Capital Southwest Co. (NASDAQ:CSWC) Short Interest Update

Capital Southwest Co. (NASDAQ:CSWC) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totalling 921,000 shares, an increase of 11.2% from the June 30th total of 828,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 284,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.2 days.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, JMP Securities lowered Capital Southwest from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 15th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Capital Southwest

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CSWC. Global Retirement Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Capital Southwest in the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. EntryPoint Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Capital Southwest in the first quarter valued at about $28,000. Cape Investment Advisory Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Capital Southwest in the fourth quarter valued at about $31,000. Morton Brown Family Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Capital Southwest during the fourth quarter worth approximately $34,000. Finally, USA Financial Formulas acquired a new stake in Capital Southwest during the fourth quarter worth approximately $47,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 23.42% of the company’s stock.

Capital Southwest Trading Down 0.6 %

Capital Southwest stock traded down $0.16 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $25.84. The stock had a trading volume of 184,495 shares, compared to its average volume of 329,192. The company has a quick ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 0.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55. The stock has a market cap of $1.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.60 and a beta of 1.24. Capital Southwest has a one year low of $20.72 and a one year high of $27.23. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $26.02 and its 200-day simple moving average is $25.26.

Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 14th. The asset manager reported $0.66 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.66. The firm had revenue of $46.43 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $46.01 million. Capital Southwest had a return on equity of 15.88% and a net margin of 46.81%. On average, equities analysts predict that Capital Southwest will post 2.62 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Capital Southwest

Capital Southwest Corporation is a business development company specializing in credit and private equity and venture capital investments in middle market companies, mezzanine, later stage, mature, late venture, emerging growth, buyouts, recapitalizations and growth capital investments. It does not invest in startups, publicly traded companies, real estate developments, project finance opportunities, oil and gas exploration businesses, troubled companies, turnarounds, and companies in which significant senior management is departing.