MAIN (Main Street Capital) Dividends per Share: $4.27 (TTM As of Mar. 2026)

Main Street Capital  (NYSE:MAIN) Dividends per Share Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Main Street Capital's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 is calculated as

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Main Street Capital was 5.47. The lowest was 0.54. And the median was 0.89.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Main Street Capital Corp is 0.90, which seems too high.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Main Street Capital Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Main Street Capital's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Current Share Price is $51.10.
Main Street Capital's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $4.3.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Main Street Capital was 16.98%. The lowest was 5.30%. And the median was 7.30%.

Good Sign:

Main Street Capital Corp stock Dividend Yield % is close to 2-year high.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Main Street Capital Dividends per Share Related Terms

The historical data trend for Main Street Capital's Dividends per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Main Street Capital Dividends per Share Chart

Main Street Capital Annual Data
	Trend	Dec16	Dec17	Dec18	Dec19	Dec20	Dec21	Dec22	Dec23	Dec24	Dec25
Dividends per Share		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					2.60	2.74	3.71	4.12	4.24

Main Street Capital Quarterly Data
	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24	Dec24	Mar25	Jun25	Sep25	Dec25	Mar26
Dividends per Share	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.05	1.06	1.07	1.07	1.08

MAIN vs OTF, HASI, FHI: Dividends per Share Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Main Street Capital's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Main Street Capital Dividend Yield % vs Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Main Street Capital's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Main Street Capital's Dividend Yield % falls into.

Main Street Capital Dividends per Share Calculation

Dividends paid to per common share.

Main Street Capital Business Description