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Capital Southwest (CSWC) FCF Payout Ratio (2021 - 2025)

Capital Southwest has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 7 years, most recently at 0.4 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put FCF Payout Ratio at 0.4 for Q4 2025, down 110.41% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.73 (down 60.4% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.57, down 4.8%.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.4 at Capital Southwest, up from 0.5 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for CSWC hit a ceiling of 1.49 in Q4 2023 and a floor of 1.25 in Q3 2024.
  • Median FCF Payout Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.4 (2025), compared with a mean of 0.18.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: soared 859.01% in 2023 and later crashed 146.65% in 2024.
  • Capital Southwest's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.65 in 2021, then surged by 69.68% to 0.2 in 2022, then soared by 859.01% to 1.49 in 2023, then tumbled by 112.68% to 0.19 in 2024, then plummeted by 110.41% to 0.4 in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Payout Ratio were 0.4 (Q4 2025), 0.5 (Q3 2025), and 1.16 (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.