Capital Southwest Corporation (CSWC) is a leading publicly traded business development company that specializes in providing customized financing solutions for middle-market enterprises. With a diversified investment portfolio that spans debt and equity across critical sectors including healthcare, technology, and manufacturing, CSWC aims to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns to its investors. The company leverages its extensive industry knowledge and strategic networks to not only foster operational efficiencies within its portfolio but also drive sustainable growth, positioning itself as a vital partner in the dynamic business environment.
| Revenue (TTM) | $237.21M |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $237.21M |
| EBITDA | $215.78M |
| Operating Margin | 87.60% |
| Return on Equity | 11.20% |
| Return on Assets | 6.21% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $4.06 |
| Book Value | $16.61 |
| Price-to-Book | 1.41 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 6.20 |
| EV/Revenue | 18.52 |
| EV/EBITDA | — |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | -17.80% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 9.10% |
| Shares Outstanding | $63.73M |
| Float | $61.77M |
| % Insiders | 2.78% |
| % Institutions | 29.02% |
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DALLAS, Oct. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capital Southwest Corporation (“Capital Southwest”) (Nasdaq: CSWC), an internally managed business development company focused on providing flexible financing solutions to support the acquisition and growth of middle market businesses, is pleased to announce its preliminary operating results for the second quarter of its 2027 fiscal year (quarter ended September 30, 2026) and its second quarter 2027 earnings release and conference call schedule.
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Capital Southwest is a high-quality, first lien-focused private credit platform with robust balance sheet quality and net investment income growth. CSWC trades at a 39% premium to NAV, justified by solid historical dividend coverage and supplemental distributions from accumulated undistributed income. Despite a recent pullback, CSWC's dividend remains well-supported, with only a minor coverage dip in Q1 '27, making the stock attractive for income investors.
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DALLAS, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capital Southwest Corporation (“Capital Southwest”) (Nasdaq: CSWC), an internally managed business development company focused on providing flexible financing solutions to support the acquisition and growth of middle market businesses, today announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (the “SBA”) has approved Capital Southwest SBIC II, LP's (“SBIC II”) request to increase its leverage commitment from $175 million to $250 million pursuant to recent legislation.
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DALLAS, Sept. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capital Southwest Corporation (“Capital Southwest”) (Nasdaq: CSWC), an internally managed business development company focused on providing flexible financing solutions to support the acquisition and growth of middle market businesses, today announced an amendment to its senior secured credit facility (the “Corporate Credit Facility”). The amendment (a) increased commitments under the Corporate Credit Facility from $510 million to $595 million, (b) decreased the applicable margin from 2.15% to 2.00%, (c) removed the SOFR adjustment, (d) increased the uncommitted accordion feature that could increase the maximum commitments from $750 million to $1 billion, (e) reduced the unused commitment fees from a range of (i) 0.50%-1.00% to (ii) 0.50%-0.75% per annum, based on utilization, on the unused lender commitments, and (f) amended certain financial covenants. In addition, the end of the Corporate Credit Facility's revolving period was extended from August 2, 2027 to September 2, 2030, and the final maturity was extended from August 2, 2028 to September 2, 2031.
DALLAS, Sept. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capital Southwest Corporation ("Capital Southwest" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: CSWC) today announced that, at its reconvened annual meeting of shareholders, shareholders voted to approve the Company's proposal to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 75.0 million to 135.0 million. The Company is grateful to its shareholders for their engagement and support throughout the process.
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