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Main Street Capital Corporation is an asset management business based in the US. Main Street Capital Corporation shares (MAIN) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Main Street Capital Corporation employs 71 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$220.8 million.
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Latest market close | USD$31.45 |
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52-week range | USD$13.3682 - USD$42.1367 |
50-day moving average | USD$30.4018 |
200-day moving average | USD$30.9096 |
Wall St. target price | USD$31.5 |
PE ratio | 12.5583 |
Dividend yield | USD$2.46 (7.58%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$1.975 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $31.45 from 2020-12-09
1 week (2021-01-08) | -1.26% |
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1 month (2020-12-16) | -1.75% |
3 months (2020-10-15) | 5.40% |
6 months (2020-07-15) | 0.58% |
1 year (2020-01-15) | -29.44% |
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2 years (2019-01-15) | -14.33% |
3 years (2018-01-12) | 38.78 |
5 years (2016-01-15) | 15.29% |
Valuing Main Street Capital Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Main Street Capital Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Main Street Capital Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 13x. In other words, Main Street Capital Corporation shares trade at around 13x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Main Street Capital Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.47. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Main Street Capital Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Revenue TTM | USD$220.8 million |
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Operating margin TTM | 84.93% |
Gross profit TTM | USD$243.4 million |
Return on assets TTM | 4.4% |
Return on equity TTM | -2.29% |
Profit margin | -15.34% |
Book value | $21.519 |
Market capitalisation | USD$2.1 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
There are currently 2.1 million Main Street Capital Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Main Street Capital Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 4.8% up from 2.0 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Main Street Capital Corporation shares can be evaluated.
Main Street Capital Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Main Street Capital Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Main Street Capital Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 383925.40250447). Main Street Capital Corporation's SIR currently stands at 5.59. In other words for every 100,000 Main Street Capital Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5590 shares are currently held short.
However Main Street Capital Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Main Street Capital Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Main Street Capital Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Main Street Capital Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Main Street Capital Corporation shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.034% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Main Street Capital Corporation shares, roughly 34 shares are currently held short).
A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Main Street Capital Corporation.
Find out more about how you can short Main Street Capital Corporation stock.
Dividend payout ratio: 38.5% of net profits
Recently Main Street Capital Corporation has paid out, on average, around 38.5% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 7.58% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Main Street Capital Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 7.58% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Main Street Capital Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $2.46 per share.
While Main Street Capital Corporation's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Main Street Capital Corporation may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Main Street Capital Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 15 March 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 4 January 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Main Street Capital Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $13.3682 up to $42.1367. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Main Street Capital Corporation's is 1.431. This would suggest that Main Street Capital Corporation's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Main Street Capital Corporation is a principal investment firm that primarily provides equity capital to lower middle market companies and debt capital to middle market companies. Main Street's portfolio investments are typically made to support management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancings and acquisitions of companies that operate in diverse industry sectors. Main Street seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides one stop financing alternatives within its lower middle market portfolio. Main Street's lower middle market companies generally have annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million. Main Street's middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies.
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