profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Capital Southwest
$23.49+0.99% today
+13.1% in 1 year
1-year low $20.481-year high $25.57
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $13.82 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Capital Southwest sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $61.5 million in 2023 to $151 million in 2026, with $113 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Capital Southwest vs. similar companies
Capital Southwest grows the fastest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Southwest | 13.8× · Cheap | ||
 BlackRock | 33.8× · Expensive | ||
 Blackstone | 50.7× · Expensive | ||
 Investor | 8.4× · Cheap | ||
 Brookfield | 73.4× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Capital Southwest's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 109 | 109 | 151 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 33 | 83 | 71 | 113 | |
| 1.10 | 2.05 | 1.47 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 53.9% | 76.5% | 64.8% | 74.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,258 | 1,557 | 1,883 | 2,178 |
| Cash | 22 | 32 | 43 | 29 |
| Total debt | 638 | 771 | 956 | 1,131 |
| Total liabilities | 667 | 801 | 999 | 1,167 |
| 590 | 756 | 884 | 1,011 | |
| 30 | 41 | 51 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 5.6% | 11.0% | 8.0% | 11.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -227 | -188 | -217 | -194 | |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| -227 | -189 | -219 | -194 | |
| Dividends paid | 71 | 103 | 125 | 147 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 13.9×
- 10.2×
- –
- 1.4×
- 10.4×
- –
- –
- -12.3%
- 7.2%
- 11.7%
Profitability
- 69.8%
- 53.7%
- 74.7%
- 56.9%
- 4.9%
- 4.7%
- 11.2%
- 4.9%
- 6.1%
- –
Growth
- +35.0%
- –
- −16.1%
- +4.6%
- +25.6%
Financial health
- 3.1×
- 0.42
- 19.6%
- 1.8×
- 0.36
- 0.36
- 0.10
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 46%of 851
Top 12%of 734
Bottom 48%of 861
Top 13%of 860
Bottom 8%of 917
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $23.00
- Range
- $23.00 – $23.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 | 0.57 | 0.56 | +1.8% |
| Feb 2, 2026 | 0.64 | 0.59 | +9.0% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | 0.57 | 0.58 | −1.7% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 0.59 | 0.59 | +0.0% |
| May 14, 2025 | 0.54 | 0.62 | −12.9% |
| Feb 3, 2025 | 0.63 | 0.62 | +1.6% |
| Oct 28, 2024 | 0.66 | 0.66 | +0.0% |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 0.63 | 0.66 | −4.5% |
11.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$117a year at today's yield, before tax
+4.6%2020 to 2025
Raised3 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.04 in 2015 → $2.56 in 2025
How safe it looks
130.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earnsNews
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
43No pass
Benjamin Graham
72Pass
Philip Fisher
66Pass
Peter Lynch
100Pass
Joel Greenblatt
20No pass
Charlie Munger
43No pass
Terry Smith
40No pass
Questions about Capital Southwest
Is Capital Southwest a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Capital Southwest AI analysis
What does Capital Southwest do?
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, recapitalizations and growth capital investments. It is in Asset Management.
Does Capital Southwest pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 11.7% a year, about 130% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $147 million in dividends.
Is Capital Southwest stock halal?
No. Capital Southwest does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 72% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Capital Southwest stock done over the past year?
Up 13.1% over the past twelve months, to $23.49. It traded between $20.48 and $25.57 and is 8.1% below its high.
Who are Capital Southwest's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BlackRock, Blackstone, Investor and Brookfield. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Capital Southwest's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 9, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.