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Capital Southwest (CSWC) Return on Sales (2021 - 2025)

Capital Southwest has reported Return on Sales over the past 9 years, most recently at 0.31% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Sales at 0.31% for Q4 2025, up 1.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.28% (down 6.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.31%, down 7.0%.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.31% at Capital Southwest, up from 0.28% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Sales for CSWC hit a ceiling of 0.39% in Q3 2023 and a floor of 0.21% in Q3 2021.
  • Median Return on Sales over the past 5 years was 0.32% (2024), compared with a mean of 0.32%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: increased 10bps in 2023 and later decreased -15bps in 2025.
  • Capital Southwest's Return on Sales stood at 0.33% in 2021, then increased by 7bps to 0.35% in 2022, then increased by 2bps to 0.36% in 2023, then dropped by -16bps to 0.3% in 2024, then increased by 3bps to 0.31% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Sales were 0.31% (Q4 2025), 0.28% (Q3 2025), and 0.3% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.