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Below is a table of the MAIN shares outstanding history going back to 3/9/2010:
Also see: MAIN Market Cap History MAIN YTD Return |
As of 8/6/2026 Main Street Capital has 93.51 million MAIN shares outstanding. Investors often track the MAIN shares outstanding history to compare shareholder return trends against the change in share count over time.
This page shows MAIN share count trends over time, with 67 historical shares outstanding datapoints presented, dating back to 3/9/2010.

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Below is a table of the MAIN shares outstanding history going back to 3/9/2010:
Also see: MAIN Market Cap History MAIN YTD Return |
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MAIN Historical Shares Outstanding: +11.77% CAGR
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| About Main Street Capital Corp |
| Main Street Capital Corporation is a principal investment company primarily focused on providing customized debt and equity financing to lower middle market (LMM) companies and debt capital to middle market (Middle Market) companies. Its portfolio investments are typically made to support management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancings and acquisitions of companies that operate in a variety of industry sectors. Co. invests primarily in secured debt investments, equity investments, warrants and other securities of LMM companies based in the U.S. and in secured debt investments of Middle Market companies generally headquartered in the U.S.. We show 67 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our coverage of MAIN's shares outstanding history. Understanding the changing numbers of MAIN shares outstanding — and comprehending the concept of differing number of shares outstanding in general comparing companies like MAIN versus peers — is critical for investors. Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies. Furthermore, via issuance of new shares over time, or the repurchase of existing shares, the number of shares outstanding can fluctuate over the course of history. With this page we aim to empower investors researching MAIN by allowing them to research MAIN shares outstanding history as well as any other stock in our coverage universe. |
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