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How Capital Southwest Corporation stacks up
CSWC · against 268 other Financial Services companies
Valuation
53/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #126 of 269 · scores higher than 53% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score27 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 · 410 reported | 7.8% | 5.6% | 60% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 206 reported | 8.1% | 6.8% | 60% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 183 reported | -20.6% | 6.1% | 5% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 401 reported | 71.8% | 83.1% | 46% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CSWC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 498M USD | 100 | 90 | |
| 1 | 641M USD | 100 | 74 | |
| 3 | 82M USD | 99 | 78 | |
| 3 | 827M USD | 99 | 62 | |
| 3 | 659M USD | 99 | 72 | |
| 123 | 527M AUD (≈$348M) | 54 | 64 | |
| 123 | 23.7B USD | 54 | 59 | |
| 123 | 16.9B CHF (≈$19.5B) | 54 | 56 | |
| 126 | 588.9B JPY (≈$4.0B) | 53 | 58 | |
| 126 | 1.5B USD | 53 | 74 | |
| 126 | 31.1B USD | 53 | 65 | |
| 129 | 9.6B USD | 52 | 73 | |
| 129 | 994M USD | 52 | 51 | |
| 131 | 6.4B SEK (≈$637M) | 51 | 30 |
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