MAINMain Street Capital Corporation

$53.75-14% 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 11.9 vs a 11.1 median over 16 quarters (+8% 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 82% 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 11.9× earnings against 18.5× for the median Asset Management name, cheaper than its own group.

11.9

Trailing P/E · Asset Management median 18.5 · cheaper than the typical name in its group

Price / sales
8.14

Price / sales · as of 2026-Q2

Price / book
1.48

Price / book · as of 2026-Q2

EV / sales
12.4

EV / sales

Details›
Price / bookas of 2026-Q2
1.48
EV / salesas of 2026-Q2
12.4
Financial Services median P/E625 names
12.1
Asset Management median P/E74 names
18.5
Market capitalisation
$4.67B
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$49.91
Its own P/E history, upper quartile$60.03
52-week range$49.09 – $62.40
Today$53.75

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

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