Headlines about Capital Southwest Corporation (NASDAQ:CSWC) have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Capital Southwest Corporation earned a media sentiment score of 0.17 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media headlines about the asset manager an impact score of 46.1755233705397 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the near future.
Capital Southwest Corporation (NASDAQ:CSWC) opened at 17.20 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $275.30 million, a P/E ratio of 10.44 and a beta of -0.49. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $16.45 and its 200-day moving average price is $16.25. Capital Southwest Corporation has a 12 month low of $13.81 and a 12 month high of $17.35.
Capital Southwest Corporation (NASDAQ:CSWC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 31st. The asset manager reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $7.73 million for the quarter. Capital Southwest Corporation had a net margin of 96.98% and a return on equity of 4.34%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Capital Southwest Corporation will post $1.11 EPS for the current fiscal year.
CSWC has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. National Bank Financial reissued a “buy” rating and set a $22.00 price target on shares of Capital Southwest Corporation in a research report on Wednesday, June 28th. National Securities initiated coverage on Capital Southwest Corporation in a research report on Tuesday, June 27th. They set a “buy” rating and a $22.00 price target on the stock. BidaskClub raised Capital Southwest Corporation from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. ValuEngine downgraded Capital Southwest Corporation from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 6th. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott initiated coverage on Capital Southwest Corporation in a research report on Friday, June 30th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $18.00 price target on the stock. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $20.67.
In related news, Director Thomas Duane Morgan acquired 3,100 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 7th. The shares were bought at an average price of $16.26 per share, for a total transaction of $50,406.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 4,395 shares in the company, valued at $71,462.70. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director John H. Wilson acquired 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 28th. The shares were bought at an average price of $16.30 per share, for a total transaction of $81,500.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 17,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $277,100. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 5,500 shares of company stock worth $88,775. 5.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.
Capital Southwest Corporation Company Profile
Capital Southwest Corporation is an investment company that specializes in providing customized financing to middle market companies in a range of industry segments located primarily in the United States. The Company is a specialty lending company. Its principal investment objective is to produce risk-adjusted returns by generating current income from debt investments and capital appreciation from its equity and equity related investments.
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