Metals... Not Missles... Is the New Arms Race
China and Russia control 70% of the world's critical minerals, giving them leverage over the West. One N. American discovery could help shift that balance by developing the metals essential for defense systems.
Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 89,540,000 |
| Shares Float | 86,040,000 |
| Shares Short | 5,430,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 384% |
| Institution Holdings | 23.63% |
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
General
| Name | Main Street Capital Corporation |
| Ticker | MAIN |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Financial |
| Industry | Asset Management |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 104 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 60.67 |
| Market Cap | 4,973,000,000 |
| PE Ratio | 9.20 |
| PEG Ratio | 2.09 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 3.92 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 0.99 |
| Profit Margin | 86.97% |
| Operating Margin | 111.03 |
| Return on Assets | 0.06 |
| Return on Equity | 0.19 |
| Revenue | 616.9M |
| Earnings Per Share | 6.04 |
| Revenue Per Share | 6.31 |
| Gross Profit | 561,289,984 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.02 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 9.19 |
| Forward PE | 14.39 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 8.86 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 1.72 |
Dividend
Main Street Capital Corporation pays out a dividend of $4.01 per share, with a dividend yield of 7.22%.
MAIN's next dividend payment will be made to shareholders on March 13, 2026.
They pay out 49.89% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Mar 13, 2026 | $0.26 |
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| Jan 15, 2026 | $0.26 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $0.26 |
| Nov 14, 2025 | $0.26 |
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| Sep 26, 2025 | $0.30 |
| Sep 15, 2025 | $0.26 |
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| Jun 27, 2025 | $0.30 |
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| Dec 27, 2023 | $0.28 |
| Dec 15, 2023 | $0.24 |
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