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MAIN Main Street Capital (MAIN) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Funds & Trusts · Registered investment company · CIK 0001396440
C-suite buying · 1Form 144 · 1
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
0
13F, latest reported quarter

What the filings say about MAIN

Insiders, 180 days
-$2.3M net sold
1 buyer · 2 sellers · 0% of sales under a 10b5-1 plan
Planned sales (Form 144), 90 days
$2.0M
1 notice

Main Street Capital insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

Over the last 180 days, Main Street Capital CORP insiders sold a net $2.3M of stock across 31 Form 4 purchases and sales, with 1 insider buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
EVP AND COO
SELL
2026-08-24 SECtraded 2026-08-21
35,000
$2.0M
-8.0%
Context
  • 2 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (2 sales), the last on Jun 27, 2025.
  • The trade is 15.0% of the 232,568 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
Insider activity: EVP AND COO Morris Jesse E sold about $2.0M of MAIN on Aug 21, 2026, the largest insider sale at the company since 2025.
VP, CAO & Assistant Treasurer
BUY
2026-08-14 SECtraded 2026-08-13
500
$29.5K
-7.8%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 buy), the last on May 16, 2025.
  • The trade is 2.4% of the 20,597 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: VP, CAO & Assistant Treasurer McHugh Ryan bought about $29.5K of MAIN on Aug 13, 2026, the largest insider purchase at the company since 2025.
VP, CAO & Assistant Treasurer
BUY
2026-08-14 SECtraded 2026-08-13
2,050
$121.0K
-7.8%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 buy), the last on May 16, 2025.
  • The trade is 9.1% of the 22,647 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: VP, CAO & Assistant Treasurer McHugh Ryan bought about $121.0K of MAIN on Aug 13, 2026, the largest insider purchase at the company since 2025.
EVP, GC, SECRETARY
SELL
2026-06-30 SEC
6,830
$353.3K
+3.5%
Context
  • 7 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (7 sales), the last on Jun 27, 2025.
  • The trade is 3.5% of the 196,184 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
Insider activity: EVP, GC, SECRETARY Beauvais Jason B sold about $353.3K of MAIN on Jun 30, 2026.
MANAGING DIRECTOR
SELL
2025-08-14 SEC
14,000
$940.1K
-13.0%
Context
  • 4 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (4 sales), the last on Dec 10, 2024.
  • The trade is 17.0% of the 82,382 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
Insider activity: MANAGING DIRECTOR Meserve Nicholas sold about $940.1K of MAIN on Aug 14, 2025.
31 transactions on record
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
net -$2.3M over 180 days
-$1.9M over 90 days
below 95% of Funds & Trusts
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
under five funds report holding it
Revenue
no revenue reported in any filing
Margin
no margin: no revenue reported
Buybacks
no share repurchases reported
Short interest
10.7% of the float short (float per yahoo 2026-10-26) · 20.1 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
the highest in Funds & Trusts
What changed in the last 30 days
Nothing new filed in the last 30 days

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
-1.5%12M
-10%-2%+6%+14%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10 2026-08-21 · Morris Jesse E sold $2.0M2026-06-30 · Beauvais Jason B sold $353.3K2026-08-13 · McHugh Ryan bought $121.0K2026-08-13 · McHugh Ryan bought $29.5K2026-08-21 · Jesse E. Morris filed to sell $2.0M2026-06-30 · Jason B. Beauvais filed to sell $352.2K
Insider buyInsider sellForm 144 (planned sale)
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Who owns MAIN: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
SEC 13F
No reported 13F holders

No fund above the reporting threshold listed this stock last quarter. That is a fact, not missing data.

Congress trades in MAIN

No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

MAIN planned insider sales (Form 144)

Notice of intent to sell, filed before any sale
Jesse E. Morris
Filed 2026-08-21
$2.0M
Jason B. Beauvais
Filed 2026-06-30
$352.2K
Executive pay vs shareholder return · Dwayne L. Hyzak
CEO pay, headline and as actually paid, against the company's return and its chosen peers' (DEF 14A).
FY
CEO total
Actually paid
Other execs, avg
TSR
Peer TSR
2025
$8.8M
$9.8M
$4.5M
+175%
+4%
2024
$8.2M
$11.2M
$4.3M
+148%
+21%
2023
$7.8M
$9.1M
$5.3M
+69%
+16%
2022
$7.1M
$6.5M
$5.2M
+32%
+2%
2021
$5.0M
$6.3M
$2.9M
+48%
+25%
Tagged by the company under SEC Item 402(v). Returns are cumulative from the start of the disclosure period. Green where the company beat its own peer group.
Live price
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Why this name is on the desk
Insiders have filed to sell, before selling.
The record shows a net $2.3M sold by insiders over 180 days, $2.0M in planned Form 144 sales. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
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MAIN financials

Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of revenue filed
Net margin, TTM
n/a
needs four consecutive quarters of both revenue and net income
Free cash flow, TTM
n/a
capex not filed for the four quarters
Debt to equity
0.80x
long-term debt only, 2026-06-30; equity 2026-06-30
Cash flow to debt
-0.06x
TTM operating cash flow over long-term debt only, 2026-06-30
Return on equity
+14.9%
TTM net income over average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30
Return on assets
+8.0%
TTM net income over average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30
Return on invested capital
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
Return on capital employed
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
P/E, trailing
13.61x
close 2026-10-26 over four quarters of diluted EPS, 2025-04-01 to 2026-03-31
Enterprise value
$7.5B
market value at close 2026-10-26 on 2026-08-06 shares, plus long-term debt only, 2026-06-30, minus cash 2026-06-30
FCF yield
n/a
capex not filed for the four quarters
PEG, trailing
13.20x
P/E over trailing EPS growth of 1%: four quarters to 2026-03-31 against the four to 2025-03-31
Price as of 2026-10-26. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
2025-122024-122023-122022-12
Net income$493.4M$508.1M$428.4M$241.6M
EPS (diluted)3.953.934.043.29
Operating cash flow-$45.7M-$87.1M$285.3M-$246.9M
Cash$42.0M$78.3M$60.1M$49.1M
Long-term debt$2.5B$2.1B$1.8B$2.0B
Dividends paid$378.0M$356.8M$302.9M$192.3M
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-28

MAIN Stock Sonar score 4/7 axes

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MAIN ranks highest on profitability (93rd percentile) and financial health (31st), and lowest on risk and compliance (1st), among Funds & Trusts peers.

Profitability
93
Inputs
  • Return on equity+14.9% · 94 pct, sector of 37
  • Return on assets+8.0% · 92 pct, sector of 38
  • Return on invested capitalfewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
  • Return on capital employedfewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
Financial health
31
Inputs
  • Debt to equity0.80x · 32 pct, universe of 3,589
  • Cash flow to debt-0.06x · 31 pct, sector of 30
Insider conviction
9
Inputs
  • Net Form 4 buying (codes P and S), 180d-$2.3M · 4 pct, sector of 142
  • Insider buyers, 180d1 · 14 pct, sector of 142
Risk and compliance
0
Inputs
  • Short interest, % of float+10.7% · 0 pct, sector of 46
  • Recalls per $1B revenue, 3yrevenue under $50M or not filed, so a count cannot be scaled to size
  • EPA cases per $1B revenue, 5yrevenue under $50M or not filed, so a count cannot be scaled to size
  • New text in Risk Factors, latest 10-Kneeds two 10-Ks with a Risk Factors section (not 20-F filers or stubs)
3 not measured: Growth, Institutional and government, US patents
  • Growth needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog; no revenue for this year and the year before
  • Institutional and government needs 1 of 4 inputs, 0 present: fewer than five funds report holding it; no Congress trades in 365 days; no federal contracts in 180 days; no lobbying filings in the last four quarters
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

4 of 7 axes scored. Each is a percentile against sector peers (all companies when the sector is thin); higher is better. An unscored axis is unmeasured, not low. How it is scored

MAIN filings, in plain words

Are Main Street Capital insiders buying or selling MAIN?

In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, Main Street Capital insiders were net sellers, a net $2.3M: $150.6K of purchases and $2.4M of sales reported on Form 4, by 1 buyer and 2 sellers.

Are there planned insider sales of MAIN?

Yes. 1 Form 144 notice of planned insider sales was filed in the 90 days to 2026-10-28, covering $2.0M of stock; the latest, by Jesse E. Morris, was filed 2026-08-21.

Read the full summary

In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, Main Street Capital insiders were net sellers of MAIN, a net $2.3M across purchases and sales reported on Form 4 by 1 buyer and 2 sellers. Sales outweighed purchases more than tenfold by value. Insiders filed 1 Form 144 notice of intent to sell in the 90 days to 2026-10-28, covering $2.0M of stock. Each figure is counted from SEC and House filings as of 2026-10-28, dated the day the filing was made public.

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