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Capital Southwest (CSWC) Debt Ratio (2022 - 2026)

Capital Southwest's quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.16 in Q1 2026, down 13.03% year-on-year from 0.18 in Q1 2025, and up 6.76% quarter-over-quarter from 0.15 in Q4 2025.

Capital Southwest has reported Debt Ratio for 5 years, with the latest figure at 0.16 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio fell 13.03% year-over-year to 0.16; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.16 (down 13.03% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was 0.16, down 13.03% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.16, up from 0.15 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Debt Ratio was 0.21 in Q1 2022, with the low at 0.04 in Q3 2025.
  • Average Debt Ratio over 5 years is 0.16, with a median of 0.17 recorded in 2024.
  • Year-over-year, Debt Ratio climbed 26.2% in 2024 and sank 78.01% in 2025.
  • Tracing CSWC's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.19 in 2022, then fell by 27.12% to 0.14 in 2023, then gained by 26.2% to 0.17 in 2024, then dropped by 13.8% to 0.15 in 2025, then gained by 6.76% to 0.16 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.16 (Q1 2026), 0.15 (Q4 2025), and 0.04 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - 0.05
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - 0.27
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - -
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - 0.14
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn -
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - -
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn 0.00
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - 0.04
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - -
10 Capital Southwest 1.32 Bn 1.29 Bn - 0.16

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.16
Dec 31, 2025 0.15
Sep 30, 2025 0.04
Jun 30, 2025 0.17
Mar 31, 2025 0.18
Dec 31, 2024 0.17
Sep 30, 2024 0.17
Jun 30, 2024 0.15
Mar 31, 2024 0.17
Dec 31, 2023 0.14
Sep 30, 2023 0.18
Jun 30, 2023 0.15
Mar 31, 2023 0.19
Dec 31, 2022 0.19
Mar 31, 2022 0.21