |
| 2004-11-10 | 0.036711 | 1.982936 |
| 2004-05-12 | 0.018355 | 1.040910 |
| 2003-11-12 | 0.036711 | 2.595190 |
| 2003-05-13 | 0.018355 | 1.262141 |
| 2002-11-13 | 0.036711 | 3.445269 |
| 2002-05-13 | 0.018355 | 1.125493 |
| 2001-11-13 | 0.036711 | 2.592538 |
| 2001-05-11 | 0.018355 | 1.360178 |
| 2000-11-14 | 0.036711 | 2.988289 |
| 2000-05-11 | 0.018355 | 1.439231 |
| 1999-11-10 | 0.036711 | 2.418599 |
| 1999-05-12 | 0.018355 | 1.014348 |
| 1998-11-18 | 0.036711 | 1.985410 |
| 1998-05-13 | 0.018355 | 0.813436 |
| 1997-11-18 | 0.036711 | 2.159465 |
| 1997-05-13 | 0.018355 | 1.196874 |
| 1996-11-13 | 0.036711 | 2.417796 |
| 1996-05-14 | 0.018355 | 1.442490 |
| 1995-11-13 | 0.036711 | 3.595734 |
| 1995-05-09 | 0.018355 | 2.236924 |
| 1994-11-10 | 0.036711 | 4.809649 |
| 1994-05-10 | 0.018355 | 2.230248 |
| 1993-11-08 | 0.036711 | 4.630948 |
| 1993-05-10 | 0.018355 | 2.470044 |
| 1992-11-10 | 0.036711 | 5.419441 |
| 1992-05-11 | 0.018355 | 3.584774 |
| 1991-11-08 | 0.036711 | 8.202064 |
| 1991-05-09 | 0.018355 | 4.321668 |
| 1990-11-08 | 0.027533 | 8.040033 |
| 1990-05-09 | 0.018355 | 4.337942 |
| 1989-11-10 | 0.113803 | 25.962339 |
| 1989-05-04 | 0.018355 | 5.354531 |
| 1988-11-04 | 0.018355 | 5.522039 |
| 1988-05-03 | 0.009178 | 2.848494 |
| 1987-05-04 | 0.009178 | 3.075516 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.23037195 |
| Address1 | 8,333 Douglas Avenue |
| Address2 | Suite 1100 |
| All Time High | 28.41 |
| All Time Low | 0.344163 |
| Ask | 30.7 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 692,210 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 660,450 |
| Average Volume | 660,450 |
| Average Volume10Days | 692,210 |
| Beta | 0.765 |
| Bid | 17.55 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 16.745 |
| City | Dallas |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 24.315 |
| Current Ratio | 37.601 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 24.42 |
| Day Low | 23.925 |
| Debt To Equity | 119.309 |
| Display Name | Capital Southwest |
| Dividend Date | 1,782,777,600 |
| Dividend Rate | 2.56 |
| Dividend Yield | 10.75 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,770,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,770,800 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.287 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.322 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,702,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,702,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,702,400 |
| Ebitda | 201,256,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.88759005 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 8.693 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 7.716 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,749,584,256 |
| Eps Current Year | 2.39 |
| Eps Forward | 2.26167 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.81 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,778,803,200 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 214-238-5701 |
| Fifty Day Average | 22.502 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.8129997 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.0805706 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 23.037195 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 24.42 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.10499954 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.0042997357 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 19.07 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 5.245001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.27503937 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 19.07 - 24.42 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 322,151,400,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 10.06 |
| Float Shares | 58,464,248 |
| Forward Eps | 2.26167 |
| Forward P E | 10.750905 |
| Free Cashflow | 86,998,128 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 30 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 1.0 |
| Gross Profits | 226,744,992 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.027509999 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.28452 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 60,162,020 |
| Industry | Asset Management |
| Industry Disp | Asset Management |
| Industry Key | asset-management |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,776,211,200 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.193 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,743,379,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,443,657,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 2,724:1000 |
| Long Business Summary | Capital Southwest Corporation is a business development company. The firm specializes in credit and private equity and venture capital investments in lower middle market companies, mezzanine, later stage, mature, late venture, emerging growth, buyouts, industry consolidation, recapitalizations and growth capital investments. The firm does not invest in startups, publicly traded companies, real estate developments, project finance opportunities, oil and gas exploration businesses, troubled companies, turnarounds, and companies in which significant senior management is departing. In lower middle market, the firm typically invests in growth financing, bolt-on acquisitions, new platform acquisitions, refinancing, dividend recapitalizations, sponsor-led buyouts, and management buyout situations. The investment structures are unitranche debt, subordinated debt, senior debt, first and second lien debt, and preferred and common equity. The firm makes equity co-investments alongside debt investments, up to 20 percent of total check and only makes non-control investments. The firm is industry agnostic, but it prefers to invest in industrial manufacturing and services, value-added distribution, healthcare products and services, business services, specialty chemicals, food and beverage, tech-enabled services and SaaS models. The firm seeks to invest in energy services and products, industrial technologies, and specialty chemicals and products. Within energy services and products, the firm seeks to invest in each segment of the industry, including upstream, midstream and downstream, excluding exploration and production, with a focus on differentiated products and services, equipment and tool rental, consumable products, and drilling and completion chemicals. Within industrial technologies, it seeks to invest in automation and process controls, handling and packaging equipment, industrial filtration and fluid handling, measurement, monitoring and testing, professional tools, and sensors and instrumentation. Within specialty chemicals and products, the firm seeks to invest in businesses that develop and manufacture highly differentiated chemicals and products including adhesives, coatings and sealants, catalysts and absorbents, cosmeceuticals, fine chemicals, flavors and fragrances, performance lubricants, polymers, plastics and composites, chemical dispensing and filtration equipment, professional and industrial trade consumables and tools, engineered solutions for HVAC, plumbing, and electrical installations, specified high performance materials for fire protection and oilfield applications. It may also invest in exceptional opportunities in building products. The firm seeks to invest in the United States and North America. The firm seeks to make investments ranging from $5 million to $25 million in securities. Its typical financing size is between $5 million and $75 million, target hold size is between $5 million and $45 million, and the firm is willing to backstop up to $55 million with an active network of co-investors. It seeks to invest in firms with minimum EBITDA between $3 million and $25 million. In addition to making direct investments, the firm allocates capital to syndicated first and second lien term loans in the upper middle market. It prefers to take a majority or minority stake. The firm has the flexibility to hold investments for very long periods in its portfolio companies. It may also invest through warrants. The firm prefers to take board participation in its portfolio companies. Capital Southwest Corporation was founded on April 19, 1961 and is based in Dallas, Texas. |
| Long Name | Capital Southwest Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,462,839,552 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_19477 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,593,475,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 101,474,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,774,915,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,433,059,316 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 5 |
| Open | 23.925 |
| Operating Cashflow | -193,092,992 |
| Operating Margins | 0.75818 |
| Payout Ratio | 1.5214 |
| Phone | 214-238-5700 |
| Previous Close | 23.82 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 10.17364 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.4520752 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 6.4514747 |
| Profit Margins | 0.45459 |
| Quick Ratio | 36.011 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.49500084 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.0780892 |
| Regular Market Day High | 24.42 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 23.925 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 23.925 - 24.42 |
| Regular Market Open | 23.925 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 23.82 |
| Regular Market Price | 24.315 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,440,531 |
| Regular Market Volume | 394,483 |
| Return On Assets | 0.06222 |
| Return On Equity | 0.11289 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.04 |
| Revenue Per Share | 4.215 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.36506534 |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Sector Disp | Financial Services |
| Sector Key | financial-services |
| Shares Outstanding | 60,162,020 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0726 |
| Shares Short | 4,366,767 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 3,978,792 |
| Short Name | Capital Southwest Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.074099995 |
| Short Ratio | 7.17 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TX |
| Symbol | CSWC |
| Target High Price | 27.0 |
| Target Low Price | 21.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 24.4 |
| Target Median Price | 25.0 |
| Total Cash | 14,986,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.249 |
| Total Debt | 331,511,008 |
| Total Revenue | 226,744,992 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 2.32 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.09739714 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.81 |
| Trailing P E | 13.433702 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 22.20525 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 2.1097507 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.095011346 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 394,483 |
| Website | https://www.capitalsouthwest.com |
| Zip | 75,225 |