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

Capital Southwest's (CSWC) 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 (CSWC) Debt Ratio (2022 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Capital Southwest's Debt Ratio history runs 5 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.16 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio fell 13.03% year-over-year to 0.16 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.16, a 13.03% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 0.16, down 13.03% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio improved to 0.16 in Q1 2026 per CSWC's latest filing, from 0.15 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.54 in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.04 in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.17 (2024), against an average of 0.18.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio climbed 26.2% in 2024 and sank 78.01% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Debt Ratio stood at 0.19 in 2022, then declined by 27.12% to 0.14 in 2023, then rose by 26.2% to 0.17 in 2024, then slipped by 13.8% to 0.15 in 2025, then rose by 6.76% to 0.16 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CSWC Debt Ratio figures stand at 0.16 (Q1 2026), 0.15 (Q4 2025), and 0.04 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Brookfield 1,236.60 Bn 1,311.20 Bn 18.56 Bn -
2 BlackRock 161.01 Bn 148.08 Bn - 0.12
3 Blackstone 97.77 Bn 96.72 Bn - 0.27
4 Apollo Global Management 70.80 Bn 90.38 Bn -409.00 Mn 0.03
5 State Street 51.30 Bn 51.30 Bn - -
6 Ameriprise Financial 48.54 Bn 39.27 Bn 4.57 Bn 0.00
7 Northern Trust 32.93 Bn 32.93 Bn - 0.04
8 Raymond James Financial 32.59 Bn 17.67 Bn - 0.05
9 Price T Rowe 24.70 Bn 21.13 Bn - -
10 Capital Southwest 1.42 Bn 1.39 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
Sep 30, 2022 0.54
Mar 31, 2022 0.21