Main Street Capital CORP (MAIN) Shares Outstanding (Entity) (2021 - 2026)
Main Street Capital's Shares Outstanding (Entity) was 93.35 million in Q2 2026, up 4.6% from 89.28 million a year earlier and up 1.0% from the prior quarter.
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Main Street Capital CORP (MAIN) Shares Outstanding (Entity) (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Shares Outstanding (Entity) at Main Street Capital came in at 89.83 million, up 1.6% from FY2024.
- Shares Outstanding (Entity) has now increased for five consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 5.8% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Shares Outstanding (Entity) was 88.4 million in FY2024 (+4.2%), 84.83 million in FY2023 (+8.1%), 78.46 million in FY2022 (+11.0%) and 70.7 million in FY2021 (+4.3%).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Shares Outstanding (Entity) in data going back to Q3 2021.
- Compared with a year earlier, Shares Outstanding (Entity) has increased for 16 straight quarters, with growth averaging 3.6% over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year growth in Shares Outstanding (Entity) ran from 1.6% in Q4 2025 to 11.0% in Q4 2022.
- Per Business Quant data, MAIN's Shares Outstanding (Entity) in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 92.45 million (Q1 2026), 89.83 million (Q4 2025) and 89.54 million (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 93.35 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 92.45 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 89.83 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 89.54 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 89.28 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 88.66 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 88.40 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 88.06 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 86.55 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 85.14 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 84.83 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 83.68 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 81.03 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 79.77 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 78.46 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 76.16 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 73.91 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 72.37 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 70.70 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 69.41 Mn |
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Main Street Capital CORP Shares Outstanding (Entity) 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=shares-outstanding-entity&ticker=MAIN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "shares-outstanding-entity", "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=shares-outstanding-entity&ticker=MAIN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();