Main Street Capital (MAIN) Return on Assets [ROA] (2022 - 2026)
Main Street Capital (MAIN) reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 0.20% for Q1 2026, down 0.07 percentage points from 0.27% a year earlier and down 0.02 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Main Street Capital (MAIN) Return on Assets [ROA] (2022 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Dating back to Q4 2022, Main Street Capital's Return on Assets [ROA] record includes 14 quarters.
- Return on Assets [ROA] has a three-year change of +0.49 percentage points (FY2022 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 0.31% in FY2024 (-0.01 pp), 0.33% in FY2023 (+0.61 pp) and -0.29% in FY2022.
- The Q1 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q3 2023.
- Year over year, Return on Assets [ROA] has now declined in each of the last six quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.08 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Assets [ROA] in five years was Q3 2024 (a gain of 1.09 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2025 (a drop of 0.54 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q1 2026 came in at 0.22% (Q4 2025), 0.23% (Q3 2025) and 0.24% (Q2 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocket Companies | 43.26 Bn | 28.94 Bn | - | 0.78% |
| 2 | Orix | 42.40 Bn | 42.90 Bn | - | 3.61% |
| 3 | Royalty Pharma | 33.56 Bn | 33.47 Bn | - | 6.81% |
| 4 | Federal National Mortgage Association Fannie Mae | 24.47 Bn | 24.47 Bn | - | 0.35% |
| 5 | Affirm Holdings | 23.34 Bn | 17.03 Bn | - | 13.34% |
| 6 | Synchrony Financial | 23.06 Bn | -44.91 Bn | - | 2.89% |
| 7 | Royal Gold | 19.98 Bn | 19.21 Bn | 390.45 Mn | 7.87% |
| 8 | Annaly Capital Management | 14.18 Bn | 5.27 Bn | - | 2.11% |
| 9 | Ares Capital | 13.71 Bn | 11.15 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Main Street Capital | 5.14 Bn | 4.99 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.20% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.22% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.23% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.24% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.27% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.29% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.77% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.65% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.49% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.32% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -0.32% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -0.24% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -0.31% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.27% |
API Access
Main Street Capital Return on Assets [ROA] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=MAIN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "MAIN", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=MAIN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();