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Main Street Capital (LTS:0JXQ) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : N/A (As of Dec. 12, 2024)


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What is Main Street Capital Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-12-12), Main Street Capital's share price is $54.93. Main Street Capital's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was $-0.90. Hence, Main Street Capital's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is N/A.

The historical rank and industry rank for Main Street Capital's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, Main Street Capital's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 250.30. The lowest was 12.76. And the median was 35.31.

LTS:0JXQ's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 13.46
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow only.

Main Street Capital's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.83. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $-0.90.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Main Street Capital was -151.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, Main Street Capital's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 50.90% per year. The lowest was -83.40% per year. And the median was 16.85% per year.


Main Street Capital Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Main Street Capital's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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.

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Main Street Capital Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Main Street Capital Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - - 12.41

Main Street Capital Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 23.34 12.41 26.46 - -

Competitive Comparison of Main Street Capital's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Asset Management subindustry, Main Street Capital's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Main Street Capital's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Main Street Capital's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Main Street Capital Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Main Street Capital's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=54.93/-0.903
=N/A

Main Street Capital's Share Price of today is $54.93.
Main Street Capital's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.90.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Main Street Capital  (LTS:0JXQ) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Main Street Capital Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1300 Post Oak Boulevard, 8th Floor, Houston, TX, USA, 77056
Main Street Capital Corp is an investment firm engaged in providing customized debt and equity financing to lower middle market companies and debt capital to middle market companies. The investment portfolio of the company is typically made to support management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancing's, and acquisitions of companies that operate in diverse industry sectors. The group invests in secured debt investments, equity investments, warrants, and other securities of the lower middle market and middle market companies based in the United States. Business functioned through the U.S. region and it derives the majority of its income from the source of fees, commission, and interest.

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