MAIN Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Fidus Investment has a net margin of 83.2% compared to Main Street Capital's net margin of 81.75%. Main Street Capital's return on equity of 19.26% beat Fidus Investment's return on equity of 11.98%.

Main Street Capital has a consensus price target of $54.33, signalling downside risk potential of -5.93%. On the other hand Fidus Investment has an analysts' consensus of $21.25 which suggests that it could grow by 8.75%. Given that Fidus Investment has higher upside potential than Main Street Capital, analysts believe Fidus Investment is more attractive than Main Street Capital.

Main Street Capital has a beta of 0.819, which suggesting that the stock is 18.129% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Fidus Investment has a beta of 0.935, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 6.54%.

Main Street Capital has a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share corresponding to a yield of 5.14%. Fidus Investment offers a yield of 11.57% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.54 per share. Main Street Capital pays 63.07% of its earnings as a dividend. Fidus Investment pays out 100.1% 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 Fidus Investment's is not.

Main Street Capital quarterly revenues are $139.5M, which are larger than Fidus Investment quarterly revenues of $24M. Main Street Capital's net income of $116.1M is higher than Fidus Investment's net income of $19.7M. Notably, Main Street Capital's price-to-earnings ratio is 9.81x while Fidus Investment's PE ratio is 8.35x. 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 8.34x versus 7.04x for Fidus Investment. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

MSC Income Fund has a net margin of 83.2% compared to Main Street Capital's net margin of --. Main Street Capital's return on equity of 19.26% beat MSC Income Fund's return on equity of --.

Main Street Capital has a consensus price target of $54.33, signalling downside risk potential of -5.93%. On the other hand MSC Income Fund has an analysts' consensus of $17.50 which suggests that it could grow by 2.22%. Given that MSC Income Fund has higher upside potential than Main Street Capital, analysts believe MSC Income Fund is more attractive than Main Street Capital.

Main Street Capital has a beta of 0.819, which suggesting that the stock is 18.129% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison MSC Income Fund has a beta of 0.000, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 100%.

Main Street Capital has a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share corresponding to a yield of 5.14%. MSC Income Fund offers a yield of 8.41% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share. Main Street Capital pays 63.07% of its earnings as a dividend. MSC Income Fund pays out -- of its earnings as a dividend. Main Street Capital's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Main Street Capital quarterly revenues are $139.5M, which are larger than MSC Income Fund quarterly revenues of --. Main Street Capital's net income of $116.1M is higher than MSC Income Fund's net income of --. Notably, Main Street Capital's price-to-earnings ratio is 9.81x while MSC Income Fund's PE ratio is --. 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 8.34x versus 19.88x for MSC Income Fund. 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 $54.33, signalling downside risk potential of -5.93%. On the other hand Oaktree Specialty Lending has an analysts' consensus of $14.08 which suggests that it could fall by -1.86%. 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 0.819, which suggesting that the stock is 18.129% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 0.706, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 29.353%.

Main Street Capital has a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share corresponding to a yield of 5.14%. Oaktree Specialty Lending offers a yield of 14.77% 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 9.81x while Oaktree Specialty Lending's PE ratio is 110.38x. 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 8.34x 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 $54.33, signalling downside risk potential of -5.93%. On the other hand SLR Investment has an analysts' consensus of $16.58 which suggests that it could grow by 1.63%. 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 0.819, which suggesting that the stock is 18.129% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison SLR Investment has a beta of 0.743, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 25.661%.

Main Street Capital has a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share corresponding to a yield of 5.14%. SLR Investment offers a yield of 10.06% 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 9.81x while SLR Investment's PE ratio is 10.07x. 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 8.34x versus 9.17x for SLR Investment. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.