Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN) Declares $0.30 Quarterly Dividend

Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN) declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 4th, investing.com reports. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 8th will be given a dividend of 0.30 per share by the financial services provider on Wednesday, October 15th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 8th.

Main Street Capital has a payout ratio of 78.9% indicating that its dividend is currently covered by earnings, but may not be in the future if the company’s earnings decline. Equities research analysts expect Main Street Capital to earn $4.06 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $3.00 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 73.9%.

Main Street Capital Price Performance

Shares of MAIN stock opened at $62.98 on Monday. Main Street Capital has a 52 week low of $47.00 and a 52 week high of $67.77. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.63 billion, a PE ratio of 10.38 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a quick ratio of 0.09 and a current ratio of 0.09. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $65.14 and its 200-day moving average is $59.81.

Main Street Capital (NYSE:MAIN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The financial services provider reported $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.99. Main Street Capital had a net margin of 96.16% and a return on equity of 12.70%. The business had revenue of $143.97 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $137.23 million. Equities research analysts expect that Main Street Capital will post 4.11 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Main Street Capital Company Profile

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.