MAINMain Street Capital Corporation

$53.75-14% 1Y

What is the market doing?

Mixed

No clear lean: nothing decisive, though heavily shorted (+10% of shares).

1 to watch, 2 neutral
TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 9, 2026

Rangebound, no clear trend. Price is −3% vs its 200-day average.

Insider conviction−$1.9M (90 days to Oct 8, 2026)SEC EDGAR · Oct 8, 2026

Insiders were net sellers over the 90 days ending Oct 8, 2026; selling is often routine (taxes, diversification).

Short interest10% of sharesFINRA · Sep 15, 2026

Heavily shorted, settled Sep 15, 2026, more than a week of normal trading to cover, a crowded exit.

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.

1-year returnbehind 74% of the market
vs 200-day avgmiddle of the market

Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.

How MAIN is trading

Main Street Capital Corporation is −14% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 32 points behind the market.

−14%

1-year return · S&P 500 +18%

vs 200-day average
−3.3%

vs 200-day average · below trend, but not far

RSI (14)
31

RSI (14) · neutral

Below its 52-week high
14%

Below its 52-week high

Sep 18, 2024$40.17 – $63.28 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 9, 2026
Details›
Last close2026-10-09
$53.75
1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%
−3.7%
1 yearS&P 500 +18%
−14%
5 yearsS&P 500 +88%
+90%
vs 50-day average$56.75
−5.3%
52-week high
$62.40
52-week low
$49.09
Annualised volatility
24%
Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-08
−$2.3M
Calendar-year price return
YearReturn
2026 (year to date)−7.5%
2025+11%
2024+47%
2023+28%
2022−11%
2021+48%
2020−20%
2019+37%
2018−8.3%
2017+16%
Average return by calendar month, 2016–2026
MonthYearsPositiveAverage
Jan106 of 10+2.7%
Feb105 of 10+0.44%
Mar104 of 10−4.8%
Apr108 of 10+5.7%
May104 of 10+0.81%
Jun109 of 10+2.0%
Jul1110 of 11+5.1%
Aug118 of 11+0.82%
Sep114 of 11−2.7%
Oct115 of 11−0.63%
Nov1010 of 10+5.4%
Dec107 of 10+1.2%

End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.

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