Financials / Asset ManagementUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Fair value pending

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

4.9B

NYSE

Market data

Live price

Current market quote for this ticker.

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Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E13.4

P25 8.8P50 10.4P75 13.1

Trailing P/E11.4

P25 10.9P50 14.7P75 36.2

ROE14.4

P25 4.9P50 10.4P75 15

ROIC8.5

P25 -1.3P50 6.6P75 12.7

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Indicator catalog

All MAIN market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

246

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 246 of 246 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001396440
Company name	Main Street Capital Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	56035L104
Employees	110
Employees Change	6%
Employees Change Percent	5.77
Enterprise value	$7.4B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Asset Management
IPO Date	2007-10-05
Isin	US56035L1044
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$4.9B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$54.01
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	5,176,827.27x
Sector	Financials
Symbol	MAIN
Tags	business-development-company
Website	https://www.mainstcapital.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	8.76%
EV Earnings	17.3x
EV Sales Forward	12.27x
EV/EBIT	14.88x
EV/Sales	12.95x
Forward P/E	13.37x
P/B ratio	1.61x
P/E ratio	11.39x
P/S ratio	8.55x
PE Ratio10 Y	13.81x
PE Ratio3 Y	9.68x
PE Ratio5 Y	9.93x
PS Forward	8.1x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	87.04%
Gross margin	100%
Gross Profit	$569.5M
Gross Profit Growth	4.21%
Gross Profit Growth Q	2.23%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	10.88%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	19.96%
Net Income	$426.3M
Net Income Growth	-17.55%
Net Income Growth Q	-57.81%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	18.53%
Net Income Growth5 Y	10.55%
Pretax Margin	79.37%
Profit Margin	74.86%
Profit Per Employee	$3.9M
Profitable Years	21
ROA	5.58
Roa5y	5.62
ROCE	8.64
ROE	14.37
Roe5y	17.48
ROIC	8.48
Roic5y	8.81

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	13.89%
Cagr15y	16.19%
Cagr1y	9.22%
Cagr3y	19.47%
Cagr5y	13.74%
Div CAGR10	4.7%
Div CAGR3	9.61%
Div CAGR5	10.16%
EPS Growth	-19.55
EPS Growth Q	-58.73
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	12.3
EPS Growth5 Y	4.12
Revenue Growth	4.21x
Revenue Growth Q	2.23x
Revenue Growth Quarters	22x
Revenue Growth Years	5x
Revenue Growth3 Y	10.88x
Revenue Growth5 Y	19.96x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.1
Assets	$5.8B
Cash	$20.8M
Current Assets	$140.6M
Current Liabilities	$92.3M
Debt	$2.5B
Debt Equity	$0.82
Equity	$3.1B
Interest Coverage	3.79
Liabilities	$2.7B
Long Term Assets	$5.7B
Long Term Liabilities	$2.6B
Net Cash	$-2.5B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-51.55
Net Debt Equity	$0.81
Tangible Book Value	$3.1B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$33.46
WACC	7.25

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.52
Net Working Capital	$27.5M
Quick ratio	1.52
Working Capital	$48.3M
Working Capital Turnover	$6.42

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-2.45%
Dividend Growth	-4.32%
Dividend Growth Years	5%
Dividend per share	$4.32
Dividend Years	20
Dividend Yield	8%
Ex Div Date	2026-06-08
Last Dividend	$0.26
Payout Frequency	Monthly
Payout Ratio	84.13%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	267.2%
1Y total return	9.22%
200-day SMA	59.98
3Y total return	70.54%
50-day SMA	55.07
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	90.33%
All Time High	67.77
All Time High Change	-20.3%
All Time High Date	2025-08-14
All Time Low	8.34
All Time Low Change	547.6%
All Time Low Date	2008-11-21
ATR	1.57
Beta	0.77
Beta1y	0.91
Beta2y	0.73
Ch YTD	-10.56
High	56.6
High52	67.77
High52 Date	2025-08-14
High52ch	-20.3%
Low	52.81
Low52	50.77
Low52 Date	2026-04-02
Low52ch	6.38%
Ma50ch	-1.92%
Premarket Change Percent	-1.06
Premarket Price	$56
Premarket Volume	8,597
Price vs 200-day SMA	-9.96%
RSI	45.28
RSI Monthly	48.6
RSI Weekly	41.59
Sharpe ratio	0.32x
Sortino ratio	0.67
Total Return	5.55%
Tr YTD	-8.03
Tr15y	849.67%
Tr1m	0.99%
Tr1w	-3.45%
Tr3m	-8.7%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	7
Analyst Count Top	1
Analyst Price Target Top	$60
Analyst Ratings	Hold
Analyst Ratings Top	Hold
Earnings EPS Estimate	$1
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-6.54
Earnings Revenue Estimate	145,352,000x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	6.06x
Operating Income	$495.6M
Operating Income Growth	2.64
Operating Income Growth Q	0.75
Operating Income Growth3 Y	11.18
Operating Income Growth5 Y	20.87
Operating margin	87.04
Price target	$61.57
Price Target Change	$14
Price Target Change Top	$11.09

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	86,391,880%
Float Percent	95.88%
Net Borrowing	272,000,000
Shares Insiders	4.12%
Shares Institutions	23.31%
Shares Out	90,104,831
Shares Qo Q	0.91%
Shares Yo Y	2.45%
Short Float	10.19%
Short Ratio	9.61
Short Shares	9.77

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Average Volume	676,046.35x
Bv Per Share	33.46
Ch10y	71.52
Ch15y	196.6
Ch1m	0.04
Ch1w	-3.9
Ch1y	1.16
Ch3m	-10.45
Ch3y	33.92
Ch5y	29.61
Ch6m	-7.99
Change	-4.58%
Change From Open	-3.12
Close	56.6
Days Gap	-1.5
Dollar Volume	71,892,441
Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$495.6M
EPS	$4.74
F Score	2
Financing CF	75,461,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	2,007
Graham Number	59.75598
Graham Upside	10.64
Income Tax	$25.7M
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-27
Lynch Fair Value	$50.04
Lynch Upside	-7.35
Ma150	58.25
Ma150ch	-7.28%
Ma20	55.18
Ma20ch	-2.12%
Net CF	-88,389,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-06
Open	55.75
Optionable	Yes
Payment Date	2026-06-15
Position In Range	31.66
Post Close	54.01
Postmarket Change Percent	0.22
Postmarket Price	$54.13
Pre Close	56.6
Price Date	2026-05-08
Ptbv Ratio	1.57
Relative Volume	1.97x
Revenue	569,451,000x
SBC By Revenue	3.81x
Share Based Comp	21,703,000
Tax By Revenue	4.51x
Tax Rate	5.68%
Tr6m	-4.51%
Us State	Texas
Views	171
Volume	1,331,095

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Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

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Income

MAIN dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+8.0%

$4.32 annual per share

Payout ratio

+84.1%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+10.2%

5 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+5.5%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-06-08

Performance

MAIN stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns MAIN?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+23.3%

Float: +95.9% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+4.1%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

MAIN momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

45.3

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-10.0%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.77

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

0.32

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

MAIN vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
AXP	American Express Company	215.6B	19.7x	3.1x	11.5%	+15.5%	+15.6%	縮小
BAC	Bank of America Corporation	364.1B	12.7x	3.3x	—	+6.3%	+28.2%	縮小
BK	The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation	89.6B	16.2x	4.3x	—	+6.0%	+58.4%	縮小

Questions

About MAIN

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What is the current MAIN stock rating?

Main Street Capital Corporation is currently shown with the latest rating in the latest report. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

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