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MAIN Main Street Capital Corporation
NYSE USD Financial Services
Latest close
As of 30 Oct 2026
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Market facts
- Market cap
- 5B
- P/E ratio
- 11.1
- Analyst target
- 59.8571
- Dividend yield
- 5.5%
- Beta
- 0.75
Profile
Instrument facts
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Currency
- USD
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- ISIN
- Not available
- Market cap
- 5B
- P/E ratio
- 11.1
- Analyst target
- 59.8571
- Dividend yield
- 5.5%
- Beta
- 0.75
About
About Main Street Capital Corporation
Main Street Capital Corporation is a business development company and a small business investment company specializing in direct and indirect investments. In direct investments, the firm specializes in private equity capital to lower middle market companies. The firm specializes in recapitalizations, loan, growth capital, mezzanine debt, corporate carveouts, family estate planning, management buyouts, refinancing, private loan, private credit solutions, senior secured term debt, unintranche term debt, subordinated debt, preferred equity, common equity, minimal or no fixed amortization, split lien term debt, industry consolidation, mature, later stage and emerging growth. The firm makes both control and non-control equity investments. The firm also provides debt capital to middle market companies for strategic acquisitions, management buyouts, growth financings, majority and minority recapitalizations, and refinancing. The firm also makes equity co-investments. The firm provides debt financing solutions for acquisitions, recapitalizations, and refinancing to middle market companies. The firm provides private debt and private equity capital to lower middle market companies and debt capital to middle market companies. 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, manufacturing, road and rail, software, specialty retail, telecommunication, consumer discretionary, energy, materials, concrete, p
Research context
Main Street Capital Corporation appears in PyInvesting’s US Stock catalogue. The price history above describes this recorded instrument; it does not by itself identify a company’s business or establish a continuous investment return.
- Currency
- USD
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
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5 years, 7 months ago
Main Street Capital Corporation is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 17.3% above its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 395.4% more expensive than other stocks from the Financial Services sector with a price to sales ratio of 44.9.
Main Street Capital Corporation's total revenue rose by 272.8% to $92M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has increased by 394.9% to $79M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow grew by 27.8% to $-26M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Main Street Capital Corporation gets an overall score of 4/5.