B. Riley Equities Analysts Boost Earnings Estimates for MAIN

Main Street Capital Co. (NYSE:MAIN) – Stock analysts at B. Riley increased their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Main Street Capital in a research report issued on Monday, November 11th. B. Riley analyst B. Rowe now expects that the financial services provider will earn $0.99 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.97. B. Riley currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $51.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Main Street Capital’s current full-year earnings is $4.12 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Main Street Capital’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.02 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.98 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.04 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $4.03 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also commented on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $52.00 price objective on shares of Main Street Capital in a research report on Wednesday, August 14th. Oppenheimer raised their price target on shares of Main Street Capital from $43.00 to $44.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 13th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $48.80.

Main Street Capital Stock Performance

MAIN stock opened at $52.16 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $4.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.51 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 0.07 and a current ratio of 0.08. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $50.77 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $50.11. Main Street Capital has a one year low of $40.51 and a one year high of $52.89.

Main Street Capital Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, March 7th will be paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 7th. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.75%. This is a boost from Main Street Capital’s previous monthly dividend of $0.25. Main Street Capital’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 53.26%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Main Street Capital

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Erste Asset Management GmbH acquired a new stake in Main Street Capital during the 3rd quarter worth $148,000. Tradition Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in Main Street Capital by 2.5% in the 3rd quarter. Tradition Wealth Management LLC now owns 12,010 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $602,000 after buying an additional 294 shares during the period. Widmann Financial Services Inc. grew its position in Main Street Capital by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. Widmann Financial Services Inc. now owns 22,990 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,153,000 after acquiring an additional 202 shares in the last quarter. Verition Fund Management LLC grew its position in Main Street Capital by 8.0% in the 3rd quarter. Verition Fund Management LLC now owns 11,197 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $561,000 after acquiring an additional 833 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors grew its position in Main Street Capital by 64.7% in the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 14,609 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $732,000 after acquiring an additional 5,738 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 20.31% of the company’s stock.

About Main Street Capital

Main Street Capital Corporation is a business development company specializes in equity capital to lower middle market companies. The firm specializing in recapitalizations, management buyouts, refinancing, family estate planning, management buyouts, refinancing, industry consolidation, mature, later stage emerging growth.