Main Street Capital CORP (MAIN) Times Interest Earned (2023 - 2024)
Main Street Capital's Times Interest Earned was 1.11 in Q1 2026, up 0.7% from 1.10 a year earlier but down 0.2% from the prior quarter.
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Main Street Capital CORP (MAIN) Times Interest Earned (2023 - 2024) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Main Street Capital's Times Interest Earned was 1.12 through Mar 31, 2026, up 0.5% year-over-year.
- Times Interest Earned has now declined for three consecutive years.
- In earlier years, Times Interest Earned was 1.12 in FY2024 (-1.5%), 1.14 in FY2023 (-1.2%) and 1.15 in FY2022.
- Quarterly Times Interest Earned has moved between 1.09 (Q4 2024) and 1.16 (Q1 2024) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Times Interest Earned has increased for three straight quarters, with an average decline of 1.0% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Times Interest Earned over five years was Q3 2025 (growth of 2.1%); the worst was Q4 2024 (a decline of 5.2%).
- Per Business Quant data, MAIN's Times Interest Earned in the three quarters before Q1 2026 was 1.11 (Q4 2025), 1.12 (Q3 2025) and 1.11 (Q2 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.16 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.15 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.11 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.14 |
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Main Street Capital CORP Times Interest Earned API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=times-interest-earned&ticker=MAIN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "times-interest-earned", "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=times-interest-earned&ticker=MAIN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();