CSWC insider trading
NasdaqGS Financial ServicesCAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP — scored insider trade history from SEC Form 4 filings, parsed and contextualised by FilingIQ.
About CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP
Capital Southwest Corporation is a business development company. The firm specializes in credit and private equity and venture capital investments in lower middle market companies, mezzanine, later stage, mature, late venture, emerging growth, buyouts, industry consolidation, recapitalizations and growth capital investments. The firm 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 buyout situations. The investment structures are unitranche debt, subordinated debt, senior debt, first and second lien debt, and preferred and common equity. The firm makes equity co-investments alongside debt investments, up to 20 percent of total check and only makes non-control investments. The firm is industry agnostic, but it prefers to invest in industrial manufacturing and services, value-added distribution, healthcare products and services, business services, specialty chemicals, food and beverage, tech-enabled services and SaaS models. The firm seeks to invest in energy services and products, industrial technologies, and specialty chemicals and products. Within energy services and products, the firm seeks to invest in each segment of the industry, including upstream, midstream and downstream, excluding exploration and production, with a focus on differentiated products and services, equipment and tool rental, consumable products, and drilling and completion chemicals. Within industrial technologies, it seeks to invest in automation and process controls, handling and packaging equipment, industrial filtration and fluid handling, measurement, monitoring and testing, professional tools, and sensors and instrumentation. Within specialty chemicals and products, the firm seeks to invest in businesses that develop and manufacture highly differentiated chemicals and products including adhesives, coatings and sealants, catalysts and absorbents, cosmeceuticals, fine chemicals, flavors and fragrances, performance lubricants, polymers, plastics and composites, chemical dispensing and filtration equipment, professional and industrial trade consumables and tools, engineered solutions for HVAC, plumbing, and electrical installations, specified high performance materials for fire protection and oilfield applications. It may also invest in exceptional opportunities in building products. The firm seeks to invest in the United States and North America. The firm seeks to make investments ranging from $5 million to $25 million in securities. Its typical financing size is between $5 million and $75 million, target hold size is between $5 million and $45 million, and the firm is willing to backstop up to $55 million with an active network of co-investors. It seeks to invest in firms with minimum EBITDA between $3 million and $25 million. In addition to making direct investments, the firm allocates capital to syndicated first and second lien term loans in the upper middle market. It prefers to take a majority or minority stake. The firm has the flexibility to hold investments for very long periods in its portfolio companies. It may also invest through warrants. The firm prefers to take board participation in its portfolio companies. Capital Southwest Corporation was founded on April 19, 1961 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
Company website: www.capitalsouthwest.com
CSWC insider activity at a glance
FilingIQ has scored 299 insider transactions for CSWC since Jan 27, 2015. The most recent filing in our index is dated Feb 27, 2026.
Across the full history, 107 open-market purchases
and 51 open-market sales
were filed under transaction codes P and S respectively. Compensatory share awards
(code A) and option exercises (code M) are tracked separately and not counted here.
The average FilingIQ composite score on CSWC insider trades is 51.6/100, produced by FilingIQ's multi-factor Form 4 model. Model framework documented at methodology.
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Frequently asked
- How many insider trades does FilingIQ track for CSWC?
- FilingIQ tracks 299 Form 4 insider transactions for CSWC (CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP), covering filings from Jan 27, 2015 onwards. 1 of those were filed in the last 90 days.
- Are CSWC insiders net buyers or net sellers?
- Across the full Form 4 history for CSWC, 107 transactions (36%) were open-market purchases and 51 (17%) were open-market sales. Compensatory awards and option exercises are filtered out of these counts.
- Where does CSWC insider data come from?
- Every transaction shown on this page is sourced directly from SEC EDGAR Form 4 filings. FilingIQ parses the raw XML, normalises insider identity across reporting variations, and scores each trade on its multi-factor composite model.
- What sector is CSWC in?
- CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP (CSWC) is classified in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a current market capitalisation of $1.36B.
Methodology & sources
Every CSWC insider transaction shown on FilingIQ is parsed directly from a public SEC Form 4 XML filing. Insider identity is normalised across reporting variants (CIK changes, name spellings, related-party indirect holdings). The FilingIQ composite score is documented in full on the team page and algo disclosure. Not investment advice; see disclaimer.