Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN) To Go Ex-Dividend on October 8th

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

Main Street Capital has a dividend 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 tumble. 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 Trading Down 1.5%

Shares of MAIN stock opened at $62.98 on Monday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $65.14 and a 200 day moving average price of $59.81. Main Street Capital has a twelve month low of $47.00 and a twelve month high of $67.77. The company has a market capitalization of $5.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.38 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a current ratio of 0.09, a quick ratio of 0.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12.

Main Street Capital (NYSE:MAIN) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The financial services provider reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting 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 firm had revenue of $143.97 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $137.23 million. Research analysts forecast that Main Street Capital will post 4.11 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.