Main Street Capital Raises Dividends by 4%

By Chris Stiles • Tuesday, February 24 14:24 • Permanent Link

Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) has announced its regular monthly cash dividends of $0.26 per share for each of April, May, and June 2026, totaling $0.78 per share for the second quarter of 2026. This represents a 4.0% increase from the regular monthly dividends paid in the second quarter of 2025.

Additionally, a supplemental cash dividend of $0.30 per share payable in March 2026 has been declared, bringing the total dividends to $1.08 per share for the most recent period. This represents an annualized current yield of 7.6% based on the closing price of $56.78 per share on February 23, 2026.

Since its initial public offering in October 2007, Main Street has paid $49.015 per share in cumulative cash dividends. The company's dividend history shows periodic increases in the amount of its regular monthly dividends paid per share, with no reductions in the regular monthly dividend amount per share.

The company's dividend reinvestment and direct stock purchase plan (the “Plan”) provides registered stockholders with the option to reinvest dividends into additional shares of Main Street common stock.

Main Street Capital Corporation primarily provides customized long-term debt and equity capital solutions to lower middle market companies and debt capital to private companies owned by or in the process of being acquired by a private equity fund. Their portfolio investments are typically made to support various corporate activities, including management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancings, and acquisitions in diverse industry sectors. Today the company's shares have moved -0.37% to a price of $63.96. For more information, read the company's full 8-K submission here.

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