CSWC BDC — Capital Southwest Corporation

Capital Southwest Corporation (CSWC)

Updated October 16, 2026.

CSWC is a BDC. its distribution rate is 11.10%, its trailing-12-month yield is 11.10%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 93/100 (Safe). Total return is 17973.6% over the past 46.6 years.

At the published price, recorded trailing 12-month cash corresponds to $1,110 per $10,000. Past cash distributions do not establish future income.

Capital Southwest Corporation is a business development company that invests in lower middle market companies through a mix of debt and equity securities, with a focus on industrial manufacturing and services, healthcare, business services, specialty chemicals, and tech-enabled models. The company distributes monthly and currently carries a high distribution rate; the latest distribution was special and may not recur at the same level. Capital Southwest appeals to income-focused investors seeking exposure to private credit and equity in the middle market.

CSWC performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 17973.6% over the past 46.6 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 26.9%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 9.1%.

CSWC key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

93 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

10.32%

Issuer

Capital Southwest

Asset type

BDC

Asset class

Equity

Distribution rate

11.10%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

11.10%

5-year average yield

10.23

Last close

$23.08 (stale; as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$1,470,977,650

Average volume

459900.0

Dividend

$0.1934

Ex-dividend date

10/15/2026

Payment date

10/30/2026

Beta

0.748

Payout ratio

35.3%

P/E ratio

12.75

Forward P/E

11.4416

EPS

$1.81

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (11.10%) uses trailing 12-month split-adjusted cash distributions; includes specials and supplementals; divided by market price dated 2026-10-16. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (11.10%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Capital Southwest; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

CSWC risks and drawbacks

The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 9.1%.

Who may consider CSWC — and who may not

CSWC may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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