Main Street Capital Stock Forecast, Price & News

Main Street Capital's stock was trading at $31.33 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MAIN stock has increased by 0.5% and is now trading at $31.50.
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3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Main Street Capital in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Main Street Capital is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 25th 2021.
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Main Street Capital Co. (NYSE:MAIN) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 5th. The financial services provider reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.02. The financial services provider had revenue of $51.95 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $51.59 million. Main Street Capital had a positive return on equity of 10.12% and a negative net margin of 34.15%. The firm's revenue was down 13.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.62 EPS.
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Main Street Capital announced a monthly dividend on Friday, November 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 26th will be given a dividend of $0.205 per share on Monday, March 15th. This represents a $2.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 25th.
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3 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Main Street Capital's stock. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $33.00. On average, they anticipate Main Street Capital's share price to reach $28.33 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.1%.
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Main Street Capital saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,400,000 shares, an increase of 17.1% from the October 15th total of 2,050,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 341,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.0 days. Currently, 3.9% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Main Street Capital include BlackRock (BLK), The Bank of New York Mellon (BK), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), State Street (STT), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Northern Trust (NTRS), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Eaton Vance (EV), Invesco (IVZ), Ares Capital (ARCC), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC) and Prospect Capital (PSEC).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Main Street Capital investors own include AT&T (T), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Altria Group (MO), Realty Income (O), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Verizon Communications (VZ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), AbbVie (ABBV), The Coca-Cola (KO) and Two Harbors Investment (TWO).

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

Main Street Capital's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Morgan Stanley (1.23%), Sound Income Strategies LLC (1.07%), Great West Life Assurance Co. Can (0.75%), Muzinich & Co. Inc. (0.74%), BlackRock Inc. (0.62%) and McGowan Group Asset Management Inc. (0.58%). Company insiders that own Main Street Capital stock include Arthur L French, David L Magdol, Dwayne L Hyzak, Jason B Beauvais, Jesse E Morris, Nicholas Meserve and Vincent D Foster.
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MAIN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Advisors Capital Management LLC, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc., IHT Wealth Management LLC, Sanders Morris Harris LLC, Muzinich & Co. Inc., Private Advisor Group LLC, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ , and Blair William & Co. IL.
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MAIN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Morgan Stanley, Americana Partners LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Avantax Advisory Services Inc., BlackRock Inc., and Kestra Advisory Services LLC. Company insiders that have bought Main Street Capital stock in the last two years include Arthur L French, David L Magdol, Dwayne L Hyzak, Jason B Beauvais, Jesse E Morris, Nicholas Meserve, and Vincent D Foster.
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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 $31.50.

Main Street Capital has a market capitalization of $2.09 billion and generates $243.37 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $129.57 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.50 on an earnings per share basis. Main Street Capital employs 71 workers across the globe.

The official website for Main Street Capital is 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]