Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)

US — Financial Services Sector

Peers: GLAD PFLT HRZN PSEC HTGC FSK GAIN SCM ARCC TPVG TSLX CSWC

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Key Metrics & Ratings

symbol MAIN
Rev/Share 7.2849
Book/Share 32.3131
PB 2.0456
Debt/Equity 0.7725
CurrentRatio 0.3689
ROIC 383.3715

MktCap 5911349440.0
FreeCF/Share 4.232
PFCF 15.6492
PE 11.6422
Debt/Assets 0.4214
DivYield 0.0634
ROE 0.1808

Rating B+
Score 3
Recommendation Neutral
P/E Score 3
DCF Score 1
P/B Score 2
D/E Score 2

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type	Ticker	Analyst Firm	Previous Rating	Current Rating	Previous Price Target	Current Price Target	Date
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News

5 High-Quality Dividend Stocks Yielding Well Over 5% to Buy Without Hesitation Right Now

BIP, EPR, MAIN, MPLX, O
Published: August 17, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

With the market continuing its upward move this year, dividend yields have continued to fall. The S&P 500's yield is around 1.2%, near its lowest level in over two decades.

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Are Finance Stocks Lagging Main Street Capital (MAIN) This Year?

MAIN
Published: August 13, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

Here is how Main Street Capital (MAIN) and ACNB (ACNB) have performed compared to their sector so far this year.

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Main Street Capital Q2 Earnings Meet Estimates, Expenses Rise Y/Y

MAIN
Published: August 08, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

MAIN's Q2 adjusted net investment income meets estimates as rising expenses offset higher total income.

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What Dividend Investors Are Forgetting About The Powell Drama

MAIN
Published: August 06, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Neutral

Here's something most dividend investors forget about interest rates: The Fed does not call all the shots here.

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Our $20,000 Portfolio Yields 9.3% and Has Crushed the S&P 500 Over 5 Years

CSWC, FDUS, MAIN, TSLX
Published: August 06, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

Investors love dividend stocks, especially those with ultra-high yields, because they provide a substantial income stream and offer significant total return potential.

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3 SBIC & Commercial Finance Stocks to Watch Amid Industry Headwinds

ARCC, HTGC, MAIN
Published: August 05, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

Relatively higher rates and lingering tariff-related headwinds will affect demand for personalized financing. Yet, Zacks SBIC & Commercial Finance industry players like ARCC, MAIN and HTGC are worth a look.

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5 High-Yield Monthly Pay Dividend Stocks Deliver Perfect Retirement Passive Income

AGNC, APLE, EPR, MAIN, O
Published: August 04, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

Passive income is characterized by its ability to generate revenue without requiring the earner's continuous active effort, making it a desirable financial strategy for those seeking to diversify their income streams or achieve financial independence.

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5 Stocks Yielding 6% and More You Can Buy Now and Forget About Forever

BTI, ET, MAIN, PFE, VZ
Published: July 24, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

Investors love dividend stocks, especially those with high yields, because they provide a substantial income stream and offer significant total return potential.

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Sticky Inflation Is Back In Focus: Time To Consider High Yields

ARCC, BIZD, BX, BXSL, JPM, MAIN, O, VZ, WFC, XLRE
Published: July 21, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

With inflation sticky and rate cuts unlikely in 2024, investors should consider repositioning into high-yield stocks to offset volatility. Ares Capital (ARCC) and Blackstone Secured Lending (BXSL) offer strong fundamentals, high yields, and benefit from higher-for-longer interest rates. Verizon (VZ) and Realty Income (O) provide attractive yields and blue-chip stability, despite near-term headwinds from elevated rates.

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We Back Tested 20 Monthly Dividend Stocks — These 5 Beat the Market

EPR, ET, GLAD, MAIN, PNNT
Published: July 21, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

As a general rule, securities that deliver above average income usually have limited upside potential, i.e.

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Some Of The Best Big Dividend Machines To Buy And Hold 'Forever'

ARCC, BIZD, BXSL, EPD, ET, MAIN, PAA, VNQ
Published: July 19, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

We discuss the single most important metric to look for in stocks that you plan to buy and hold for the long term. We share two opportunities that yield ~7%, which score very high on this metric. We detail other reasons why these are great big dividend machines to buy and hold for the long term as well.

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Main Street Capital: Dissecting Its Premium Valuation

MAIN
Published: July 17, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Main Street Capital stock trades at a premium to NAV, but this is justified by consistent NAV growth, tax efficiency, and unique equity investments. Including special dividends, MAIN's yield is higher than it appears, and NAV growth pushes total return to around 10.5% annually. MAIN's internally managed structure and equity investments enable NAV accretion and lower expenses, differentiating it from peers like ARCC.

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Main Street Announces Preliminary Estimate of Second Quarter 2025 Operating Results

MAIN
Published: July 17, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

Announces Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule HOUSTON , July 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) ("Main Street" or the "Company") is pleased to announce its preliminary operating results for the second quarter of 2025 and its second quarter 2025 earnings release and conference call schedule. In commenting on the Company's preliminary operating results for the second quarter of 2025, Dwayne L.

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Main Street Capital: Time To Spin The Wheel Again

MAIN
Published: July 17, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

MAIN is an outstanding BDC with a stellar track record, but valuation multiples are again dangerously high at 2x book value. History shows that buying at excessive premiums leads to mean reversion and potential 20% downside risk, as seen earlier this year. Despite MAIN's quality, I am trimming my position, preferring to buy back at a fairer price closer to 1.5x book value.

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Two 10%+ Yielding BDCs Going From Bargains To Screaming Buys

ARCC, BIZD, CCAP, GSBD, KBDC, MAIN, OCSL, QQQ, SPY, TPVG
Published: July 09, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Since the announcement of tariffs in early April, the BDC market has become a less interesting place for capital deployment (as we can imply from higher discounts). Yet, as it is usually the case, higher discounts mean more opportunities for patient investors. In this article, I discuss two 10%+ yielding BDCs, which, even before the uncertainty level spiked higher, were bargains and now have become even more attractive buys.

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Small Business Boom Is Quietly Benefiting These Dividend Stocks

ARCC, MAIN
Published: July 03, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Positive

Ignore the vanilla mainstream media. Small business mojo is gaining steam.

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These 2 Finance Stocks Could Beat Earnings: Why They Should Be on Your Radar

FBP, MAIN
Published: June 26, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

The Zacks Earnings ESP is a great way to find potential earnings surprises. Why investors should take advantage now.

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The 3 Best Monthly Dividend Stocks for Reliable Cash Flow

MAIN, O, STAG
Published: June 25, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

Most dividend-paying corporations distribute cash flow to their investors every quarter.

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How To Build A $1,000,000 Dividend Portfolio That Could Yield 11%+ In 15 Years

AAPL, ALIZF, ALIZY, AMZN, ARCC, ARE, BAC, BBSEY, BEP, BHP, BLK, BTI, GOOG, GOOGL, HDV, JNJ, JPM, KO, LIN, LVMHF, MA, MAIN, MO, MSFT, NKE
Published: June 24, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

The Dividend Income Accelerator Portfolio balances income, growth, and capital appreciation, now enhanced by the global diversification from Allianz and LVMH. We focus on financially healthy companies with sustainable dividends and strong competitive advantages, optimizing risk-reward through sector and geographic diversification. The portfolio's Weighted Average Dividend Yield [FWD] of 4.05% and 5-Year Weighted Average Dividend Growth Rate [CAGR] of 7.06% project a Yield on Cost above 11% in 15 years.

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5-9% Yields To Build A Low-Stress Dividend Income Stream

AMLP, ARCC, BAM, BEP, BEPC, BIP, BIPC, BIZD, BX, CWEN, DGRO, ENB, EPD, EPRT, ET, JEPI, JEPQ, MAIN, MSDL, NNN, O, QQQI, SCHD, SPYI, TRP
Published: June 22, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Building a low-stress retirement income stream requires a diversified portfolio of durable, defensive, and dividend-growing stocks or funds. I share two approaches to achieving a low-stress dividend growth portfolio that yields 5-9%. I detail which of the two approaches is my favorite, as well as some of my top big dividend growth picks for retirees right now.

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Passive Income Every Month: The Top Dividend Stocks to Beat Inflation in 2025

MAIN, O
Published: June 20, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

Key Points Realty Income Corp.

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What I Wish I Knew Before Buying BDCs, REITs, And MLPs

AMLP, ARCC, BIZD, BX, BXSL, ET, GBDC, KMI, MAIN, MPLX, NNN, O, VNQ, WPC
Published: June 19, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

BDCs, REITs, and MLPs offer attractive, sustainable yields due to pass-through structures and stable cash flow profiles. However, each of these sectors has its own unique quirks. I discuss several of these that are often overlooked by investors.

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2 BDCs To Buy Before Rates Drop

FDUS, MAIN, PNNT
Published: June 17, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

BDCs do not respond well to falling interest rates. The consensus indicates that we will likely have more rate cuts in the near future. So, for many BDCs, this will be a problem.

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Main Street Capital: I'm Turning To Hold As Previous Thesis Worked

MAIN
Published: June 16, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

MAIN remains a top BDC pick in my portfolio, but after a 10%+ rally, I rate it a hold. MAIN's internally managed structure and disciplined expense control set it apart, supporting long-term shareholder value. The portfolio's mix of fixed-rate debt, interest rate floors, and equity positions makes MAIN resilient to interest rate cuts.

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A Brief Lesson On Huge Yielders

AGNC, ARCC, ARR, BXMT, CHMI, CIM, DX, EFC, FBRT, FSK, GAIN, GPMT, MAIN, MFA, MITT, NLY, NYMT, OBDC, ORC, PMT, RC, RITM, TPVG, TWO
Published: June 13, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

Charts? Dog photos? Me? An Opportunity to learn? So many reasons to like this article. Beware of extremely high return on equity figures. It looks great today, but you need to evaluate the source of the income.

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Monthly Dividends? These Stocks Don't Make You Wait 3 Months to Get Paid

MAIN, O
Published: June 13, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Neutral

You're not alone if you're an investor who's insistent on being paid monthly dividends rather than quarterly dividends.

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Retirement Yield Trap Or Treasure? 1 Stock To Sell, 1 To Buy

MAIN, MPLX, PFFA, RQI, SCHD, STAG, WES
Published: June 12, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

Retirement income investing and high-yields are not mutually exclusive. In fact, I could see a case for building a prudent portfolio that consists of 7%+ yielding securities. Yet, there is a merit of including lower yielding securities as well.

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I'm Buying Up To 10% Yields For Recurring Income

CSWC, HTGC, MAIN, O, VICI
Published: June 10, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

I focus on the payback period and high-yield income, highlighting Hercules Capital and VICI Properties for faster capital recoupment and strong recurring income. HTGC stands out with a 10.4% yield, first-lien senior secured loans, robust credit ratings, and a well-covered dividend. VICI offers a 5.4% yield, stable triple-net leases with blue-chip tenants, and a strong balance sheet, supporting reliable income and growth.

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Buy 7 Ideal 'Safer' May Dividends, Out Of 40 Reader Tags

AGNC, BMA, DIA, EPD, ET, FSK, GLD, HAFN, JPM, KHC, KO, LYB, MAIN, NVDA, OBDC, ORC, OXLC, PDI, PEP, PFE, PNNT, RMR, SIRI, SLG
Published: June 06, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

My yield-based 'dogcatcher' strategy spotlights high-yield stocks whose dividends from $1,000 invested exceed their share price, favoring underdogs for income growth. Analyst targets project average net gains of 41.9% for the top ten May 2025 ReFa/Ro Dogs, with Oxford Lane Capital leading at 83.4% upside potential. All ten top ReFa/Ro Dogs currently meet my 'ideal' criteria, but caution is warranted as several have negative free cash flow margins, signaling cash-poor status.

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Dividends A Fallacy? This Is My $3,000 Per Month Response

JEPQ, MAIN, O, PDI, PFFA
Published: June 04, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

There are many critics for dividend investing. I think that they are theoretically right. Yet, there is a difference between theory and what flies in practice.

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About Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)

IPO Date 2007-10-09
Website https://www.mainstcapital.com
Industry Asset Management
CEO Dwayne Louis Hyzak CPA
Employees 104

Main Street Capital Corporation is a business development company specializes in equity capital to lower middle market companies. The firm specializing in recapitalizations, management buyouts, refinancing, family estate planning, management buyouts, refinancing, industry consolidation, mature, later stage emerging growth. The firm also provides debt capital to middle market companies for acquisitions, management buyouts, growth financings, recapitalizations and refinancing. The firm seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides one stop financing alternatives within its lower middle market portfolio. It prefers to invest in air freight and logistics, auto components, building products, chemicals, commercial services, computers, construction and engineering, consumer finance, consumer services, electronic equipment, energy equipment and services, financial services, health care equipment, health care providers, hotels, restaurants, and leisure, internet software and services, IT Services, machinery, oil, gas and consumable fuels, paper and forest products, professional and industrial services, road and rail, software, specialty retail, telecommunication, consumer discretionary, energy, materials, technology, and transportation. The firm typically invests in lower middle market companies generally with annual revenues between $5 million and $300 million. It prefers to invest in ranging between $2 million and $75 million in equity investment and enterprise value in ranging between $3 million and $20 million. The firm typically prefers to invest in the range of $5 million and $50 million per transaction in debt investment value and in the range of $1 million and $20 million in annual EBITDA. The firm's middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies. It takes 5 percent minority and up to 50 percent majority equity investments. Main Street Capital Corporation was founded in 2007 and is based in Houston, Texas with an additional office in Chojnów, Poland.