Main Street Capital (MAIN) Competitors

Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC) and Main Street Capital (NYSE:MAIN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, KRC or MAIN?

Main Street Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kilroy Realty. Main Street Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kilroy Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kilroy Realty	$1.10 billion	2.98	$232.62 million	$2.01	13.87
Main Street Capital	$376.86 million	8.61	$241.61 million	$3.31	12.18

Is KRC or MAIN more profitable?

Main Street Capital has a net margin of 61.28% compared to Kilroy Realty's net margin of 21.00%. Main Street Capital's return on equity of 13.49% beat Kilroy Realty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kilroy Realty	21.00%	4.16%	2.20%
Main Street Capital	61.28%	13.49%	6.65%

Which has more volatility and risk, KRC or MAIN?

Kilroy Realty has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Main Street Capital has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer KRC or MAIN?

Kilroy Realty presently has a consensus price target of $44.25, suggesting a potential upside of 58.77%. Main Street Capital has a consensus price target of $42.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.82%. Given Kilroy Realty's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kilroy Realty is more favorable than Main Street Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kilroy Realty	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Main Street Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is KRC or MAIN a better dividend stock?

Kilroy Realty pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Main Street Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Kilroy Realty pays out 107.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Main Street Capital pays out 81.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kilroy Realty has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Main Street Capital has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KRC or MAIN?

89.9% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.8% of Main Street Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Main Street Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer KRC or MAIN?

In the previous week, Kilroy Realty had 7 more articles in the media than Main Street Capital. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Kilroy Realty and 3 mentions for Main Street Capital. Main Street Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Kilroy Realty's score of 0.51 indicating that Main Street Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kilroy Realty	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Main Street Capital	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KRC or MAIN?

Kilroy Realty received 47 more outperform votes than Main Street Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.79% of users gave Kilroy Realty an outperform vote while only 57.54% of users gave Main Street Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kilroy Realty	Outperform Votes 444 63.79%	Underperform Votes 252 36.21%
Main Street Capital	Outperform Votes 397 57.54%	Underperform Votes 293 42.46%

Summary

Main Street Capital beats Kilroy Realty on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.