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CSWCCapital Southwest CorporationSell5.6·$24.91+0.69%

Capital Southwest (CSWC) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage

BEAT+5.5% vs estimateEPS $0.58 vs $0.55 estVerdict Buy (Wait)Hold

Reported

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Event detail · Q2 2026

Key numbers

Reported EPS
$0.58
Estimate
$0.55
Surprise
+5.5%
Score at report (before → after)
5.75.5/10

Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.

Report record · Q2 2026

How the report landed

Capital Southwest (CSWC) beat the $0.55 estimate with diluted EPS of $0.58 — a clear 5.5% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.7/10) to Hold at 5.5/10 after the report — the engine's score fell despite the beat.

Current read · as of 2026-09-04

Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now

TrendMatrix currently rates CSWC Sell at 5.6/10.

2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +5.5% surprise compares with a +2.3% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-02.

What supports the rating

  • Sector modifier (Financial Services): +1.0
  • Attractive valuation

What argues against it

  • Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
  • Near 52-week high (4.7% away)
  • Leverage penalty (D/E 1.2): -0.5

This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.

Current engine read

The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks

Current price
$24.91
Price target
$25.23
Stop
$23.79
Upside to target
+1.3%

The stock trades at 13.8× trailing but 10.6× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.

Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-04 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.

Financial Services context

CSWC at TrendMatrix's latest read

For financials, the EPS print is only half the story: credit costs, reserve builds, and rate sensitivity decide how a quarter actually lands.

Industry
Asset Management
Market cap
$1.58B
P/E (fwd)
10.6
P/E (ttm)
13.8
52-week range
$19.37$25.75
Off 52-week high
3.3%
RSI (14)
43
Volume vs avg
1.40×
Score today
5.6/10

Earnings figures are sourced from TrendMatrix’s pipeline (EPS: existing earnings extraction; revenue: SEC XBRL company facts where available, yfinance-provisional otherwise). Not a buy/sell rating, a price target, or investment advice — see the current verdict on the stock’s main page for TrendMatrix’s live read.

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