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Capital Southwest (CSWC) Free Cash Flow (2021 - 2025)

Capital Southwest has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 9 years, most recently at -$93.6 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Free Cash Flow at -$93.6 million for Q4 2025, up 43.78% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was -$193.7 million (up 26.03% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was -$218.9 million, down 16.13%.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was -$93.6 million at Capital Southwest, down from -$71.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Free Cash Flow for CSWC hit a ceiling of $31.1 million in Q2 2024 and a floor of -$166.6 million in Q4 2024.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was -$48.8 million (2023), compared with a mean of -$50.0 million.
  • Peak annual rise in Free Cash Flow hit 155.91% in 2024, while the deepest fall reached 1024.73% in 2024.
  • Capital Southwest's Free Cash Flow stood at -$35.3 million in 2021, then crashed by 177.77% to -$98.1 million in 2022, then surged by 118.36% to $18.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 1024.73% to -$166.6 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 43.78% to -$93.6 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were -$93.6 million (Q4 2025), -$71.3 million (Q3 2025), and $30.4 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.