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CSWC Income Quality Score

Capital Southwest Corporation (CSWC) has an Income Quality Score of 48/100, classified as a Question Mark with high confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

Capital Southwest Corporation (CSWC) is a business development company (BDC) and is part of the IQ Score universe.

July 2026 snapshotAs of June 30, 2026Lookback: 10-year
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Data-drivenObjective scoring across 7 quality, distribution and risk signals
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IQ Score
48/100
Question MarkHigh confidence
Asset Type
BDC
Exchange
NASDAQ
Trailing Yield (TTM)
10.8%
Rank in BDC Universe
23 of 44
Lookback
10-year
Data as of
June 30, 2026
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This is the public July 2026 snapshot. Public snapshots are delayed and frozen: once released, a month's scores do not change, and current data is reserved for members. The July 2026 snapshot is published as the public launch snapshot.
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CSWCCapital Southwest Corporation
48Question MarkHigh confidence
Snapshot
2026-06
Data as of
2026-06-30
Lookback
10-year
Asset type
Business Development Company

IQ Score History

Not enough published history yet to draw a trend.

Signals & Drivers

IQ signal scores

Each signal is normalised to 0–100 and combined by weight into the overall IQ Score.

Economic Payout Coverage
0/100
Distribution Cut Score
40/100
Distribution Trend
50/100
Total Return
92/100
Max Drawdown
63/100
Volatility
66/100
Yield Consistency
43/100

What is working

  • Strong long-term total return

What to watch

  • Distributions exceed long-term total return
  • 1–2 years with a material annual distribution decline

Distribution Safety

13Years raised
2Years cut
37Years of data
RisingCurrent trend

High confidence (10-year history)

  1. 19900.5Held
  2. 19910.6Raised
  3. 19920.6Held
  4. 19930.6Held
  5. 19940.6Held
  6. 19953.0Raised
  7. 19960.6Lower total
  8. 19970.6Held
  9. 19980.6Held
  10. 19990.6Held
  11. 20000.2Lower total
  12. 20010.6Raised
  13. 20020.6Held
  14. 20030.6Held
  15. 20040.6Held
  16. 20050.6Held
  17. 20060.6Held
  18. 20070.6Held
  19. 20083.26Raised
  20. 20090.8Lower total
  21. 20100.8Held
  22. 20110.8Held
  23. 201218.39Raised
  24. 20133.25Lower total
  25. 20140.2Lower total
  26. 201530.1Raised
  27. 20160.38Lower total
  28. 20171.16Raised
  29. 20182.07Raised
  30. 20192.72Raised
  31. 20202.04Cut
  32. 20212.56Raised
  33. 20222.13Cut
  34. 20232.42Raised
  35. 20242.53Raised
  36. 20252.5604Raised
  37. 20261.2804Partial year

Distributions per year, from the frozen distribution-stability signal. “Lower total” means the calendar-year sum was smaller than the prior year (often a special-distribution rolloff or timing shift), but did not decline more than the engine's 10% material-decline threshold — see Years Cut above for years that did.

The IQ Score is a research classification of historical income quality. It is not investment advice, not a recommendation and not a prediction of future returns.

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