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How Capital Southwest Corporation stacks up
CSWC · against 354 other Financial Services companies
Profitability
66/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #120 of 355 · scores higher than 66% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score36 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including CSWC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 66?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, which is stronger than most Financial Services peers.
- Operating margin is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 7.4% vs peer median 6.3%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 76% of peers. Return on assets: 5.8% vs peer median 2.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 353 reported | 7.4% | 6.3% | 59% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 209 reported | Not reported | 23.5% | — | — | 33% |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 382 reported | 5.8% | 2.6% | 76% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 374 reported | 11.2% | 9.5% | 54% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 433 reported | 100.0% | 80.0% | 66% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CSWC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 342M EUR (≈$376M) | 100 | 77 | |
| 1 | 1.05T INR (≈$12.6B) | 100 | 65 | |
| 3 | 1.49T INR (≈$17.9B) | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 566M AUD (≈$374M) | 99 | 84 | |
| 3 | 566.9B USD | 99 | 48 | |
| 117 | 1.3B MYR (≈$289M) | 67 | 49 | |
| 117 | 24.3B USD | 67 | 67 | |
| 117 | 566M USD | 67 | 75 | |
| 120 | 7.1B HKD (≈$914M) | 66 | 48 | |
| 120 | 1.5B USD | 66 | 74 | |
| 120 | 8.4B USD | 66 | 63 | |
| 120 | 6.5B AUD (≈$4.3B) | 66 | 61 | |
| 124 | 538M USD | 65 | 43 | |
| 124 | 465M USD | 65 | 54 |
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