StockNews.com Downgrades Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) to Sell

Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) was downgraded by equities research analysts at StockNews.com from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a note issued to investors on Friday.

Capital Southwest Stock Up 0.5 %

Shares of NASDAQ:CSWC opened at $19.03 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $962.58 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.50 and a beta of 0.99. Capital Southwest has a one year low of $17.46 and a one year high of $27.23. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $22.13 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $22.85. 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 (NASDAQ:CSWC) last posted its earnings results on Monday, February 3rd. The asset manager reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter, topping 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%. Analysts anticipate that Capital Southwest will post 2.54 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Capital Southwest

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Epiq Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Capital Southwest in the 1st quarter valued at about $5,701,000. Sanders Morris Harris LLC grew its stake in Capital Southwest by 75.9% in the first quarter. Sanders Morris Harris LLC now owns 1,433,064 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $31,986,000 after purchasing an additional 618,480 shares during the period. Confluence Investment Management LLC grew its position in shares of Capital Southwest by 1.3% in the 1st quarter. Confluence Investment Management LLC now owns 101,522 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $2,266,000 after buying an additional 1,280 shares during the period. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Capital Southwest by 8.4% during the fourth quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 50,626 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $1,105,000 after purchasing an additional 3,941 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriflex Group Inc. purchased a new position in Capital Southwest during the fourth quarter valued at $33,000. Institutional investors own 23.42% of the company’s stock.

Capital Southwest Company Profile

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.