Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC - Get Free Report) was downgraded by equities researchers at StockNews.com from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report issued on Tuesday.
Separately, B. Riley lifted their target price on Capital Southwest from $24.00 to $24.50 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th.
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Capital Southwest Price Performance
CSWC stock traded up $0.23 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $23.29. 891,284 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 484,885. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a current ratio of 0.18 and a quick ratio of 0.18. The company has a market capitalization of $1.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.24. Capital Southwest has a 52-week low of $20.68 and a 52-week high of $27.23. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $22.51 and a 200-day moving average price of $23.60.
Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, February 3rd. The asset manager reported $0.63 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.62 by $0.01. Capital Southwest had a return on equity of 15.18% and a net margin of 33.49%. As a group, analysts anticipate that Capital Southwest will post 2.54 earnings per share for the current year.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Barclays PLC grew its holdings in shares of Capital Southwest by 1.7% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 76,083 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $1,924,000 after purchasing an additional 1,263 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its position in Capital Southwest by 24.6% in the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 154,038 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $3,893,000 after buying an additional 30,423 shares during the last quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. lifted its position in Capital Southwest by 146.7% in the 3rd quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 387,647 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $9,804,000 after buying an additional 230,513 shares during the last quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. lifted its position in Capital Southwest by 970.6% in the 3rd quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 80,201 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $2,028,000 after buying an additional 72,710 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Creative Planning lifted its position in Capital Southwest by 4.2% in the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 11,161 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $282,000 after buying an additional 452 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 23.42% of the company's stock.
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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.
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