profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Main Street Capital
$56.40+0.30% today
-4.2% in 1 year
1-year low $49.631-year high $64.60
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $10.73 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Main Street Capital sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $318 million in 2022 to $592 million in 2025, with $493 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Main Street Capital vs. similar companies
Main Street Capital grows the fastest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Street Capital | 10.7× · Cheap | ||
 BlackRock | 34.0× · Expensive | ||
 Blackstone | 49.1× · Expensive | ||
 Investor | 8.5× · Cheap | ||
 Brookfield | 70.0× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Main Street Capital's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 318 | 510 | 601 | 592 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 242 | 428 | 508 | 493 | |
| 3.24 | 5.23 | 5.85 | 5.52 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 75.9% | 84.0% | 84.5% | 83.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 4,242 | 4,444 | 5,121 | 5,682 |
| Cash | 49 | 60 | 78 | 42 |
| Total debt | 1,999 | 1,802 | 2,122 | 2,458 |
| Total liabilities | 2,133 | 1,966 | 2,324 | 2,688 |
| 2,109 | 2,477 | 2,798 | 2,994 | |
| 74 | 82 | 87 | 89 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 11.5% | 17.3% | 18.2% | 16.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -247 | 285 | -87 | -46 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -247 | 285 | -87 | -46 | |
| Dividends paid | 194 | 272 | 320 | 339 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 14 | 17 | 19 | 21 |
Valuation
- 10.7×
- 13.9×
- 0.55
- 1.8×
- 8.9×
- –
- –
- -0.9%
- 9.3%
- 8.4%
Profitability
- 86.4%
- 66.8%
- 83.4%
- 66.8%
- 7.9%
- 8.9%
- 14.3%
- 7.3%
- 9.8%
- –
Growth
- +23.0%
- +19.4%
- +498.8%
- +13.4%
- +6.3%
Financial health
- 5.2×
- 0.82
- 43.6%
- 4.9×
- 0.16
- 0.16
- 0.12
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 36%of 688
Top 10%of 540
Top 33%of 900
Top 19%of 908
Bottom 21%of 941
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $67.00
- Range
- $65.00 – $70.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 0.93 | 1.01 | −7.9% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 1.09 | 1.05 | +3.8% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 0.97 | 1.04 | −6.7% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 0.99 | 0.99 | +0.0% |
| May 8, 2025 | 1.01 | 1.00 | +1.0% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 1.02 | 1.08 | −5.6% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | 1.00 | 1.02 | −2.0% |
| Aug 8, 2024 | 1.01 | 1.01 | +0.0% |
8.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$84a year at today's yield, before tax
+13.4%2020 to 2025
Raised5 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$2.66 in 2015 → $4.23 in 2025
How safe it looks
68.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 97.7%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
53No pass
Benjamin Graham
71Pass
Philip Fisher
71Pass
Peter Lynch
91Pass
Joel Greenblatt
31No pass
Charlie Munger
49No pass
Terry Smith
46No pass
Questions about Main Street Capital
Is Main Street Capital a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Main Street Capital AI analysis
What does Main Street Capital do?
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. It is in Asset Management, based in Houston, TX, United States, with 110 employees.
Does Main Street Capital pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 8.4% a year, about 69% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $339 million in dividends.
Is Main Street Capital stock halal?
No. Main Street Capital does not pass our halal screen: it was reviewed by hand and does not pass. How we check
How has Main Street Capital stock done over the past year?
Down 4.2% over the past twelve months, to $56.40. It traded between $49.63 and $64.60 and is 12.7% below its high.
Who are Main Street Capital's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BlackRock, Blackstone, Investor and Brookfield. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Main Street Capital's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.