Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) Issues Q2 2027 Earnings Guidance

Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) updated its second quarter 2027 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.560-0.570 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.550.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Citigroup reissued a “market outperform” rating on shares of Capital Southwest in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. UBS Group raised their target price on shares of Capital Southwest from $23.50 to $24.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, October 9th. B. Riley Financial lifted their target price on shares of Capital Southwest from $24.50 to $25.50 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Capital Southwest from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 13th. Finally, Citizens Jmp boosted their price target on Capital Southwest from $25.00 to $26.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $24.10.

Capital Southwest Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of CSWC stock opened at $22.37 on Thursday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $23.99 and its 200-day simple moving average is $23.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.17 and a quick ratio of 0.17. Capital Southwest has a 1-year low of $19.91 and a 1-year high of $25.75. The firm has a market cap of $1.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.36 and a beta of 0.71.

Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 3rd. The asset manager reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.56 by $0.02. Capital Southwest had a net margin of 46.68% and a return on equity of 13.88%. The company had revenue of $61.05 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $61.22 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.61 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Capital Southwest will post 2.27 EPS for the current year.

Capital Southwest Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 15th will be issued a $0.1934 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 15th. This represents a $2.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 10.4%. Capital Southwest’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 128.18%.

Insider Transactions at Capital Southwest

In other news, Director William Thomas, III purchased 2,170 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 1st. The stock was bought at an average cost of $23.04 per share, for a total transaction of $49,996.80. Following the completion of the purchase, the director directly owned 22,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $526,279.68. The trade was a 10.50% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Company insiders own 2.70% of the company’s stock.

About Capital Southwest

Capital Southwest Corporation (NASDAQ: CSWC) is a business development company that provides financing to middle-market and lower-middle-market businesses in the United States. The company primarily invests in privately held companies that may require capital to support growth, acquisitions, recapitalizations, ownership transitions, or other strategic initiatives.

Its investment portfolio generally consists of senior secured loans, including first-lien and second-lien debt, as well as subordinated debt and equity investments.