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

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 paid 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% meaning its dividend is currently covered by earnings, but may not be in the future if the company’s earnings fall. 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 Stock Performance

NYSE:MAIN opened at $62.98 on Monday. The firm has a market cap 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 current ratio of 0.09 and a quick ratio of 0.09. Main Street Capital has a 1-year low of $47.00 and a 1-year high of $67.77. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $65.14 and a 200-day simple moving average of $59.81.

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