What is B. Riley’s Forecast for MAIN Q2 Earnings?

Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN) – Equities research analysts at B. Riley issued their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Main Street Capital in a research note issued to investors on Monday, June 16th. B. Riley analyst S. Adams forecasts that the financial services provider will earn $1.00 per share for the quarter. B. Riley currently has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Main Street Capital’s current full-year earnings is $4.11 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Main Street Capital’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.99 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.99 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $4.00 EPS.

Main Street Capital (NYSE:MAIN) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 8th. The financial services provider reported $1.01 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.01. Main Street Capital had a return on equity of 13.02% and a net margin of 94.61%. The company had revenue of $137.05 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $137.50 million.

A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on MAIN. Truist Financial dropped their price target on Main Street Capital from $62.00 to $54.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, May 12th. Oppenheimer restated a “market perform” rating on shares of Main Street Capital in a research report on Tuesday, May 13th. UBS Group dropped their price objective on shares of Main Street Capital from $55.00 to $54.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 17th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Main Street Capital from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 31st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $52.80.

Main Street Capital Stock Performance

Main Street Capital stock opened at $58.46 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 0.10 and a quick ratio of 0.10. Main Street Capital has a 12 month low of $45.00 and a 12 month high of $63.32. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $55.00 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $57.01. The company has a market cap of $5.20 billion, a PE ratio of 9.93 and a beta of 0.82.

Main Street Capital Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 23rd will be issued a dividend of $0.30 per share. This represents a dividend yield of 7.26%. This is a positive change from Main Street Capital’s previous dividend of $0.25. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 20th. Main Street Capital’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 50.93%.

Insider Activity

In other Main Street Capital news, CEO Dwayne L. Hyzak sold 120,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $58.05, for a total transaction of $6,966,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 402,371 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $23,357,636.55. This trade represents a 22.97% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider David L. Magdol sold 100,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $58.05, for a total value of $5,805,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 377,182 shares in the company, valued at $21,895,415.10. This represents a 20.96% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 4.00% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. US Bancorp DE lifted its holdings in Main Street Capital by 8.4% in the 4th quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 2,579 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $151,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV raised its holdings in shares of Main Street Capital by 2.4% in the 1st quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV now owns 9,520 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $538,000 after purchasing an additional 221 shares in the last quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. lifted its stake in Main Street Capital by 6.9% during the fourth quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 3,512 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $206,000 after purchasing an additional 228 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC boosted its holdings in Main Street Capital by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 58,955 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $3,454,000 after buying an additional 229 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Uncommon Cents Investing LLC grew its position in Main Street Capital by 1.4% in the first quarter. Uncommon Cents Investing LLC now owns 16,206 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $917,000 after buying an additional 231 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 20.31% of the company’s stock.

About Main Street Capital

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.