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Capital Southwest Corporation CSWC

10 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY3 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
Dividend streak
3 yrs
Raised every year since 2023
EPS · FY25
$1.90
Dividend / sh · FY25
$2.56
Payout · FY25
130%
ROE · FY25
11.9%
Net margin · FY25
Dividend coverage
0.7×
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Result
Revenue, FY2025 · full 10-year series below
Revenue Net income
0.0040.0080.0120.12009201220222025
0.0040.0080.0120.1202020232025

Per share
USD 1.90
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
1232.561.902009201220222025
1232.561.90202020232025

Earnings covered only a fraction of the dividend — the rest came from cash or borrowing.

Profitability
11.9%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
510152011.9%2009201220222025
510152011.9%202020232025
Operating margin
Net margin
Return on assets5.6%

Each USD of equity produced 12 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 147.2M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 147.2M
Net buybacks
Share of profit130.3%
Consecutive raises3 years

USD 147.2M in dividends — 130% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.

Growth
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+21.0%
Net income
+50.6%
+17.3%
EPS, diluted
−6.0%
+2.7%
Dividend / share
+5.5%
+4.6%
Returned to shareholders
+27.5%
+29.8%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.06B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.020.062009201220222025
0.020.06202020232025
Change, 5 years+188.4%
Change, 10 years

The share count grew 188% in five years — the same company, cut into more, smaller slices.

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Balance sheet
USD 2.2B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 2.2B
EquityUSD 1.0B
CashUSD 29.0M
Gross debtUSD 1.1B
Net debtUSD 1.1B

Net debt stands at 109% of equity.

History
10 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2012
2011
2010
2009
Revenue $B
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0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Operating income $B
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·
·
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·
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·
EBITDA $B
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·
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Income tax $B
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Net income $B
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
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EPS, diluted $
1.90
1.47
2.05
2.29
1.87
1.66
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Dividend / sh $
2.56
2.53
2.42
2.18
2.56
2.04
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Payout %
130
178
123
215
137
79
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ROE %
11.9
8.6
12.4
6.5
11.3
16.7
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Shares out B
0.06
0.05
0.05
0.04
0.02
0.02
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Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
10 of 13
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 3 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

What we don’t show

We’d rather say what’s missing than fill the gap with an estimate.

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