Main Street Capital (MAIN)
Provides customized debt and equity capital alongside sponsor-backed private loans and external asset management.
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Provides customized long-term debt and equity capital to lower middle market companies, while its Private Loan strategy provides secured debt to sponsor-backed private companies. The internally managed BDC also earns management and performance-linked fees through external asset management.
Provides customized long-term debt and equity capital to lower middle market companies. The Lower Middle Market strategy supports management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancings and acquisitions.
The Private Loan strategy primarily provides secured debt to privately held companies that are owned by, or being acquired by, private-equity funds.
Employees are hired directly under the internally managed BDC structure, which means investment and portfolio-management operating costs are borne internally rather than paid as external advisory fees. External asset management earns management fees and can earn incentive fees or carried interest.
Personnel and infrastructure are shared with the External Investment Manager. Its operating model depends on investment personnel and on underwriting and monitoring privately held portfolio companies.
Company facts
Target rangeAs of Sep 22, 2026
Latest analyst notes
| Date | Firm | Action | Prior | Current |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | Truist Financial | Target | Target: $53 | Target: $57 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: $50 | Target: $55 |
| May 22, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Target | Target: — | Target: $50 |
| May 19, 2026 | Truist Financial | Target | Target: $60 | Target: $53 |
| May 14, 2026 | RBC Capital | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: $66 | Target: $58 |
EPSReportedEstimate
RevenueReportedEstimate
Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $58.3M · Total debt $2.53B · Total assets $5.94B · Shareholders' equity $3.17B
- Revenue
- $149.6M
- Operating income
- $93.8M
- Net income
- $147.6M
HistoryDividendAnnual yieldUpcoming
| Institutions | 24.42% | 22.71M shares | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 409 holders · as of Jun 30, 2026 | |||
| Insiders | 3.88% | 3.61M shares | |
| 13 holders · as of Sep 15, 2026 | |||
| Other | 71.70% | 66.67M shares | |
| remainder | |||
92.99M company shares as of Sep 22, 2026 · institutions as of Jun 30, 2026 · holders as of their latest filing
Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4
| Holder | Stake | Shares | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
Price T Rowe Associates Inc /MD/Institution | 3.59% | 3.34M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Van Eck Associates CorpInstitution | 2.03% | 1.89M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Vincent D. FosterInsiderdirector | 1.92% | 1.78M | filed Sep 15, 2026 |
UBS Group AGInstitution | 1.49% | 1.39M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Legal & General Group PLCInstitution | 0.90% | 835,057 | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Insider tradesForm 4
| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Jesse E. Morris | officer: EVP AND COO | −35,000 | $58.55 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Ryan McHugh | officer: VP, CAO & Assistant Treasurer | +2,550 | $59.05 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Jason B. Beauvais | officer: EVP, GC, SECRETARY | −6,830 | $51.73 |
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CompareAfter hours
| Company | Price | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Street Capital | $56.00 | −0.02% | $5.23B | 11.3 | 14.7 | 7.5 | −26.1% |
| Capital Southwest | $23.34 | +0.04% | $1.46B | 13.0 | 10.0 | 6.3 | +9.1% |
| Ares Capital | $19.35 | +0.03% | $13.96B | 14.4 | 10.0 | 6.0 | +32.6% |
| Blackstone Secured Lending Fund | $24.79 | +0.20% | $5.81B | 19.6 | 9.4 | 5.5 | +25.9% |
| Blue Owl Capital | $11.14 | 0.00% | $5.55B | 20.0 | 8.7 | 3.9 | −20.8% |
| Sixth Street Specialty Lending | $18.35 | −0.05% | $1.71B | 19.0 | 10.3 | 5.0 | −13.0% |
| Median | 19.0 | 10.0 | 5.5 | +9.1% |