MAIN Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Gladstone Investment has a net margin of 83.2% compared to Main Street Capital's net margin of 99.99%. Main Street Capital's return on equity of 19.26% beat Gladstone Investment's return on equity of 13.51%.

Main Street Capital has a consensus price target of $55.75, signalling downside risk potential of -12.21%. On the other hand Gladstone Investment has an analysts' consensus of $13.92 which suggests that it could fall by -1.3%. Given that Main Street Capital has more downside risk than Gladstone Investment, analysts believe Gladstone Investment is more attractive than Main Street Capital.

Main Street Capital has a beta of 0.820, which suggesting that the stock is 18.039% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Gladstone Investment has a beta of 0.876, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 12.355%.

Main Street Capital has a quarterly dividend of $0.26 per share corresponding to a yield of 4.69%. Gladstone Investment offers a yield of 6.81% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share. Main Street Capital pays 63.07% of its earnings as a dividend. Gladstone Investment pays out 93.31% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Main Street Capital quarterly revenues are $139.5M, which are larger than Gladstone Investment quarterly revenues of $16.8M. Main Street Capital's net income of $116.1M is higher than Gladstone Investment's net income of $17.9M. Notably, Main Street Capital's price-to-earnings ratio is 10.78x while Gladstone Investment's PE ratio is 7.92x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Main Street Capital is 9.16x versus 8.40x for Gladstone Investment. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 83.2% compared to Main Street Capital's net margin of 95.41%. Main Street Capital's return on equity of 19.26% beat MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity of 8.33%.

Main Street Capital has a consensus price target of $55.75, signalling downside risk potential of -12.21%. On the other hand MidCap Financial Investment has an analysts' consensus of $13.88 which suggests that it could grow by 4.88%. Given that MidCap Financial Investment has higher upside potential than Main Street Capital, analysts believe MidCap Financial Investment is more attractive than Main Street Capital.

Main Street Capital has a beta of 0.820, which suggesting that the stock is 18.039% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 0.977, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 2.263%.

Main Street Capital has a quarterly dividend of $0.26 per share corresponding to a yield of 4.69%. MidCap Financial Investment offers a yield of 11.49% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.38 per share. Main Street Capital pays 63.07% of its earnings as a dividend. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 141.29% of its earnings as a dividend. Main Street Capital's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but MidCap Financial Investment's is not.

Main Street Capital quarterly revenues are $139.5M, which are larger than MidCap Financial Investment quarterly revenues of $31.8M. Main Street Capital's net income of $116.1M is higher than MidCap Financial Investment's net income of $30.3M. Notably, Main Street Capital's price-to-earnings ratio is 10.78x while MidCap Financial Investment's PE ratio is 10.84x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Main Street Capital is 9.16x versus 9.92x for MidCap Financial Investment. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Oaktree Specialty Lending has a net margin of 83.2% compared to Main Street Capital's net margin of 90.2%. Main Street Capital's return on equity of 19.26% beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's return on equity of 0.61%.

Main Street Capital has a consensus price target of $55.75, signalling downside risk potential of -12.21%. On the other hand Oaktree Specialty Lending has an analysts' consensus of $14.08 which suggests that it could fall by -2.54%. Given that Main Street Capital has more downside risk than Oaktree Specialty Lending, analysts believe Oaktree Specialty Lending is more attractive than Main Street Capital.

Main Street Capital has a beta of 0.820, which suggesting that the stock is 18.039% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 0.686, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 31.445%.

Main Street Capital has a quarterly dividend of $0.26 per share corresponding to a yield of 4.69%. Oaktree Specialty Lending offers a yield of 13.77% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.42 per share. Main Street Capital pays 63.07% of its earnings as a dividend. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays out 305.35% of its earnings as a dividend. Main Street Capital's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but Oaktree Specialty Lending's is not.

Main Street Capital quarterly revenues are $139.5M, which are larger than Oaktree Specialty Lending quarterly revenues of -$40.2M. Main Street Capital's net income of $116.1M is higher than Oaktree Specialty Lending's net income of -$36.2M. Notably, Main Street Capital's price-to-earnings ratio is 10.78x while Oaktree Specialty Lending's PE ratio is 111.15x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Main Street Capital is 9.16x versus 22.13x for Oaktree Specialty Lending. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

SLR Investment has a net margin of 83.2% compared to Main Street Capital's net margin of 90.08%. Main Street Capital's return on equity of 19.26% beat SLR Investment's return on equity of 8.85%.

Main Street Capital has a consensus price target of $55.75, signalling downside risk potential of -12.21%. On the other hand SLR Investment has an analysts' consensus of $16.58 which suggests that it could grow by 1.13%. Given that SLR Investment has higher upside potential than Main Street Capital, analysts believe SLR Investment is more attractive than Main Street Capital.

Main Street Capital has a beta of 0.820, which suggesting that the stock is 18.039% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison SLR Investment has a beta of 0.731, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 26.908%.

Main Street Capital has a quarterly dividend of $0.26 per share corresponding to a yield of 4.69%. SLR Investment offers a yield of 10.01% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.41 per share. Main Street Capital pays 63.07% of its earnings as a dividend. SLR Investment pays out 93.43% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Main Street Capital quarterly revenues are $139.5M, which are larger than SLR Investment quarterly revenues of $22.1M. Main Street Capital's net income of $116.1M is higher than SLR Investment's net income of $19.9M. Notably, Main Street Capital's price-to-earnings ratio is 10.78x while SLR Investment's PE ratio is 10.12x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Main Street Capital is 9.16x versus 9.22x for SLR Investment. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.