Main Street Capital (MAIN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Main Street Capital Corporation is a business development company that provides customized debt and equity financing to privately owned businesses. The company focuses primarily on lower middle market companies that may require growth capital, acquisition financing, recapitalization funding or other forms of strategic financing.

Main Street’s investment offerings include first-lien, second-lien and unitranche debt investments, as well as equity investments and warrants. It also provides senior secured private loans to larger middle market companies through its middle market investment strategy. The company generally works directly with business owners, management teams, private equity sponsors and financial intermediaries.

Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, Main Street serves companies primarily in the United States across a range of industries. The company is led by Dwayne L. Hyzak, who serves as president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $55.86 to $57.10
• 50-Day Range: $52.56 to $59.16
• 52-Week Range: $48.95 to $66.05
• Volume: 535,644 shs
• Average Volume: 406,943 shs
• Market Capitalization: $5.25 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.33
• Dividend Yield: 5.66%
• Price Target: $60.83
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Main Street Capital Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Main Street Capital scored higher than 57% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 540th out of 846 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Main Street Capital has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.40, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Main Street Capital is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Main Street Capital has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 0.80%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Main Street Capital are expected to grow by 0.80% in the coming year, from $3.77 to $3.80 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Main Street Capital is 11.33, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.90.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Main Street Capital is 11.33, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 25.29.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Main Street Capital has a P/B Ratio of 1.68. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

10.50% of the float of Main Street Capital has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Main Street Capital has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 23.13, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Main Street Capital has recently increased by 0.21%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Main Street Capital is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.58%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Main Street Capital has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Main Street Capital is 64.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Main Street Capital will have a dividend payout ratio of 83.68% in the coming year. This indicates that Main Street Capital may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.59

News Sentiment

Main Street Capital has a news sentiment score of 0.59. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.75 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Main Street Capital this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 48 people have searched for MAIN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -17% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

37 people have added Main Street Capital to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 270% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Main Street Capital insiders have sold 134.64% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $150,578.00 in company stock and sold $353,316.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.83% of the stock of Main Street Capital is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

20.31% of the stock of Main Street Capital is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 9/19/2026
• Record date for 10/15 Dividend: 10/08/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/15 Dividend: 10/08/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Record date for 11/13 Dividend: 11/06/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/13 Dividend: 11/06/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/13/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Asset Management & Custody Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:MAIN
• CIK: 1396440
• Web: www.mainstcapital.com
• Phone: (713) 350-6000
• Fax: 713-350-6042
• Employees: 110
• Year Founded: 1997

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Main Street Capital: $60.83
• High Price Target: $70.00
• Low Price Target: $55.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +8.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.40
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.96
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.33
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.90
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $493.40 million
• Net Margins: 78.49%
• Pretax Margin: 84.17%
• Return on Equity: 11.80%
• Return on Assets: 6.32%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.11
• Current Ratio: 0.05
• Quick Ratio: 0.05

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $566.39 million
• Price / Sales: 9.27
• Cash Flow: $4.20 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.36
• Book Value: $33.42 per share
• Price / Book: 1.68

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 93,510,000
• Free Float: 89,927,000
• Market Cap: $5.25 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.72