# Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $57.68, market value $5.4 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 11.6×** (5-yr avg 11.4×, 3-yr avg 12.2×). Main Street Capital Corporation trades at 11.6× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 11.4×. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×. Forward P/E is 14.9×, higher than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to fall.
- **Price / book: 1.7×**. The shares trade at 1.7× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **Earnings yield: 8.6%**. The inverse of the P/E: 8.6% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Return on equity: 16.5%**. 16.5% on shareholders' equity is solid.

## Growth
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 0.5%** (3-yr 6.3%/yr, 5-yr 13.5%/yr). Earnings per share rose 0.5%.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 1/9**. 1 of 9 checks pass: weak or deteriorating financials.
- **Cash and short-term investments: $42 million**. Leverage ratios are shown differently for banks and insurers, whose balance sheets are built on deposits and reserves; use return on equity and the regulatory capital in the filings instead.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 5.51%** ($3.09 per share, trailing). Main Street Capital Corporation yields 5.51%, an income-level yield.
- **Payout ratio: 77%**. 77% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving a thin cushion.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 5**. 5 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 13.4%/yr** (1-yr 2.9%). The dividend has compounded at 13.4% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 5 years at that pace.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -7.1%** (YTD -0.2%, 3-mo 13.1%). The shares are down 7.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -14.3%** (17.8% above the low). Trading 14% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 52**. An RSI of 52 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.78** (volatility 26%). Beta of 0.78 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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