MAINMain Street Capital Corporation

$53.47-1.5% 1Y

Is the price fair?

Mixed

In its normal P/E range. That is the only one of 3 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.

1 neutral, 2 without data
Vs its own P/E rangemid-range for this companyderived

In its normal range: P/E 11.8 vs a 11.1 median over 16 quarters (+7% vs median).

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

P/E (valuation)better than 84% of the market

Where this answer is blind. The growth-implied estimate assumes a fixed discount rate; capital-heavy sectors look structurally rich on it.

What MAIN's price assumes

Main Street Capital Corporation trades at 11.8× earnings against 18.0× for the median Asset Management name, cheaper than its own group.

11.8

Trailing P/E · Asset Management median 18.0 · cheaper than the typical name in its group

Price / sales
8.42

Price / sales · as of 2026-Q2

Price / book
1.53

Price / book · as of 2026-Q2

EV / sales
12.7

EV / sales

Details›
Price / bookas of 2026-Q2
1.53
EV / salesas of 2026-Q2
12.7
Financial Services median P/E599 names
12.5
Asset Management median P/E74 names
18.0
Market capitalisation93.5 million shares, counted Aug 6, 2026
$5.00B
What the market has paid for these earnings: 16 quarters of its own multiple × $4.51 of trailing earnings per share
MethodPer share
Its own P/E history, lower quartile$38.17
Its own P/E history, median$50.16
Its own P/E history, upper quartile$60.03
52-week range$49.09 – $62.40
Today$53.47

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.

Against its own past

Its multiples now against their own history, and how much of the price move came from earnings rather than the multiple.

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