Evaluating Capital Southwest (CSWC) After Earnings Beat And New Senior Debt Joint Venture

What Capital Southwest’s Latest Earnings Tell You

Capital Southwest (CSWC) just posted fiscal third quarter results with revenue of US$61.45 million and net income of US$32.9 million, alongside a new senior secured debt joint venture.

For shareholders, the update ties together several key threads, including quarterly earnings per share, dividend decisions and how the company is positioning its US$2.0 billion investment portfolio through the new partnership.

See our latest analysis for Capital Southwest.

Off the back of this earnings beat, Capital Southwest’s 30 day share price return of 4.93% and 90 day share price return of 11.65% point to building momentum, while the 1 year total shareholder return of 14.60% and 5 year total shareholder return of 98.11% underline how the dividend and price moves have worked together over time.

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With the shares up in recent months and trading only about 4.6% below the US$24.25 analyst price target, the key question now is whether Capital Southwest is still undervalued or if the market is already pricing in future growth.

Most Popular Narrative: 3.4% Undervalued

Capital Southwest’s most followed narrative pegs fair value around $24, only slightly above the $23.19 last close, which puts the focus squarely on the earnings and margin story behind that number.

Recent approval of the second SBIC license and expanded credit facility provide low-cost, flexible capital, enabling disciplined portfolio expansion and scale benefits that should enhance earnings and net margins.

Conservative leverage, disciplined first-lien senior-secured underwriting, and broad portfolio diversification reduce credit risk and earnings volatility, improving the sustainability of margins and regular/supplemental dividends.

Read the complete narrative.

Curious how this fair value comes together? The narrative leans on steady revenue expansion, meaningfully higher margins and a future profit multiple that is lower than many peers. Want to see which specific earnings and revenue paths have been mapped out to justify that pricing tension between growth and a lower P/E anchor?

Result: Fair Value of $24 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, tight loan pricing and ongoing share issuance could squeeze margins and dilute per share growth, which may put pressure on the current undervalued narrative.

Find out about the key risks to this Capital Southwest narrative.

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