NYSE:MAIN - Main Street Capital Stock Price, Forecast & News

Main Street Capital trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MAIN."

Main Street Capital announced a dividend on Monday, November 4th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.205 per share on Friday, February 14th. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, January 21st. View Main Street Capital's Dividend History.

Main Street Capital Co. (NYSE:MAIN) posted its earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The financial services provider reported $0.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.01. The financial services provider had revenue of $60.07 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $61.26 million. Main Street Capital had a net margin of 50.85% and a return on equity of 10.59%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.63 EPS. View Main Street Capital's Earnings History.

Main Street Capital is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Main Street Capital.

4 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Main Street Capital's shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $44.00. On average, they anticipate Main Street Capital's share price to reach $42.33 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for Main Street Capital.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Main Street Capital in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Main Street Capital.

News coverage about MAIN stock has trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Main Street Capital earned a daily sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Main Street Capital.

Main Street Capital saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,980,000 shares, a decrease of 7.5% from the December 15th total of 2,140,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 236,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.4 days. Currently, 3.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View Main Street Capital's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Main Street Capital include BlackRock (BLK), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), State Street (STT), Northern Trust (NTRS), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), Ares Capital (ARCC), Eaton Vance (EV), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Federated Investors (FII), Legg Mason (LM) and Cohen & Steers (CNS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Main Street Capital investors own include AT&T (T), Altria Group (MO), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Realty Income (O), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), The Coca-Cola (KO), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Bank of America (BAC).

Main Street Capital's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sound Income Strategies LLC (1.11%), Sanders Morris Harris LLC (0.63%), Trinity Legacy Partners LLC (0.32%), Brasada Capital Management LP (0.25%), Accurate Investment Solutions Inc. (0.18%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.07%). Company insiders that own Main Street Capital stock include Arthur L French and Vincent D Foster. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Main Street Capital.

MAIN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, Trinity Legacy Partners LLC, Brasada Capital Management LP, Accurate Investment Solutions Inc. and Archford Capital Strategies LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Main Street Capital.

MAIN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sound Income Strategies LLC, Sanders Morris Harris LLC, Foundations Investment Advisors LLC, AE Wealth Management LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and D.B. Root & Company LLC. Company insiders that have bought Main Street Capital stock in the last two years include Arthur L French and Vincent D Foster. View Insider Buying and Selling for Main Street Capital.

Shares of MAIN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MAIN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.62.

Main Street Capital has a market capitalization of $2.83 billion and generates $233.35 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $168.21 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.60 on an earnings per share basis. Main Street Capital employs 66 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Main Street Capital.

The official website for Main Street Capital is http://www.mainstcapital.com/.

Main Street Capital's mailing address is 1300 POST OAK BOULEVARD 8TH FLOOR SUITE 800, HOUSTON TX, 77056. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 713-350-6000 or via email at [email protected]