CSWC - Capital Southwest Corporation
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, recapitalizations and growth capital investments. It does not invest in startups, publicly traded companies, real estate developments, project finance opportunities, oil and gas exploration businesses, troubled companies, turnarounds, and companies in which significant senior management is departing. In lower middle market, the firm typically invests in growth financing, bolt-on acquisitions, new platform acquisitions, refinancing, dividend recapitalizations, sponsor-led buyouts, and management buyouts situations.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $23.67, ATM IV 22.2%, max pain $22.50, net GEX $390.3K.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Market Cap
- $1.41B
- P/E Ratio
- 13.08
- Beta
- 0.75
- 52-Week Range
- 19.37-24.43
- Dividend Yield
- $2.75
- CEO
- Michael Scott Sarner
- Employees
- 27
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What CSWC Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 23.1% is subdued relative to the 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-buying or long-volatility structures (debit spreads, calendar spreads, long straddles); positive net gamma exposure ($390.3K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.043) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The CSWC overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked CSWC overview questions
- What is CSWC?
- CSWC is the ticker symbol for Capital Southwest Corporation, a listed security. 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, recapitalizations and growth capital investments. It does not invest in startups, publicly traded companies, real estate developments, project finance opportunities, oil and gas exploration businesses, troubled companies, turnarounds, and companies in which significant senior management is departing. Listed on NASDAQ. CSWC is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the CSWC options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the CSWC options snapshot shows spot at $23.67, ATM IV 22.2%, IV rank 23.1%, max pain $22.50, net GEX $390.3K, expected move 6.36%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are CSWC's key statistics?
- Capital Southwest Corporation (CSWC) carries a market capitalization of $1.41B, trailing P/E ratio of 13.08, beta of 0.75 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 19.37-24.43. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does CSWC belong to?
- Capital Southwest Corporation operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare CSWC's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the CSWC data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).