Capital Southwest CSWC
NASDAQ CSWC
$24.96 +0.28 (+1.13%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Capital Southwest (CSWC) FCF Payout Ratio (2012 - 2026)

Capital Southwest (CSWC) posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.65 for Q1 2026, down 14.25% year-over-year from 0.76 in Q1 2025, and down 63.5% quarter-over-quarter from 0.4 in Q4 2025.

Capital Southwest (CSWC) FCF Payout Ratio (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Capital Southwest's FCF Payout Ratio history runs 8 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.65 for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 14.25% year-over-year to 0.65; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.76 (down 32.73% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 0.76, down 32.77% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.65, down from 0.4 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 1.49 in Q4 2023, with the low at 1.25 in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.4 (2025), against an average of 0.18.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: FCF Payout Ratio soared 859.01% in 2023, then slumped 146.65% in 2024.
  • Capital Southwest's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.2 in 2022, then jumped by 859.01% to 1.49 in 2023, then tumbled by 112.68% to 0.19 in 2024, then slumped by 110.41% to 0.4 in 2025, then slumped by 63.5% to 0.65 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CSWC's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.65 in Q1 2026, 0.4 in Q4 2025, and 0.5 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 179.54 Bn 165.67 Bn - 0.83
2 Blackstone 114.83 Bn 112.32 Bn - 0.80
3 Kkr 97.26 Bn -179.81 Bn - 0.05
4 Brookfield 93.07 Bn 45.66 Bn - -
5 Brookfield Asset Management 83.46 Bn 81.96 Bn - 1.50
6 Apollo Global Management 78.41 Bn 53.04 Bn 10.54 Bn 0.11
7 State Street 51.66 Bn 51.66 Bn - -0.10
8 Ameriprise Financial 51.12 Bn 40.07 Bn 4.72 Bn 0.05
9 Raymond James Financial 33.99 Bn 20.74 Bn - -0.34
10 Capital Southwest 1.53 Bn 1.47 Bn - -0.49

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 -0.49
Mar 31, 2026 -0.65
Dec 31, 2025 -0.40
Sep 30, 2025 -0.50
Jun 30, 2025 1.16
Mar 31, 2025 -0.57
Dec 31, 2024 -0.19
Sep 30, 2024 -1.25
Jun 30, 2024 0.95
Mar 31, 2024 -0.28
Dec 31, 2023 1.49
Sep 30, 2023 -0.51
Jun 30, 2023 -0.41
Mar 31, 2023 -0.62
Dec 31, 2022 -0.20
Sep 30, 2022 -0.56
Jun 30, 2022 -0.24
Mar 31, 2022 -0.26
Dec 31, 2021 -0.65
Mar 31, 2013 0.42