Main Street Capital CORP (MAIN) earns a Piotroski F-score of 1/9 (weak financial health). It pays a dividend yielding 7.97% (safety: stretched).
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Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-22 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight (init) |
| 2026-05-19 | Truist Securities | Hold (main) |
| 2026-05-14 | RBC Capital | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-04-22 | Citizens | Market Outperform (main) |
| 2025-12-09 | RBC Capital | Outperform (main) |
| 2025-12-08 | Citizens | Market Outperform (init) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Piotroski F breakdown · 1/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
About Main Street Capital CORP
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, plumbing pipes, electrical component, heavy electrical equipment, media, utilities, technology, and transportation. The firm invests in Southwest of the United States of America. The firm typically invests in business services, commercial and professional services, communication services, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, lower middle market companies ranging between $5 million and $125 million in equity investment with annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million and EBITDA in ranging between $3 million and $20 million. The firm typically prefers to invest in the range of $5 million and $150 million per transaction in debt investment value but holds the ability to lead debt financings up to $250 million. For credit solutions, the firm invests between $10 million and $150 million with an EBITDA in the range of $7.5 million and $50 million. The firm loan portfolio companies generally have annual revenues between $25 million and $500 million. The firm's middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies. It takes 5 percent minority and up to 50 percent majority equity investments. Main Street Capital Corporation was founded in 2007 and is based in Houston, Texas with an additional offices in Chicago, United States and Chojnów, Poland.
FAQ
Is MAIN financially healthy?
Main Street Capital CORP's Piotroski F-score is 1/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak).
Does MAIN pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. Main Street Capital CORP pays a dividend yielding about 7.97% with a 76.6% payout ratio, rated “stretched” for safety.
How profitable is MAIN?
In FY2025, Main Street Capital CORP had a return on equity of 16.5%.
Is MAIN overvalued or undervalued?
Main Street Capital CORP trades at about 14.8× trailing earnings — near its 10-year norm (10-year range 11.2×–16.7×, median 15.8×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for MAIN?
The average Wall-Street price target for Main Street Capital CORP is $57.33, about 2.0% below the recent price, from 6 analysts (consensus: hold).
Is MAIN a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Main Street Capital CORP: a Piotroski F-score of 1/9, a P/E of about 9.6×, a dividend yield of 7.97%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.