A share price of Main Street Capital Corporation [MAIN] is currently trading at $58.14, up 1.63%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The MAIN shares have gain 5.52% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -11.68%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Main Street Capital Corporation [NYSE: MAIN] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 08, 2024, when B. Riley Securities downgraded its rating to a Neutral but kept the price target unchanged to $47 for it. Previously, Hovde Group upgraded its rating to Outperform on June 30, 2023, and kept the price target unchanged to $45. On December 19, 2022, UBS initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned a price target of $40 on the stock. B. Riley Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $42 on December 12, 2022. Raymond James downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform. Hovde Group started tracking with a Market Perform rating for this stock on March 07, 2022, and assigned it a price target of $44. In a note dated October 05, 2021, Oppenheimer initiated an Perform rating and provided a target price of $39 on this stock.
Main Street Capital Corporation experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $46.79 and $67.46. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $63.5 within the next 12 months. Main Street Capital Corporation [NYSE: MAIN] shares were valued at $58.14 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 9.22% based on the average MAIN price forecast.
Analyzing the MAIN fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Main Street Capital Corporation [NYSE:MAIN] were 658.98M which represents 43.00% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 1.04% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.93%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.86%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.78%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.1, Equity is 0.18 and Total Capital is 0.12. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.77.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 57.11 points at the first support level, and at 56.08 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 58.83, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 59.53.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Main Street Capital Corporation [NYSE:MAIN] is 1.85. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.85, while the Cash Ratio is 1.87. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 7.89, the price to book ratio is 1.80 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 9.58.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Meserve Nicholas, Officer, that happened on Aug 14 ’25 when 14000.0 shares were purchased. MANAGING DIRECTOR, Meserve Nicholas completed a deal on Aug 14 ’25 to sell 14000.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP AND COO Morris Jesse E sold 35000.0 shares on Jun 27 ’25.
