Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) Issues Q3 2025 Earnings Guidance

Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) issued an update on its third quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.630-0.640 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.620. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Capital Southwest also updated its Q3 guidance to $0.62-$0.63 EPS.

Capital Southwest Trading Up 1.0 %

Shares of NASDAQ:CSWC traded up $0.22 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $22.26. The company had a trading volume of 339,316 shares, compared to its average volume of 396,417. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 0.16 and a current ratio of 0.16. The firm has a market cap of $1.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.57 and a beta of 1.24. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $22.40 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $24.26. Capital Southwest has a 1-year low of $20.68 and a 1-year high of $27.23.

Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) last announced its earnings results on Monday, October 28th. The asset manager reported $0.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.01. Capital Southwest had a return on equity of 15.54% and a net margin of 37.77%. The firm had revenue of $48.71 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $49.79 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.69 earnings per share. Research analysts predict that Capital Southwest will post 2.53 earnings per share for the current year.

Capital Southwest Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th were issued a $0.63 dividend. This represents a $2.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 11.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 13th. Capital Southwest’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 141.46%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, B. Riley raised their price target on shares of Capital Southwest from $24.00 to $24.50 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th.

Capital Southwest Company Profile

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.