Main Street Capital (MAIN) FCF Payout Ratio (2021 - 2026)

Main Street Capital (MAIN) recorded quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.63 in Q1 2026, down 61.99% quarter-over-quarter from 0.39 in Q4 2025, and up 84.56% on a YoY basis from 0.34 in Q1 2025.

Main Street Capital (MAIN) FCF Payout Ratio (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Main Street Capital's FCF Payout Ratio history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.63 for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 84.56% year-over-year to 0.63; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 2.1 (down 106.79% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 7.42, down 101.82% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.63 for Q1 2026 at Main Street Capital, down from 0.39 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 4.92 in Q4 2022 to a low of 4.11 in Q1 2025.
  • Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.72 across 5 years, with a median of 0.57 in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: FCF Payout Ratio jumped 3907.05% in 2022, then tumbled 520.61% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 4.92 in 2022, then plunged by 90.13% to 0.49 in 2023, then advanced by 16.74% to 0.57 in 2024, then tumbled by 169.19% to 0.39 in 2025, then tumbled by 61.99% to 0.63 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.63 (Q1 2026), 0.39 (Q4 2025), and 0.94 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 163.18 Bn 153.56 Bn - -
2 Blackstone 96.85 Bn 95.80 Bn - 0.37
3 Kkr 86.45 Bn 133.96 Bn - 0.10
4 Apollo Global Management 82.30 Bn 101.04 Bn 5.04 Bn 0.18
5 State Street 46.95 Bn 21.27 Bn - -0.02
6 Ameriprise Financial 43.65 Bn 43.52 Bn 4.57 Bn 0.34
7 Northern Trust 31.92 Bn 31.92 Bn - -0.45
8 Raymond James Financial 30.62 Bn 19.37 Bn - 0.10
9 Ares Management 29.04 Bn 32.41 Bn - 0.21
10 Main Street Capital 4.62 Bn 4.62 Bn - -0.63

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.63
Dec 31, 2025 -0.39
Sep 30, 2025 0.94
Jun 30, 2025 0.82
Mar 31, 2025 -4.11
Dec 31, 2024 0.57
Sep 30, 2024 1.12
Jun 30, 2024 -0.42
Mar 31, 2024 -0.66
Dec 31, 2023 0.49
Sep 30, 2023 0.86
Jun 30, 2023 2.37
Mar 31, 2023 2.98
Dec 31, 2022 4.92
Sep 30, 2022 -0.22
Jun 30, 2022 4.64
Mar 31, 2022 -0.94
Dec 31, 2021 -0.13