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How Capital Southwest Corporation stacks up
CSWC · against 74 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Valuation
53/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #41 of 75 · scores higher than 46% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score8 peers with a valuation score of 50–59, including CSWC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 53?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Its metrics sit close to the Financial Services norm.
- Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. Free cash flow yield: -20.8% vs peer median 6.1%
- Earnings yield is close to the peer norm. Earnings yield: 9.1% vs peer median 5.7%
- EBITDA yield is close to the peer norm. EBITDA yield: 8.1% vs peer median 6.9%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CSWC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CSWC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 116 reported | 7.8% | 8.2% | 46% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 57 reported | 8.1% | 7.5% | 57% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 44 reported | -20.6% | 9.0% | 7% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 106 reported | 71.8% | 99.3% | 35% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CSWC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 827M USD | 99 | 62 | |
| 2 | 1.1B CAD (≈$782M) | 98 | 59 | |
| 3 | 8.4B CNY (≈$1.2B) | 95 | 66 | |
| 3 | 22.8B SEK (≈$2.3B) | 95 | 51 | |
| 5 | 1.9B USD | 93 | 47 | |
| 37 | 773M USD | 58 | 54 | |
| 37 | 2.0B AUD (≈$1.4B) | 58 | 51 | |
| 39 | 44.7B TWD (≈$1.4B) | 57 | 29 | |
| 40 | 354.4B JPY (≈$2.4B) | 56 | 38 | |
| 41 | 1.5B USD | 53 | 74 | |
| 42 | 994M USD | 52 | 51 | |
| 43 | 772M USD | 51 | 51 | |
| 44 | 1.5B USD | 50 | 59 | |
| 45 | 36.3B TWD (≈$1.1B) | 49 | 29 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score