Are Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN) stocks a prudent buy?

Kevin Freeman

Main Street Capital Corporation [MAIN] stock is trading at $61.91, up 1.94%. 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 6.89% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 8.33%, and 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 December 08, 2025, when Citizens JMP initiated its Mkt Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $70. Previously, B. Riley Securities downgraded its rating to Neutral on January 08, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $47. On June 30, 2023, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform but maintained its price target of $45 on the stock. UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and suggested a price target of $40 on December 19, 2022. B. Riley Securities initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $42 as its price target on December 12, 2022. Raymond James downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform for this stock on August 08, 2022. In a note dated March 07, 2022, Hovde Group initiated an Market Perform rating and provided a target price of $44 on this stock.

Main Street Capital Corporation [MAIN] stock has fluctuated between $46.79 and $67.46 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $65.67 within the next 12 months. Main Street Capital Corporation [NYSE: MAIN] shares were valued at $61.91 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 6.07% based on the average MAIN price forecast.

Analyzing the MAIN fundamentals

Main Street Capital Corporation [NYSE:MAIN] reported sales of 616.91M for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -24.96%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.2% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.19%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.78%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.53%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.07, Equity is 0.12 and Total Capital is 0.02.

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 60.79 points at the first support level, and at 59.67 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 62.74, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 63.57.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Main Street Capital Corporation’s Current Ratio is 4.44. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 4.44. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 8.99, the price to book ratio is 1.89 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 10.26.

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.

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