Capital Southwest Co. (NASDAQ:CSWC) Shares Purchased by Quantbot Technologies LP

Quantbot Technologies LP boosted its holdings in shares of Capital Southwest Co. (NASDAQ:CSWC) by 190.1% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 36,631 shares of the asset manager’s stock after buying an additional 24,006 shares during the quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP’s holdings in Capital Southwest were worth $799,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Promus Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Capital Southwest during the 4th quarter worth about $30,000. Quarry LP purchased a new position in Capital Southwest during the third quarter worth about $35,000. Rialto Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Capital Southwest during the fourth quarter valued at about $105,000. Blue Trust Inc. raised its stake in shares of Capital Southwest by 36.3% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 9,741 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $213,000 after acquiring an additional 2,594 shares during the period. Finally, Catalina Capital Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Capital Southwest in the 4th quarter worth approximately $289,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 23.42% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Capital Southwest from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday.

Capital Southwest Stock Performance

Shares of Capital Southwest stock opened at $22.53 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.98 and a beta of 1.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a current ratio of 0.18 and a quick ratio of 0.18. The business has a 50-day moving average of $22.70 and a 200 day moving average of $23.30. Capital Southwest Co. has a 12 month low of $20.68 and a 12 month high of $27.23.

Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 3rd. The asset manager reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.01. Capital Southwest had a net margin of 33.49% and a return on equity of 15.18%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Capital Southwest Co. will post 2.54 earnings per share for the current year.

Capital Southwest Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be given a dividend of $0.58 per share. This represents a $2.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 10.30%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. Capital Southwest’s dividend payout ratio is currently 164.54%.

Capital Southwest Profile

Capital Southwest Corporation is a business development company specializing in credit and private equity and venture capital investments in middle market companies, mezzanine, later stage, mature, late venture, emerging growth, buyouts, industry consolidation, recapitalizations and growth capital investments.