Mraz Amerine & Associates Inc. Lowers Position in Capital Southwest Co. (NASDAQ:CSWC)

Mraz Amerine & Associates Inc. trimmed its holdings in shares of Capital Southwest Co. (NASDAQ:CSWC) by 3.8% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 43,521 shares of the asset manager’s stock after selling 1,723 shares during the quarter. Mraz Amerine & Associates Inc. owned approximately 0.09% of Capital Southwest worth $950,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Quarry LP purchased a new position in Capital Southwest in the third quarter worth $35,000. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Capital Southwest during the third quarter worth about $106,000. Hollencrest Capital Management boosted its position in Capital Southwest by 8.6% in the third quarter. Hollencrest Capital Management now owns 6,527 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $165,000 after buying an additional 518 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Capital Southwest by 1,539.2% in the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 7,147 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $186,000 after acquiring an additional 6,711 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Creative Planning grew its position in Capital Southwest by 4.2% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 11,161 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $282,000 after purchasing an additional 452 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 23.42% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently commented on the company. StockNews.com raised Capital Southwest from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday. B. Riley increased their price objective on shares of Capital Southwest from $24.00 to $24.50 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th.

Capital Southwest Stock Performance

CSWC opened at $23.46 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.19 billion, a PE ratio of 16.64 and a beta of 1.24. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $22.21 and its 200 day moving average price is $23.64. Capital Southwest Co. has a twelve month low of $20.68 and a twelve month high of $27.23. The company has a current ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64.

Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 3rd. The asset manager reported $0.63 earnings per share 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 expect that Capital Southwest Co. will post 2.54 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Capital Southwest Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.58 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. This represents a $2.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 9.89%. Capital Southwest’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 164.54%.

About Capital Southwest

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.