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MAIN STREET CAPITAL CORPORATION (NYSE: MAIN)
Last Trade
4:00 p.m. - 55.10
Change
 0.34 ( 0.62%)
Shares Traded
11,555
Day's Volume
576,773
Book Value
NA
Price/Book
NA
Beta
0.7344
Day's Range
54.365 - 55.10
Prev Close
54.76
Open
54.95
52 Wk Range
48.95 - 65.23
EPS
4.98
PE
11.06
Monthly Div/Shr
0.265
Ex-Div
10/08/26
Yield
5.77%
Shares Out.
92.99M
Market Cap.
5.12B
  • 1 Year Stock Performance:

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