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Main Street Capital (MAIN) Lags Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
MAINMSCC(MAIN) ZACKS·2025-02-28 00:35

Group 1 - Main Street Capital reported quarterly earnings of 1.02pershare,missingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof1.02 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 1.08 per share, and showing a decrease from 1.07pershareayearago,resultinginanearningssurpriseof−5.561.07 per share a year ago, resulting in an earnings surprise of -5.56% [1] - The company posted revenues of 140.44 million for the quarter ended December 2024, which was below the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.68%, and an increase from 129.31millionyear−over−year[2]−Overthelastfourquarters,MainStreetCapitalhassurpassedconsensusEPSestimatesonlyonce,indicatingatrendofunderperformanceinearningsexpectations[2]Group2−Thestockhasgainedapproximately1.7129.31 million year-over-year [2] - Over the last four quarters, Main Street Capital has surpassed consensus EPS estimates only once, indicating a trend of underperformance in earnings expectations [2] Group 2 - The stock has gained approximately 1.7% since the beginning of the year, outperforming the S&P 500's gain of 1.3% [3] - The current consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming quarter is 1.01 on revenues of 141.16million,andforthecurrentfiscalyear,itis141.16 million, and for the current fiscal year, it is 4.06 on revenues of $569.68 million [7] - The Zacks Industry Rank for Financial - SBIC & Commercial Industry is in the top 22% of over 250 Zacks industries, suggesting a favorable outlook for the sector [8] Group 3 - The estimate revisions trend for Main Street Capital is currently favorable, leading to a Zacks Rank 2 (Buy) for the stock, indicating expectations of outperformance in the near future [6] - Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions, which can be tracked by investors [5]