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Is Main Street Capital A Long-Term Buy?
Kevin Quon • Sun, May 26 • 11 Comments
Main Street's Solid Run Continues
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Main Street Capital: A Monthly Dividend Stock To Watch For
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Dividend Growth Is The MAIN Thing - Part Two
Factoids • Wed, Mar 13 • 9 Comments
Dividend Growth Is The MAIN Thing - Part One
Factoids • Tue, Mar 12 • 5 Comments
Taking A Look At Main Street Capital
Valuentum • Tue, Mar 5 • 4 Comments
Main Street Capital: High Dividend And Higher Growth
Paul Zimbardo • Tue, Jan 15 • 15 Comments
Main Street Capital's Dividend Isn't 'Special' Enough
Stone Fox Capital • Tue, Nov 27, 2012 • 21 Comments
This 7% Yielder Just Earned A Strong Buy Rating From Analysts
Hawkinvest • Fri, Sep 7, 2012 • 18 Comments
Main Street Capital: Best Monthly Income Stock To Buy Today
Greg Group • Mon, Jun 18, 2012 • 10 Comments
Main Street Capital's Management Has Substantial Skin In The Game
Alan Brochstein • Fri, Nov 18, 2011 • 6 Comments
Main Street Capital Halfway There
Nicholas Marshi • Tue, Apr 6, 2010 • 2 Comments
Main Street Capital: What Its Affiliate Acquisition Means for the Long Run
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Main Street Capital Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, May 10
Main Street Capital Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Mar 8
Main Street Capital Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Nov 8, 2012
Main Street Capital Management Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Aug 3, 2012
Main Street Capital Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Nov 11, 2008

Main Street Announces New Portfolio Investment

PR Newswire (Jun 3, 2013)
Main Street Announces Increase in Commitments Under its Credit Facility to $372.5 Million

PR Newswire (May 31, 2013)
Main Street Announces Semi-Annual Special Cash Dividend Payable in July 2013

PR Newswire (May 13, 2013)
Main Street Announces First Quarter 2013 Financial Results

PR Newswire (May 9, 2013)
Main Street Announces Third Quarter 2013 Regular Monthly Dividends

PR Newswire (May 9, 2013)
Main Street Announces Increase in Commitments Under its Credit Facility to $352.5 Million

PR Newswire (May 8, 2013)
Main Street to Present at the 12th Annual JMP Securities Research Conference

PR Newswire (May 7, 2013)
Main Street Announces First Quarter 2013 Earnings Release And Conference Call Schedule

PR Newswire (Apr 18, 2013)
Main Street Closes Public Offering of an Additional $12.0 Million of 6.125% Senior Notes Due 2023 Pursuant to the Full Exercise of the Underwriters' Over-Allotment Option

PR Newswire (Apr 16, 2013)
Main Street's 6.125% Senior Notes Due 2023 Begin Trading on the New York Stock Exchange

PR Newswire (Apr 8, 2013)
Main Street Closes Public Offering of $80.0 Million 6.125% Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2023

PR Newswire (Apr 2, 2013)
Main Street Prices Public Offering of $80.0 Million 6.125% Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2023

PR Newswire (Mar 26, 2013)
Main Street Announces Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2012 Financial Results

PR Newswire (Mar 7, 2013)
Main Street Capital to Present Today at the Raymond James 34th Annual Institutional Investor Conference

PR Newswire (Mar 6, 2013)
Main Street Announces Dividend Increase

PR Newswire (Mar 6, 2013)
Main Street Announces Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2012 Earnings Release And Conference Call Schedule

PR Newswire (Feb 12, 2013)
Main Street Announces Tax Treatment of 2012 Dividends

PR Newswire (Jan 17, 2013)
Main Street Announces New Portfolio Investment and Partial Exit of Existing Portfolio Investment

PR Newswire (Jan 10, 2013)
Main Street Announces New Portfolio Investment

PR Newswire (Jan 3, 2013)
Main Street Announces New Portfolio Investments

PR Newswire (Dec 31, 2012)

MAIN vs. ETF Alternatives

Company Description

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Sector: Financial

Industry: Diversified Investments

Country: United States

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Friday, June 7, 10:43 AM Treasury prices are sharply lower, but high yield (HYG +0.6%) is enjoying a nice bounce after a rough few weeks. The move is translating into higher prices for BDCs (BDCS +1.5%) - whose assets are somewhat comparable to junk debt. Leading: Prospect (PSEC +1.2%), Main Street (MAIN +2.2%), Triangle (TCAP +1%), MCG (MCGC +1.6%), American Capital (ACAS +1.7%), Fifth Street (FSC +1.1%), and Golub (GBDC +0.9%). As SA's Alberto Alfonso points out, American Capital - for one - can take advantage of recent declines to buy back even more shares at well below book value. 1 Comment [Financials, On the Move]
Friday, June 7, 7:23 AM Main Street Capital (MAIN) has been particularly hard-hit among the general selloff in income-producing favorites, and the sell-side steps in for the 2nd time this week. Today it's RayJay boosting from Hold to Buy with price target of $30. On Tuesday, Wunderlich initiated with a Buy and $35 price target. Comment! [Financials]
Tuesday, June 4, 1:43 PM Main Street Capital (MAIN -4.2%) continues for a 2nd day to bear the brunt of the selling in the BDC sector (BDCS -0.7%). The company's just-published investor day presentation is typical conference stuff - showing how the company is different (and superior) to its sector brethren, explaining the opportunities in lower and middle-market lending, and including several case studies. Also notably lower: MCG Capital (MCGC -1.6%), Prospect (PSEC -1.3%), and Hercules (HTGC -1%). 16 Comments [Financials, On the Move]
Monday, June 3, 11:52 AM Business development companies (BDCS -1.1%) see some selling as higher interest rates threaten to offer at least minor competition to their fat dividends. The drop in junk bond prices - a decent proxy for the assets on their books - isn't helping either. Leading on the downside today: Main Street (MAIN -4.5%), American Capital (ACAS -2.4%), Prospect Capital (PSEC -1.4%), Ares Capital (ARCC -1.1%), Blackrock Kelso (BKCC -1.1%). 5 Comments [Financials, On the Move]
Friday, May 31, 7:14 AM Main Street Capital (MAIN) gets a boost in in its credit line, announcing one new lender relationship boosting commitments $20M to $372.5M. An accordion feature effectively brings the line to $425M. The company currently has $168M drawn on the facility. (PR) Comment! [Financials]
Monday, May 13, 3:48 PM Main Street Capital (MAIN) declares special dividend of $0.20/share, payable in July 2013. (PR) 1 Comment [Dividends]
Monday, May 13, 7:16 AM Main Street Capital (MAIN) declares its semi-annual special cash dividend of $0.20/share payable in July 2013. The semi-annual payout is a new pace from the previous once-per-year, a move the company says will reduce its federal excise tax. (PR) Comment! [Financials]
Friday, May 10, 3:58 PM Main Street Capital (MAIN +0.6%) touts portfolio activity in its earnings call, with $56.2M in originations (total portfolio around $900M) in Q1 and current pipeline "consistent with the levels we have historically experienced (CC transcript)." Triangle Capital (TCAP +1.1%) - which got punished yesterday for light activity and a middling outlook - bounces nicely today. Comment! [Financials]
Thursday, May 9, 4:50 PM More on Main Street Capital (MAIN) Q1 earnings: NII of $17.3M up 35% Y/Y. NAV of $18.55/share up 2% from Dec. 31 after adjusting for the $0.32 special dividend. Fair value of Lower Middle Market portfolio of $520.3M, average yield of 14.2%, weighted average investment rating of 2.2 (on 1-5 scale, 1 is best). Middle market portfolio of $361.9M, average yield of 8.2%. Private loan portfolio of $74.5M, average yield of 14%. CC tomorrow at 10 ET. Shares +1.4% AH. (PR) Comment! [Financials, Earnings]
Thursday, May 9, 4:23 PM Main Street Capital (MAIN): Q1 NII per share of $0.50 beats by $0.03. NAV per share of $18.55. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials, Breaking News]
Thursday, May 9, 11:00 AM Main Street Capital (MAIN) declares dividend of $0.155/share for the month of July, Aug. And Sep. Forward yield 6.25%. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Thursday, May 9, 7:21 AM Main Street Capital (MAIN) announces an increase in commitments to its line of credit, with the total now $352.5M from $287.5M previously. The credit facility's accordion feature is upsized, meaning the amount could go as high as $425M. The company currently has $110M drawn on the line. (PR) 2 Comments [Financials]
Thursday, March 7, 4:58 PM Main Street (MAIN): Q4 Net investment income of $0.56 beats by $0.07. (PR) 1 Comment [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Wednesday, March 6, 7:15 AM Main Street Capital (MAIN) sets a $0.115/share monthly dividend for Q2, a 3% increase over Q1 and 11% more than a year ago. The company presents later today at a Raymond James conference. (PR) 1 Comment [Financials]
Friday, February 8, 12:54 PM In 2013 Q1, BDCs might find themselves paying for a robust 2012 Q4 (when companies rushed to close deals ahead of tax hikes). "Our deal pipeline in Q1 is much slower than it was last quarter," said Golub Capital (GBDC) CEO David Golub on the earnings call (transcript). "It's not anemic ... but there's no question that we and others in the market are feeling the full-forward effect of last quarter." 6 Comments [Financials]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 7:15 AM MAIN Street Capital announces a special dividend of $0.35 to be paid in January along with the regular $0.15 monthly payouts scheduled for each month of Q1. No debt offering here, the special dividend is being paid out of undistributed 2012 income. They couldn't make it payable in December? Shares -0.3% premarket. (PR) 4 Comments [Financials]

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$MAIN $PBF and $AEG are tomorrow's top yielding ex-dividend stocks - http://stks.co/rCyi - 12 shares with 2.56% average yield
May 16, 3:48 AM
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alejandrolevy1
am i wrong on liking this stock $MAIN - the div yield is excellent, the management is good & the earning delivery are within the industry
May 1, 11:48 AM
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C. Whitehead: No, I don't think you're wrong. You just missed the big gains this past year. I am currently long on $MAIN.
May 22, 12:23 AM
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Paul Zimbardo
Quality Dividends To Consider and Avoid http://seekingalpha.com/a/sqd9 $CL $CVS $CXW $MAIN $SNH #Stocks #Dividends #News #Investing #CVS
Apr 17, 1:46 PM
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$PFLT $KED and $MAIN are tomorrow's top yielding ex-dividend stocks - http://stks.co/gRgB - 18 Shares - 4.18% Yield $FL $VALE $CMTL $SNN
Apr 16, 4:25 AM
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Joseph P. Porter
Everything in general is up, but BDCs like $TCAP and $MAIN on the downside. Are BDCs the new contrarians, or do they know something we don't
Apr 9, 3:15 PM
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Joseph P. Porter: Well, darn! If I'd known you were going to do that, I'd have held back on buying $IAG and $PAAS, just to buy more $TCAP.
Apr 9, 6:52 PM
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Miz Magic DiviDogs: :)
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Joseph P. Porter
BDCs seem to be taking a hit - $TCAP down a lot, $FSC, $PSEC, $MAIN all down, but more reasonably.
Apr 1, 1:35 PM
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The Complete Dividend Plan: Volume for $PSEC on down day is below average. Nothing to worry about.
Apr 1, 5:39 PM
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mrmedusa: I love ANYthing that plods along, a little up, a little down, paying 12%. What does Wells Fargo pay me for deposit accounts?
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Paul Zimbardo
The Best #REIT And Private Equity #Dividends This Week http://seekingalpha.com/a/rgwl $AGNC $AINV $CYS $MAIN $MTGE $SLRC #Dividend #Stocks
Mar 18, 11:56 AM
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Todd Johnson
5 BDCs To Buy For Up To 11.7% Dividend Yields $KCAP, $MAIN, $PSEC, $TCAP, $TCRD http://bit.ly/15QWVUN
Mar 15, 1:28 PM
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Paul Zimbardo
High Yielding Dividends This Week http://bit.ly/YEoZVC $AVA $CA $HE $MAIN $NTI $PMT $TRI $TYG #Stocks #Investing #Dividends
Feb 19, 3:00 PM
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Paul Zimbardo
Dividend Opportunities To Consider Now http://seekingalpha.com/a/ppsx $AVA $CA $HE $MAIN $NTI $PMT $TRI $TYG #Stocks #Investing #Dividends
Feb 18, 3:29 PM
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alejandrolevy1
am i wrong on liking this stock $MAIN - the div yield is excellent, the management is good & the earning delivery are within the industry
May 1, 11:48 AM
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C. Whitehead: No, I don't think you're wrong. You just missed the big gains this past year. I am currently long on $MAIN.
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Joseph P. Porter
Everything in general is up, but BDCs like $TCAP and $MAIN on the downside. Are BDCs the new contrarians, or do they know something we don't
Apr 9, 3:15 PM
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Joseph P. Porter: Well, darn! If I'd known you were going to do that, I'd have held back on buying $IAG and $PAAS, just to buy more $TCAP.
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Miz Magic DiviDogs: :)
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Joseph P. Porter
BDCs seem to be taking a hit - $TCAP down a lot, $FSC, $PSEC, $MAIN all down, but more reasonably.
Apr 1, 1:35 PM
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The Complete Dividend Plan: Volume for $PSEC on down day is below average. Nothing to worry about.
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mrmedusa: I love ANYthing that plods along, a little up, a little down, paying 12%. What does Wells Fargo pay me for deposit accounts?
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$HRZN $MAIN and $FRD are the best yielding stocks going ex-dividend tomorrow + http://stks.co/oImb + I like $FL and $WFM from the list
Jan 15, 5:11 AM
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phemale60: $WFM good one!
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Guardian3981
Debating if I should re enter MAIN, at a price to book of 1.7 it seems a bit overvalued?
9/25/12
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Ocean Man: Get EFC instead, under book value and raised dividend 75%.
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Aliefduffey
Debating if I should Sell MAIN
8/24/12
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Aliefduffey: Out with a 17% gain
8/24/12
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PPLLTT: good trade! The stock is still overpriced considering its NAV.
8/24/12
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madav1138
MAIN, sold for a 15% gain
7/17/12
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Guardian3981: True, but the stock may offer more long term upside in terms of both divy growth and capital appreciation.
7/17/12
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madav1138: I didn't have enough in it to make a difference
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madav1138
ARR, AT, DHF, MAIN, STB, all high yield monthly dividend stocks that deliver terrific results and growing, Drip them, $2k in divs 2012
5/31/12
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madav1138: MAIN, yeah I got in at a high, but bought in at a low as well, STB is trading at a prem, but its explosive growth is worth the price.
6/2/12
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Pessimistic Optimist: ya gotta drip them... I own slightly less at 1500 shares.. hey, Ill take that 150 and drip it.. might take the divvys from the 4..drip ARR!
7/12/12
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Alan Brochstein
$MAIN was hit on the secondary, but it's still too expensive.
7/1/12
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Alan Brochstein: Oh well
7/6/12
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madav1138
MAIN up big pondering a sell taking profit or let the drip ride.
6/30/12
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mcomalley: Let MAIN run....things are very solid right now!
6/30/12
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Guardian3981: I tend to agree, if they can put their newly acquired funds from secondary to good use eps should rise
7/1/12
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madav1138
MAIN, ARR, AT, STB, DHF monthly dividend portfolio doing its job.
6/14/12
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Guardian3981: Looking at TCAP and MAIN
6/16/12
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madav1138: I just selected one BDC, I don't want to concentrate too much in one sector.
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madav1138
ARR, STB, MAIN, AT, DHF at this rate I may break even by Dec 31st.
6/4/12
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madav1138: Gotta love a portfolio yielding 8%
6/5/12
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madav1138
Income Portfolio: AT, DHF, MAIN, STB, ARR nicely diversified with 8% yeilders.
5/22/12
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madav1138: Those are montly dividend plays by the way...8%...per month...hello money.
5/22/12
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madav1138
MAIN getting hammered, bought too soon.
5/14/12
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madav1138: Neither I am sick of it already, turned by it completely
5/14/12
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madav1138
MAIN, has been deflating a bit since I picked it up, great company on sale now.
5/11/12
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REIT: the sale is better than buy one get 2 free ..
5/11/12
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madav1138: it is substantial premium to book but its intrinsic value keeps increasing, this one looks to be a keeper.
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