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

Capital Southwest (CSWC) recorded quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.16 in Q1 2026, up 6.76% quarter-over-quarter from 0.15 in Q4 2025, and down 13.03% on a YoY basis from 0.18 in Q1 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.

  • In Q1 2026, Debt Ratio fell 13.03% year-over-year to 0.16; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.16 (down 13.03% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 0.16, down 13.03% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio was 0.16 for Q1 2026 at Capital Southwest, up from 0.15 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.21 in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.04 in Q3 2025.
  • Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 0.16 across 5 years, with a median of 0.17 in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Debt Ratio gained 26.2% in 2024, then sank 78.01% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it 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.
  • 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 163.18 Bn 153.56 Bn - 0.05
2 Blackstone 96.85 Bn 95.80 Bn - 0.27
3 Kkr 86.45 Bn 133.96 Bn - -
4 Apollo Global Management 82.30 Bn 101.04 Bn 5.04 Bn -
5 State Street 46.95 Bn 21.27 Bn - -
6 Ameriprise Financial 43.65 Bn 43.52 Bn 4.57 Bn 0.00
7 Northern Trust 31.92 Bn 31.92 Bn - 0.04
8 Raymond James Financial 30.62 Bn 19.37 Bn - 0.04
9 Ares Management 29.04 Bn 32.41 Bn - -
10 Capital Southwest 1.30 Bn 1.27 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