Ramona Lynn Rogers-Windsor Acquires 450 Shares of Capital Southwest Co. (NASDAQ:CSWC) Stock

Capital Southwest Co. (NASDAQ:CSWC) Director Ramona Lynn Rogers-Windsor purchased 450 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 26th. The shares were bought at an average price of $22.52 per share, with a total value of $10,134.00. Following the purchase, the director now owns 17,238 shares in the company, valued at $388,199.76. This represents a 2.68 % increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Capital Southwest Stock Up 0.6 %

Capital Southwest stock opened at $22.66 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a current ratio of 0.18 and a quick ratio of 0.18. Capital Southwest Co. has a fifty-two week low of $20.68 and a fifty-two week high of $27.23. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $22.70 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $23.29. The firm has a market cap of $1.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.07 and a beta of 1.21.

Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) last announced its earnings results on Monday, February 3rd. The asset manager reported $0.63 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.01. Capital Southwest had a return on equity of 15.18% and a net margin of 33.49%. As a group, analysts forecast that Capital Southwest Co. will post 2.54 earnings per share for the current year.

Capital Southwest Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, March 14th will be given a dividend of $0.58 per share. This represents a $2.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 10.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. Capital Southwest’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 164.54%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, StockNews.com cut Capital Southwest from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Capital Southwest

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of CSWC. Promus Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Capital Southwest during the 4th quarter worth about $30,000. Ameriflex Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Capital Southwest during the fourth quarter worth about $33,000. Quarry LP bought a new position in Capital Southwest during the third quarter valued at about $35,000. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Capital Southwest by 243.2% in the 4th quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 2,217 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $48,000 after acquiring an additional 1,571 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Analysts LLC lifted its position in shares of Capital Southwest by 35.6% in the 4th quarter. Capital Analysts LLC now owns 2,550 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $56,000 after acquiring an additional 669 shares during the period. 23.42% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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, industry consolidation, recapitalizations and growth capital investments.