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

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 given 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 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 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 Stock Performance

Shares of Main Street Capital stock opened at $62.98 on Monday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $65.14 and a two-hundred day moving average of $59.81. 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 has a market capitalization of $5.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.38 and a beta of 0.87. Main Street Capital has a 52 week low of $47.00 and a 52 week high of $67.77.

Main Street Capital (NYSE:MAIN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The financial services provider reported $0.99 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.99. Main Street Capital had a return on equity of 12.70% and a net margin of 96.16%.The company had revenue of $143.97 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $137.23 million. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Main Street Capital will post 4.11 EPS for the current 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.