MAIN Main Street Capital Corporation — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates
Main Street Capital Corporation functions as a Business Development Company (BDC), providing diverse capital solutions across different market segments. Primarily, the firm supplies equity capital to lower middle market companies. These investments support various strategic objectives, including recapitalizations, management buyouts, refinancing, family estate planning, industry consolidation, and growth initiatives for both mature and later-stage emerging businesses. Main Street actively seeks to forge partnerships with entrepreneurs, business owners, and management teams, frequently offering comprehensive, "one-stop" financing alternatives for its lower middle market portfolio. Companies targeted for equity investment in this segment typically have annual revenues between $5 million and $300 million, with individual equity investments generally ranging from $2 million to $75 million, and an enterprise value for the target company usually falling between $3 million and $20 million. The firm is prepared to take stakes from a 5% minority position up to a 50% majority interest. In addition to its equity offerings, Main Street also extends debt capital to middle market companies. These funds are allocated to finance activities such as acquisitions, management buyouts, growth strategies, recapitalizations, and refinancing. Debt transactions in the middle market typically range from $5 million to $50 million per deal, targeting businesses with annual EBITDA between $1 million and $20 million. It is important to note that these middle market debt recipients are generally larger in scale than the companies within Main Street's lower middle market equity portfolio. The firm demonstrates a wide investment scope, engaging with numerous industries. These include, but are not limited to: air freight and logistics, auto components, building products, chemicals, commercial services, computing, construction and engineering, consumer finance and services, electronic equipment, energy (equipment, services, and consumables), financial services, healthcare (equipment and providers), hospitality, internet software and services, IT services, machinery, paper and forest products, professional and industrial services, road and rail transportation, software, specialty retail, and telecommunications. Broadly, this covers sectors within consumer discretionary, energy, materials, tech
Dividend Snapshot
Key Metrics
Current Yield
5.66%
At the Sep 14, 2026 price
The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.Annualized Dividend
$3.1800
The most recent payment scaled to a full year by how often it's paid. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00.Frequency
M Monthly
How often the dividend is paid: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.Rank Score
62.2
As of Sep 14, 2026
Our 0-100 house score blending yield quality, payout sustainability (the trailing-twelve-month payout ratio), profitability (TTM return on equity), valuation (TTM price-to-book) and payment reliability, recomputed daily. Higher means a stronger profile on those factors in our model — a research score, not advice or a recommendation to buy.RSI (14)
43
As of Sep 14, 2026
Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.52-Week Range
$49.63 – $67.17
Closes through Sep 11, 2026
The lowest and highest price over the past year — shows where today's price sits in its recent range.Payout Ratio (TTM)
77.33% (EPS-based)
12 months to Jun 30, 2026 (Q2 FY2026)
The share of earnings paid out as dividends over the trailing twelve months (TTM): dividends paid divided by net income across the company's four most recent reported quarters, dated by the latest quarter end. A fiscal-year tag such as FY2025 means only annual figures were available. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earned. It shows n/a for funds and when net income over the period was negative; for REITs and BDCs it is marked EPS-based, since they are judged on FFO/AFFO or net investment income instead.Years Paying
19
How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.Price / Book (TTM)
1.63
Price as of Sep 14, 2026; latest reported book value
Price-to-book ratio: the share price on the date shown divided by the latest reported book value per share. A rough valuation gauge, most useful for asset-heavy sectors like REITs, banks and insurers.S.A.F.E. Dividend Read
Quote & Key Data
Dividend Growth
Why the Yield Moved (90 Days)
MAIN's dividend yield fell from 6.06% to 5.66% over the past ~90 days (-0.41 pp). Of that move, +0.11 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and -0.51 pp from the share price ($51.46 on Jun 16, 2026 → $56.22 on Sep 14, 2026). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.
Yield vs Its Own History
Across 288 daily observations over the past 16 months (through Sep 11, 2026), MAIN's current yield is higher than approximately 76% of them. Our stored price history for MAIN covers the past 16 months; 3- and 5-year averages are not yet computable from it and are deliberately not shown.
Adjusted Price History
Dividend History
Dividend Payment History
Ex-dividend calendar →| Amount | Type | Declared | Ex-Date | Record | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.2650 M | Regular | Aug 03, 2026 | Dec 08, 2026 | Dec 08, 2026 | Dec 15, 2026 |
| $0.2650 M | Regular | Aug 03, 2026 | Nov 06, 2026 | Nov 06, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
| $0.2650 M | Regular | Aug 03, 2026 | Oct 08, 2026 | Oct 08, 2026 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| $0.3000 I | Regular | Aug 03, 2026 | Sep 21, 2026 | Sep 21, 2026 | Sep 28, 2026 |
| $0.2650 M | Regular | May 04, 2026 | Sep 08, 2026 | Sep 08, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| $0.2650 M | Regular | May 04, 2026 | Aug 07, 2026 | Aug 07, 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 |
| $0.2650 M | Regular | May 04, 2026 | Jul 08, 2026 | Jul 08, 2026 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| $0.3000 I | Regular | May 04, 2026 | Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 29, 2026 |
| $0.2600 M | Regular | Feb 24, 2026 | Jun 08, 2026 | Jun 08, 2026 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| $0.2600 M | Regular | Feb 24, 2026 | May 08, 2026 | May 08, 2026 | May 15, 2026 |
| $0.2600 M | Regular | Feb 24, 2026 | Apr 08, 2026 | Apr 08, 2026 | Apr 15, 2026 |
| $0.3000 I | Regular | Feb 23, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | Mar 27, 2026 |
| $0.2600 M | Regular | Nov 03, 2025 | Mar 06, 2026 | Mar 06, 2026 | Mar 13, 2026 |
| $0.2600 M | Regular | Nov 03, 2025 | Feb 06, 2026 | Feb 06, 2026 | Feb 13, 2026 |
| $0.2600 M | Regular | Nov 03, 2025 | Jan 08, 2026 | Jan 08, 2026 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| $0.3000 I | Regular | Nov 03, 2025 | Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 |
| $0.2550 M | Regular | Aug 04, 2025 | Dec 08, 2025 | Dec 08, 2025 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| $0.2550 M | Regular | Aug 04, 2025 | Nov 07, 2025 | Nov 07, 2025 | Nov 14, 2025 |
| $0.2550 M | Regular | Aug 04, 2025 | Oct 08, 2025 | Oct 08, 2025 | Oct 15, 2025 |
| $0.3000 I | Regular | Aug 04, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | Sep 26, 2025 |
| $0.2550 M | Regular | May 05, 2025 | Sep 08, 2025 | Sep 08, 2025 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| $0.2550 M | Regular | May 05, 2025 | Aug 08, 2025 | Aug 08, 2025 | Aug 15, 2025 |
| $0.2550 M | Regular | May 05, 2025 | Jul 08, 2025 | Jul 08, 2025 | Jul 15, 2025 |
| $0.3000 S | Regular | May 05, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 27, 2025 |
| $0.2500 M | Regular | Feb 24, 2025 | Jun 06, 2025 | Jun 06, 2025 | Jun 13, 2025 |
| $0.2500 M | Regular | Feb 24, 2025 | May 08, 2025 | May 08, 2025 | May 15, 2025 |
| $0.2500 M | Regular | Feb 24, 2025 | Apr 08, 2025 | Apr 08, 2025 | Apr 15, 2025 |
| $0.3000 S | Regular | Feb 24, 2025 | Mar 20, 2025 | Mar 20, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 |
| $0.2500 M | Regular | Nov 05, 2024 | Mar 07, 2025 | Mar 07, 2025 | Mar 14, 2025 |
| $0.2500 M | Regular | Nov 05, 2024 | Feb 07, 2025 | Feb 07, 2025 | Feb 14, 2025 |
| $0.2500 M | Regular | Nov 04, 2024 | Jan 08, 2025 | Jan 08, 2025 | Jan 15, 2025 |
| $0.3000 S | Regular | Nov 05, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 27, 2024 |
| $0.2450 M | Regular | Aug 05, 2024 | Dec 06, 2024 | Dec 06, 2024 | Dec 13, 2024 |
| $0.2450 M | Regular | Aug 05, 2024 | Nov 08, 2024 | Nov 08, 2024 | Nov 15, 2024 |
| $0.2450 M | Regular | Aug 05, 2024 | Oct 08, 2024 | Oct 08, 2024 | Oct 15, 2024 |
| $0.3000 S | Regular | Aug 05, 2024 | Sep 20, 2024 | Sep 20, 2024 | Sep 27, 2024 |
| $0.2450 M | Regular | May 06, 2024 | Sep 06, 2024 | Sep 06, 2024 | Sep 13, 2024 |
| $0.2450 M | Regular | May 06, 2024 | Aug 08, 2024 | Aug 08, 2024 | Aug 15, 2024 |
| $0.2450 M | Regular | May 06, 2024 | Jul 08, 2024 | Jul 08, 2024 | Jul 15, 2024 |
| $0.3000 S | Regular | May 06, 2024 | Jun 21, 2024 | Jun 21, 2024 | Jun 27, 2024 |
| $0.2400 M | Regular | Feb 20, 2024 | Jun 07, 2024 | Jun 07, 2024 | Jun 14, 2024 |
| $0.2400 M | Regular | Feb 20, 2024 | May 07, 2024 | May 08, 2024 | May 15, 2024 |
| $0.2400 M | Regular | Feb 20, 2024 | Apr 05, 2024 | Apr 08, 2024 | Apr 15, 2024 |
| $0.3000 S | Regular | Feb 20, 2024 | Mar 19, 2024 | Mar 20, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 |
| $0.2400 M | Regular | Nov 01, 2023 | Mar 07, 2024 | Mar 08, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 |
| $0.2400 M | Regular | Nov 01, 2023 | Feb 07, 2024 | Feb 08, 2024 | Feb 15, 2024 |
| $0.2400 I | Regular | Oct 31, 2023 | Jan 04, 2024 | Jan 05, 2024 | Jan 12, 2024 |
| $0.2750 S | Regular | Nov 01, 2023 | Dec 19, 2023 | Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 |
| $0.2350 S | Regular | Aug 01, 2023 | Dec 07, 2023 | Dec 08, 2023 | Dec 15, 2023 |
| $0.2350 M | Regular | Aug 01, 2023 | Nov 07, 2023 | Nov 08, 2023 | Nov 15, 2023 |
| $0.2350 M | Regular | Aug 01, 2023 | Oct 05, 2023 | Oct 06, 2023 | Oct 13, 2023 |
| $0.2750 S | Regular | Aug 01, 2023 | Sep 19, 2023 | Sep 20, 2023 | Sep 27, 2023 |
| $0.2300 M | Regular | May 01, 2023 | Sep 07, 2023 | Sep 08, 2023 | Sep 15, 2023 |
| $0.2300 M | Regular | May 01, 2023 | Aug 07, 2023 | Aug 08, 2023 | Aug 15, 2023 |
| $0.2300 M | Regular | May 01, 2023 | Jul 06, 2023 | Jul 07, 2023 | Jul 14, 2023 |
| $0.2250 S | Regular | May 01, 2023 | Jun 20, 2023 | Jun 21, 2023 | Jun 28, 2023 |
| $0.2250 M | Regular | Feb 21, 2023 | Jun 07, 2023 | Jun 08, 2023 | Jun 15, 2023 |
| $0.2250 M | Regular | Feb 21, 2023 | May 05, 2023 | May 08, 2023 | May 15, 2023 |
| $0.2250 M | Regular | Feb 21, 2023 | Apr 05, 2023 | Apr 07, 2023 | Apr 14, 2023 |
| $0.1750 S | Regular | Feb 21, 2023 | Mar 20, 2023 | Mar 21, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| $0.2250 M | Regular | Nov 01, 2022 | Mar 07, 2023 | Mar 08, 2023 | Mar 15, 2023 |
| $0.2250 M | Regular | Nov 01, 2022 | Feb 07, 2023 | Feb 08, 2023 | Feb 15, 2023 |
| $0.2250 W | Regular | Nov 01, 2022 | Jan 05, 2023 | Jan 06, 2023 | Jan 13, 2023 |
| $0.1000 S | Regular | Nov 01, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | Dec 20, 2022 | Dec 28, 2022 |
| $0.2200 M | Regular | Aug 01, 2022 | Dec 07, 2022 | Dec 08, 2022 | Dec 15, 2022 |
| $0.2200 M | Regular | Aug 01, 2022 | Nov 07, 2022 | Nov 08, 2022 | Nov 15, 2022 |
| $0.2200 M | Regular | Aug 01, 2022 | Oct 06, 2022 | Oct 07, 2022 | Oct 14, 2022 |
| $0.1000 S | Regular | Aug 01, 2022 | Sep 19, 2022 | Sep 20, 2022 | Sep 27, 2022 |
| $0.2150 M | Regular | May 02, 2022 | Sep 01, 2022 | Sep 02, 2022 | Sep 15, 2022 |
| $0.2150 M | Regular | May 02, 2022 | Aug 01, 2022 | Aug 02, 2022 | Aug 15, 2022 |
| $0.2150 I | Regular | May 02, 2022 | Jul 01, 2022 | Jul 05, 2022 | Jul 15, 2022 |
| $0.0750 M | Regular | May 02, 2022 | Jun 21, 2022 | Jun 22, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 |
| $0.2150 I | Regular | Feb 23, 2022 | Jun 01, 2022 | Jun 02, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 |
| $0.2150 M | Regular | Feb 23, 2022 | May 02, 2022 | May 03, 2022 | May 13, 2022 |
| $0.2150 M | Regular | Feb 23, 2022 | Apr 01, 2022 | Apr 04, 2022 | Apr 14, 2022 |
| $0.0750 S | Regular | Feb 23, 2022 | Mar 21, 2022 | Mar 22, 2022 | Mar 30, 2022 |
| $0.2150 M | Regular | Nov 01, 2021 | Mar 01, 2022 | Mar 02, 2022 | Mar 15, 2022 |
| $0.2150 M | Regular | Nov 01, 2021 | Feb 01, 2022 | Feb 02, 2022 | Feb 15, 2022 |
| $0.2150 I | Regular | Nov 01, 2021 | Jan 03, 2022 | Jan 04, 2022 | Jan 14, 2022 |
| $0.1000 S | Regular | Nov 01, 2021 | Dec 21, 2021 | Dec 22, 2021 | Dec 30, 2021 |
| $0.2100 M | Regular | Aug 02, 2021 | Nov 23, 2021 | Nov 24, 2021 | Dec 15, 2021 |
| $0.2100 M | Regular | Aug 03, 2021 | Oct 28, 2021 | Oct 29, 2021 | Nov 15, 2021 |
| $0.2100 M | Regular | Aug 02, 2021 | Sep 28, 2021 | Sep 29, 2021 | Oct 15, 2021 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | May 03, 2021 | Aug 26, 2021 | Aug 27, 2021 | Sep 15, 2021 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | May 03, 2021 | Jul 28, 2021 | Jul 29, 2021 | Aug 13, 2021 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | May 03, 2021 | Jun 28, 2021 | Jun 29, 2021 | Jul 15, 2021 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | Feb 23, 2021 | May 27, 2021 | May 28, 2021 | Jun 15, 2021 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | Feb 23, 2021 | Apr 28, 2021 | Apr 29, 2021 | May 14, 2021 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | Feb 23, 2021 | Mar 26, 2021 | Mar 29, 2021 | Apr 15, 2021 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | Nov 03, 2020 | Feb 25, 2021 | Feb 26, 2021 | Mar 15, 2021 |
| $0.2050 I | Regular | Nov 03, 2020 | Jan 28, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | Feb 12, 2021 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | Nov 03, 2020 | Jan 04, 2021 | Jan 05, 2021 | Jan 15, 2021 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | Aug 03, 2020 | Nov 24, 2020 | Nov 25, 2020 | Dec 15, 2020 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | Aug 03, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | Oct 29, 2020 | Nov 13, 2020 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | Aug 03, 2020 | Sep 28, 2020 | Sep 29, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | May 04, 2020 | Aug 18, 2020 | Aug 19, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | May 04, 2020 | Jul 17, 2020 | Jul 20, 2020 | Aug 14, 2020 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | May 04, 2020 | Jun 17, 2020 | Jun 18, 2020 | Jul 15, 2020 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | Feb 25, 2020 | May 19, 2020 | May 20, 2020 | Jun 15, 2020 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | Feb 25, 2020 | Apr 17, 2020 | Apr 20, 2020 | May 15, 2020 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | Feb 25, 2020 | Mar 17, 2020 | Mar 18, 2020 | Apr 15, 2020 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | Nov 04, 2019 | Feb 19, 2020 | Feb 20, 2020 | Mar 13, 2020 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | Nov 04, 2019 | Jan 21, 2020 | Jan 22, 2020 | Feb 14, 2020 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | Nov 04, 2019 | Dec 27, 2019 | Dec 30, 2019 | Jan 15, 2020 |
| $0.2400 S | Regular | Oct 16, 2019 | Dec 12, 2019 | Dec 13, 2019 | Dec 26, 2019 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | Aug 05, 2019 | Nov 19, 2019 | Nov 20, 2019 | Dec 11, 2019 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | Aug 05, 2019 | Oct 17, 2019 | Oct 18, 2019 | Nov 15, 2019 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | Aug 05, 2019 | Sep 18, 2019 | Sep 19, 2019 | Oct 15, 2019 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | May 07, 2019 | Aug 19, 2019 | Aug 20, 2019 | Sep 16, 2019 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | May 07, 2019 | Jul 17, 2019 | Jul 18, 2019 | Aug 15, 2019 |
| $0.2050 M | Regular | May 06, 2019 | Jun 27, 2019 | Jun 28, 2019 | Jul 15, 2019 |
| $0.2500 S | Regular | Apr 24, 2019 | Jun 17, 2019 | Jun 18, 2019 | Jun 25, 2019 |
| $0.2000 M | Regular | Feb 26, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | May 20, 2019 | Jun 14, 2019 |
| $0.2000 M | Regular | Feb 26, 2019 | Apr 17, 2019 | Apr 18, 2019 | May 15, 2019 |
| $0.2000 M | Regular | Feb 26, 2019 | Mar 19, 2019 | Mar 20, 2019 | Apr 15, 2019 |
| $0.1950 M | Regular | Oct 30, 2018 | Feb 20, 2019 | Feb 21, 2019 | Mar 15, 2019 |
| $0.1950 M | Regular | Oct 30, 2018 | Jan 17, 2019 | Jan 18, 2019 | Feb 15, 2019 |
| $0.1950 M | Regular | Oct 30, 2018 | Dec 28, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Jan 15, 2019 |
| $0.2750 S | Regular | Oct 10, 2018 | Dec 17, 2018 | Dec 18, 2018 | Dec 27, 2018 |
| $0.1950 M | Regular | Jul 31, 2018 | Nov 19, 2018 | Nov 20, 2018 | Dec 14, 2018 |
Peer Comparison
Selected Asset Management dividend payers we cover, strongest DividendRank first — for context, not a recommendation.
| Ticker | Name | Yield | 5-Yr Growth | Streak | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOR | Source Capital, Inc. | 5.42% | 8.8% | 0 yrs | 87 |
| CGI.TO | Canadian General Investments, Limited | 2.36% | 5.2% | 7 yrs | 83 |
| CGRIF | Canadian General Investments, Limited | 2.27% | 4.1% | 2 yrs | 79 |
| TROW | T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 4.89% | 7.1% | 3 yrs | 74 |
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MAIN dividend — frequently asked questions
Does Main Street Capital Corporation pay a dividend?
Yes. Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $3.18 per share, a yield of approximately 5.66%.
What is Main Street Capital Corporation's dividend yield?
Main Street Capital Corporation's dividend yield is approximately 5.66%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.
How often does Main Street Capital Corporation pay dividends?
Main Street Capital Corporation pays dividends monthly — 12 times per year.
When is Main Street Capital Corporation's next ex-dividend date?
The next ex-dividend date on record for Main Street Capital Corporation is September 21, 2026. The associated payment is $0.3000 per share; you must own the shares before the ex-dividend date to receive it.
How long has Main Street Capital Corporation paid dividends?
Main Street Capital Corporation has 19 years of dividend payments on record, and has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.
Data updated Sep 14, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.