Q2 Earnings Estimate for MAIN Issued By B. Riley

Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN - Free Report) - Stock analysts at B. Riley issued their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Main Street Capital in a research note issued to investors on Monday, June 16th. B. Riley analyst S. Adams expects that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $1.00 for the quarter. B. Riley has a "Hold" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Main Street Capital's current full-year earnings is $4.11 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Main Street Capital's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.99 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.99 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $4.00 EPS.

Main Street Capital (NYSE:MAIN - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 8th. The financial services provider reported $1.01 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.01. Main Street Capital had a net margin of 94.61% and a return on equity of 13.02%. The business had revenue of $137.05 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $137.50 million.

MAIN has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Oppenheimer reaffirmed a "market perform" rating on shares of Main Street Capital in a research report on Tuesday, May 13th. UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of Main Street Capital from $55.00 to $54.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 17th. Truist Financial cut their price objective on shares of Main Street Capital from $62.00 to $54.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, May 12th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Main Street Capital from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Saturday, May 31st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $52.80.

Main Street Capital Stock Down 0.7%

Shares of Main Street Capital stock traded down $0.41 on Thursday, reaching $58.10. The stock had a trading volume of 585,155 shares, compared to its average volume of 471,823. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $55.27 and a 200 day moving average price of $57.08. The company has a quick ratio of 0.10, a current ratio of 0.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. Main Street Capital has a 1 year low of $45.00 and a 1 year high of $63.32. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.86 and a beta of 0.82.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Main Street Capital

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Sciencast Management LP purchased a new stake in Main Street Capital in the 1st quarter worth $209,000. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its holdings in Main Street Capital by 45,123.0% in the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 590,613 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $33,405,000 after acquiring an additional 589,307 shares in the last quarter. Plancorp LLC purchased a new stake in Main Street Capital in the 1st quarter worth $284,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Main Street Capital by 5,416.7% in the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 1,655 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $94,000 after acquiring an additional 1,625 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC increased its holdings in Main Street Capital by 1.8% in the 1st quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 98,704 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $5,583,000 after acquiring an additional 1,712 shares in the last quarter. 20.31% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider David L. Magdol sold 100,000 shares of Main Street Capital stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $58.05, for a total transaction of $5,805,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 377,182 shares of the company's stock, valued at $21,895,415.10. The trade was a 20.96% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Dwayne L. Hyzak sold 120,000 shares of Main Street Capital stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $58.05, for a total transaction of $6,966,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 402,371 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $23,357,636.55. This trade represents a 22.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 4.00% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Main Street Capital Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 27th. Investors of record on Monday, June 23rd will be paid a $0.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 20th. This is a boost from Main Street Capital's previous dividend of $0.25. This represents a yield of 7.26%. Main Street Capital's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 50.93%.

About Main Street Capital

Main Street Capital Corporation is a business development company specializes in equity capital to lower middle market companies. The firm specializing in recapitalizations, management buyouts, refinancing, family estate planning, management buyouts, refinancing, industry consolidation, mature, later stage emerging growth.