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Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) closed the day trading at $55.1 down -3.47% from the previous closing price of $57.08. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.47 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.05 million shares were traded. MAIN stock price reached its highest trading level at $57.38 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $55.06.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of MAIN, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 14.30 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 14.15. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.85 and its Current Ratio is at 1.85. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.77 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.72.
On June 30, 2023, Hovde Group Upgraded its rating to Outperform which previously was Market Perform but kept the price unchanged to $45.
On December 19, 2022, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $40.UBS initiated its Neutral rating on December 19, 2022, with a $40 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 14 ’25 when Meserve Nicholas bought 14,000 shares for $67.15 per share.
Meserve Nicholas sold 14,000 shares of MAIN for $940,100 on Aug 14 ’25. The MANAGING DIRECTOR now owns 82,383 shares after completing the transaction at $67.15 per share. On Jun 27 ’25, another insider, Morris Jesse E, who serves as the EVP AND COO of the company, sold 35,000 shares for $59.37 each. As a result, the insider received 2,077,789 and left with 235,698 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, MAIN now has a Market Capitalization of 4927613952 and an Enterprise Value of 7068665856. As of this moment, Main’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 9.08, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 13.75. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 7.48 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.71. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 12.661.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MAIN is 0.86, which has changed by 0.07764518 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.118204355 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MAIN has reached a high of $67.46, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $46.79. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -14.41%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -7.36%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, MAIN traded about 546.91K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, MAIN traded about 771980 shares per day. A total of 89.28M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 85.86M. Insiders hold about 3.99% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 22.42% stake in the company. Shares short for MAIN as of 1759190400 were 5102486 with a Short Ratio of 9.33, compared to 1756425600 on 4952107. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5102486 and a Short% of Float of 5.9299998.
Dividends & Splits
MAIN’s forward annual dividend rate is 3.29, up from 2.97 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.052032236. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 6.26.
Earnings Estimates
The market rating of Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN) is currently shaped by the ongoing analysis conducted by 7.0 analysts closely monitoring its performance.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.99, with high estimates of $1.02 and low estimates of $0.96.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $4.12 and $3.87 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $4.02. EPS for the following year is $3.96, with 7.0 analysts recommending between $4.01 and $3.92.
Revenue Estimates
6 analysts predict $140.53M in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $142.86M to a low estimate of $135.5M. As of. The current estimate, Main Street Capital Corporation’s year-ago sales were $136.82MFor the next quarter, 6 analysts are estimating revenue of $142.17M. There is a high estimate of $145.49M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $135.9M.
A total of 6 analysts have provided revenue estimates for MAIN’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $569.38M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $552.5M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $563.56M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $541.03MBased on 6 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $582.56M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $600M and the low estimate is $553.74M.
