Central Banks Buying Gold in Record Numbers
Most folks have completely missed the fact that the world's Central Banks have been quietly gobbling up as much gold as they can... Stacking it in their locked vaults on pallets in record numbers. Find out why right here (and see what you can do to get in too with just a few dollars).
About Main Street Capital Corporation
Main Street Capital Corporation is a private equity firm specializes in equity capital to lower middle market companies. The firm also provides debt capital to middle market companies for acquisitions, management buyouts, growth financings, recapitalizations and refinancing. 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. The firm typically invests in lower middle market companies generally with annual revenues between $10 million and $150 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 makes majority and minority equity investments. Main Street Capital Corporation was founded in 2007 and is based in Houston, Texas.
General
| Name | Main Street Capital Corporation |
| Ticker | MAIN |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Industry | Asset Management |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 76 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 35.67 |
| Market Cap | 2,554,057,216 |
| PE Ratio | 9.73 |
| PEG Ratio | 2.47 |
Share Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 66,272,500 |
| Shares Float | 64,836,245 |
| Shares Short | 1,774,547 |
| Insider Holdings | 581% |
| Institution Holdings | 20.52% |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 35.67 |
| Market Cap | 2,554,057,216 |
| PE Ratio | 9.73 |
| PEG Ratio | 2.47 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 84.07 |
| Forward PE | 16.61 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 41.59 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 1.66 |
Dividend
Main Street Capital Corporation pays out a dividend of $2.46 per share, with a dividend yield of 7.14%.
MAIN's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on June 15, 2021.
They pay out 39.05% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| May 15, 2024 | $0.24 |
| Apr 15, 2024 | $0.24 |
| Mar 27, 2024 | $0.30 |
| Mar 15, 2024 | $0.24 |
| Feb 15, 2024 | $0.24 |
| Jan 12, 2024 | $0.24 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | $0.28 |
| Dec 15, 2023 | $0.24 |
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