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After finishing at $17.99 in the prior trading day, Capital Southwest Corp (NASDAQ: CSWC) closed at $19.73, up 9.67%. In other words, the price has increased by $9.67 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.01 million shares were traded. CSWC stock price reached its highest trading level at $19.83 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $17.47.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of CSWC by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 27.71 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 9.24. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.11 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.11.
On January 08, 2024, B. Riley Securities Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Buy but kept the price unchanged to $23.50.
On April 11, 2023, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $19.UBS initiated its Neutral rating on April 11, 2023, with a $19 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 26 ’25 when Rogers-Windsor Ramona Lynn bought 450 shares for $22.52 per share. The transaction valued at 10,134 led to the insider holds 17,238 shares of the business.
Rogers-Windsor Ramona Lynn bought 250 shares of CSWC for $5,667 on Dec 12 ’24. The Director now owns 16,407 shares after completing the transaction at $22.67 per share. On Nov 08 ’24, another insider, BATTIST CHRISTINE, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 256 shares for $23.13 each. As a result, the insider paid 5,921 and bolstered with 9,279 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CSWC now has a Market Capitalization of 997978880 and an Enterprise Value of 1890189824. As of this moment, Capital’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.22, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.08. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.38 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.19. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 9.524 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.6.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CSWC is 1.07, which has changed by -0.21174592 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.049593568 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CSWC has reached a high of $27.03, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $17.79. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -11.70%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -16.61%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 598.73K shares per day over the past 3-months and 975320 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 50.05M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 48.38M. Insiders hold about 4.36% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 29.08% stake in the company. Shares short for CSWC as of 1741910400 were 1906728 with a Short Ratio of 3.18, compared to 1739491200 on 1515371. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1906728 and a Short% of Float of 3.92.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, CSWC’s forward annual dividend rate was 2.3, compared to 2.31 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.1278488The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 9.67. The current Payout Ratio is 109.40% for CSWC, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-14 with an ex-dividend date of 1741910400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2015-10-01 when the company split stock in a 2724:1000 ratio.
