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How Main Street Capital Corporation stacks up
MAIN · against 49 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Valuation
48/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #25 of 50 · scores higher than 51% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score6 peers with a valuation score of 40–49, including MAIN · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 48?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.A mix: stronger earnings yield, but weaker free cash flow yield than most Financial Services peers.
- Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. Free cash flow yield: -2.8% vs peer median 6.1%
- EBITDA yield is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
- higher earnings for the price paid: stronger than 67% of peers. Earnings yield: 8.6% vs peer median 5.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = MAIN, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | MAIN | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 72 reported | 8.8% | 5.4% | 73% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 42 reported | Not reported | 5.9% | — | — | 50% |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 35 reported | -2.8% | 6.5% | 9% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 73 reported | 60.2% | 50.8% | 58% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around MAIN| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21.2B BRL (≈$3.8B) | 96 | 66 | |
| 1 | 4.0B USD | 96 | 66 | |
| 3 | 3.2B USD | 94 | 66 | |
| 3 | 6.5B USD | 94 | 48 | |
| 5 | 5.3B GBP (≈$6.9B) | 92 | 79 | |
| 21 | 588.9B JPY (≈$4.0B) | 53 | 58 | |
| 22 | 9.6B USD | 52 | 73 | |
| 23 | 3.0B USD | 50 | 56 | |
| 24 | 6.5B AUD (≈$4.3B) | 49 | 61 | |
| 25 | 5.3B USD | 48 | 52 | |
| 26 | 3.4B EUR (≈$3.7B) | 47 | 39 | |
| 27 | 8.9B USD | 46 | 50 | |
| 28 | 8.4B USD | 45 | 63 | |
| 29 | 13.1B AUD (≈$8.6B) | 43 | 55 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score