MAIN STREET ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 2026 RESULTS
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Main Street (NYSE: MAIN) reported Q1 2026 results: NII $84.6M ($0.93/sh), DNII $90.8M ($1.00/sh), DNII before taxes $94.1M ($1.04/sh) and NAV $33.46/sh (up $0.13, +0.4% vs 12/31/25). Declared Q2 regular dividends $0.78/sh and paid a $0.30/sh supplemental in Q1. Investments: $205.9M LMM and $149.1M private loan deployments. Operating expenses to assets ratio 1.3% (annualized). Added $30M to corporate facility to $1.175B and issued $200M March 2029 notes.
Positive
- Distributable net investment income of $1.00 per share
- Net asset value increased to $33.46 per share
- Completed $205.9M lower middle market investments
- Expanded corporate facility by $30M to $1.175B
- Issued additional $200M of March 2029 notes
Negative
- Net investment income declined 2% year-over-year to $84.6M
- Net fair value change decreased by $32.6M in Q1 2026
- Dividend income fell 22% year-over-year to $28.2M
- Total cash expenses rose 9.1% to $46.1M
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Key Figures
Previous Earnings Reports
| Date | Event | Sentiment | 24h Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16 | Preliminary earnings | Positive | -7.6% | Preliminary Q1 2026 NII, DNII, NAV and ROE ranges released ahead of earnings. |
| Jan 20 | Preliminary earnings | Positive | -1.3% | MSC Income Fund preliminary Q4 2025 NII, ANII and NAV update with strong ROE. |
| Jan 15 | Preliminary earnings | Positive | +3.1% | MAIN preliminary Q4 2025 results with strong DNII, NAV growth and high ROE. |
| Nov 13 | Quarterly results | Positive | -0.8% | MSC Income Fund Q3 2025 results with solid NII, NAV and dividend declarations. |
| Nov 06 | Quarterly results | Positive | +2.7% | MAIN Q3 2025 earnings showing strong NII, DNII, NAV growth and liquidity. |
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Earnings and preliminary results have more often been followed by negative or muted reactions, with several positive updates coinciding with short-term price declines.
Recent earnings-related headlines for MAIN and affiliated funds show generally strong fundamentals but mixed price responses. Events since Nov 2025 include robust Q3 2025 results, multiple preliminary earnings updates, and solid NAV and ROE metrics. Despite this, three of the last five earnings-tagged events saw negative next-day moves, while two were positive. The current detailed Q1 2026 report fits into this pattern of steady operational performance against uneven short-term market responses.
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First Quarter 2026 Net Investment Income of
First Quarter 2026 Distributable Net Investment Income(1) of
First Quarter 2026 Distributable Net Investment Income Before Taxes(2) of
Net Asset Value of
First Quarter 2026 Highlights
- Net investment income ("NII") of
$84.6 million $0.93 - Distributable net investment income ("DNII")(1) of
$90.8 million $1.00 - DNII before taxes(2) of
$94.1 million $1.04 - Total investment income of
$140.1 million - An industry leading position in cost efficiency, with a ratio of total non-interest operating expenses as a percentage of quarterly average total assets ("Operating Expenses to Assets Ratio") of
1.3% on both an annualized basis for the quarter and for the trailing twelve-month ("TTM") period ended March 31, 2026 - Net asset value of
$33.46 $0.13 0.4% , compared to$33.33 - Declared regular monthly dividends totaling
$0.78 $0.26 4.0% increase from the regular monthly dividends paid in the second quarter of 2025 - Declared and paid a supplemental dividend of
$0.30 $1.08 2.9% increase from the total dividends paid in the first quarter of 2025 - Completed
$205.9 million $104.8 million $157.1 million - Completed
$149.1 million $36.6 million - Fully exited investments in KBK Industries, LLC, realizing a gain of
$17.3 million $25.1 million 127.2% and 62.7 times, respectively, on the equity investment, and27.7% and 3.5 times, respectively, including all debt and equity investments in the company on a cumulative basis since Main Street's initial investment in 2006 - Further enhanced our liquidity position and strengthened our capital structure by (i) adding a new lender relationship and expanding the total commitments under our Corporate Facility by
$30.0 million $1.175 billion $200.0 million
In commenting on the Company's operating results for the first quarter of 2026, Dwayne L. Hyzak, Main Street's Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are pleased with our performance in the first quarter, particularly given the backdrop of significant economic and geopolitical uncertainty, which resulted in distributable net investment income before taxes in line with our expectations and prior guidance. We believe that these results continue to demonstrate the sustainable strength of our overall platform, the benefits of our differentiated and diversified investment strategies and the continued underlying strength and quality of our portfolio companies. Consistent with our experience in prior periods of broad economic uncertainty, we believe that our ability to provide highly flexible and customized financing solutions to lower middle market companies and their owners and management teams, together with our differentiated long-term to permanent holding periods, represents an even more attractive solution to the needs of many lower middle market companies, and we are excited about our prospects for continued near-term growth of our lower middle market investment strategy. Similarly, in our private loan investment strategy, we are seeing an improved lending environment and significant opportunities, which we believe positions us well to capitalize on new private loan investment opportunities and to generate attractive returns on those investments."
Mr. Hyzak continued, "We are pleased to have completed significant investments in our lower middle market investment strategy in the first quarter, following our very strong investment activity in the fourth quarter of 2025, resulting in significant growth of our lower middle market investment portfolio over the last two quarters. Our first quarter results and investment activity, continued attractive investment pipeline and favorable outlook for the second quarter resulted in the declaration of another
First Quarter 2026 Operating Results
The following table provides a summary of our operating results for the first quarter of 2026:
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||
2026 | 2025 | Change | Change (%) | ||||
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) | |||||||
Interest income | $ 105,306 | $ 98,017 | $ 7,289 | 7 % | |||
Dividend income | 28,196 | 36,026 | (7,830) | (22) % | |||
Fee income | 6,604 | 3,003 | 3,601 | 120 % | |||
Total investment income | $ 140,106 | $ 137,046 | $ 3,060 | 2 % | |||
Net investment income | $ 84,579 | $ 85,897 | $ (1,318) | (2) % | |||
Net investment income per share | $ 0.93 | $ 0.97 | $ (0.04) | (4) % | |||
Distributable net investment income (1) | $ 90,786 | $ 90,919 | $ (133) | — % | |||
Distributable net investment income per share (1) | $ 1.00 | $ 1.02 | $ (0.02) | (2) % | |||
Distributable net investment income before taxes (2) | $ 94,050 | $ 94,832 | $ (782) | (1) % | |||
Distributable net investment income before taxes per share (2) | $ 1.04 | $ 1.07 | $ (0.03) | (3) % | |||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | $ 48,981 | $ 116,082 | $ (67,101) | (58) % | |||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations per share | $ 0.54 | $ 1.31 | $ (0.77) | (59) % | |||
Return on equity - quarter annualized (3) | 6.4 % | 16.5 % | (10.1) % | (61) % | |||
The
Total cash expenses(4) increased
Non-cash compensation expenses(4) increased
Our Operating Expenses to Assets Ratio (which includes non-cash compensation expenses(4)) on an annualized basis was
Excise tax expense decreased
The
The
The following table provides a summary of the total net unrealized depreciation of
Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 | |||||||||
LMM | Private | Middle | Other | Total | |||||
(in millions) | |||||||||
Accounting reversals of net unrealized appreciation recognized in | $ (16.7) | $ (0.9) | $ — | $ (1.8) | $ (19.4) | ||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) relating to portfolio | 29.3 | (36.0) | (2.9) | (21.6) | (b) | (31.2) | |||
Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) relating to portfolio | $ 12.6 | $ (36.9) | $ (2.9) | $ (23.4) | $ (50.6) | ||||
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(a) | Includes unrealized appreciation on 35 LMM portfolio investments and unrealized depreciation on 25 LMM portfolio investments. |
(b) | Includes |
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of March 31, 2026, we had aggregate liquidity of
Several details regarding our capital structure as of March 31, 2026 are as follows:
- The Corporate Facility included
$1.175 billion $1.718 billion $119.0 million 5.5% based on the applicable Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") effective for the contractual reset date of April 1, 2026.- The SPV Facility included
$600.0 million $800.0 million $267.0 million 5.6% based on the applicable SOFR effective for the contractual reset date of April 1, 2026.$550.0 million 6.95% per year (the "March 2029 Notes") with a yield-to-maturity of6.68% . The March 2029 Notes mature on March 1, 2029 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at any time at our option subject to certain make-whole provisions.$500.0 million 3.00% per year (the "July 2026 Notes"). The July 2026 Notes mature on July 14, 2026 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at any time at our option subject to certain make-whole provisions.$400.0 million 6.50% per year with a yield-to-maturity of approximately6.34% (the "June 2027 Notes"). The June 2027 Notes mature on June 4, 2027 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at any time at our option subject to certain make-whole provisions.$350.0 million 5.40% per year (the "August 2028 Notes"). The August 2028 Notes mature on August 15, 2028 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at any time at our option subject to certain make-whole provisions.$350.0 million U.S. Small Business Administration (the "SBA"), had a weighted-average annual fixed interest rate of3.26% and mature ten years from original issuance. The first maturity related to our existing SBIC debentures occurs in the first quarter of 2027, and the weighted-average remaining duration was 4.4 years.- We maintain investment grade credit ratings from each of Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings, both of which have assigned us investment grade credit ratings of BBB- with a stable outlook.
- Our net asset value totaled
$3.1 billion $33.46
In April 2026, we issued
Investment Portfolio Information as of March 31, 2026(5)
The following table provides a summary of the investments in our LMM portfolio and private loan portfolio as of March 31, 2026:
March 31, 2026 | ||||
LMM (a) | Private Loan | |||
(dollars in millions) | ||||
Number of portfolio companies | 93 | 85 | ||
Fair value | $ 3,227.4 | $ 1,993.9 | ||
Cost | $ 2,577.0 | $ 2,057.0 | ||
Debt investments as a % of portfolio (at cost) | 72.0 % | 94.5 % | ||
Equity investments as a % of portfolio (at cost) | 28.0 % | 5.5 % | ||
% of debt investments at cost secured by first priority lien | 99.4 % | 99.3 % | ||
Weighted-average annual effective yield (b) | 12.6 % | 10.3 % | ||
Average EBITDA (c) | $ 11.2 | $ 34.2 | ||
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(a) | We had equity ownership in all of our LMM portfolio companies, and our average fully diluted equity ownership in those portfolio companies was |
(b) | The weighted-average annual effective yields were computed using the effective interest rates for all debt investments as of March 31, 2026, including amortization of deferred debt origination fees and accretion of original issue discount but excluding fees payable upon repayment of the debt investments and any debt investments on non-accrual status, and are weighted based upon the principal amount of each applicable debt investment as of March 31, 2026. |
(c) | The average EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) is calculated using a simple average for LMM portfolio companies and a weighted-average for private loan portfolio companies. These calculations exclude certain portfolio companies, including five LMM portfolio companies and six private loan portfolio companies, as EBITDA is not a meaningful valuation metric for our investments in these portfolio companies, and those portfolio companies whose primary purpose is to own real estate and those portfolio companies whose primary operations have ceased and only residual value remains. |
The fair value of our LMM portfolio company equity investments was
As of March 31, 2026, our investment portfolio also included:
- Other portfolio investments in 34 entities, spread across 13 investment managers, collectively totaling
$138.5 million $148.5 million 2.4% and3.0% of our investment portfolio at fair value and cost, respectively; - Middle market portfolio investments in 11 portfolio companies, collectively totaling
$81.9 million $121.4 million 1.4% and2.5% of our investment portfolio at fair value and cost, respectively; and - Our investment in the External Investment Manager, with a fair value of
$233.1 million $29.5 million 4.1% and0.6% of our investment portfolio at fair value and cost, respectively.
As of March 31, 2026, investments on non-accrual status comprised
External Investment Manager
MSC Adviser I, LLC is our wholly-owned portfolio company and registered investment adviser that provides investment management services to external parties (the "External Investment Manager"). We share employees with the External Investment Manager and allocate costs related to such shared employees and other operating expenses to the External Investment Manager. The total contribution of the External Investment Manager to our NII consists of the combination of the expenses we allocate to the External Investment Manager and the dividend income we earn from the External Investment Manager. During the first quarter of 2026, the External Investment Manager earned
The External Investment Manager ended the first quarter of 2026 with total assets under management of
First Quarter 2026 Financial Results Conference Call / Webcast
Main Street has scheduled a conference call for Friday, May 8, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time to discuss the first quarter 2026 financial results.(7)
You may access the conference call by dialing 412-902-0030 at least 10 minutes prior to the start time. The conference call can also be accessed via a simultaneous webcast by logging into the investor relations section of the Main Street website at https://www.mainstcapital.com.
A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available through Friday, May 15, 2026 and may be accessed by dialing 201-612-7415 and using the passcode 13759637#. An audio archive of the conference call will also be available on the investor relations section of the Company's website at https://www.mainstcapital.com shortly after the call and will be accessible until the date of Main Street's earnings release for the next quarter.
For a more detailed discussion of the financial and other information included in this press release, please refer to the Main Street Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026 to be filed with the
ABOUT MAIN STREET CAPITAL CORPORATION
Main Street (www.mainstcapital.com) is a principal investment firm that primarily provides customized long-term debt and equity capital solutions to lower middle market companies and debt capital to private companies owned by or in the process of being acquired by a private equity fund. Main Street's portfolio investments are typically made to support management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancings and acquisitions of companies that operate in diverse industry sectors. Main Street seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides customized "one-stop" debt and equity financing solutions within its lower middle market investment strategy. Main Street seeks to partner with private equity fund sponsors and primarily invests in secured debt investments in its private loan investment strategy. Main Street's lower middle market portfolio companies generally have annual revenues between
Main Street, through its wholly-owned portfolio company MSC Adviser I, LLC ("MSC Adviser"), also maintains an asset management business through which it manages investments for external parties. MSC Adviser is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Main Street cautions that statements in this press release which are forward–looking and provide other than historical information, including but not limited to Main Street's ability to successfully source and execute on new portfolio investments and deliver future financial performance and results, are based on current conditions and information available to Main Street as of the date hereof and include statements regarding Main Street's goals, beliefs, strategies and future operating results and cash flows. Although its management believes that the expectations reflected in those forward–looking statements are reasonable, Main Street can give no assurance that those expectations will prove to be correct. Those forward-looking statements are made based on various underlying assumptions and are subject to numerous uncertainties and risks, including, without limitation: Main Street's continued effectiveness in raising, investing and managing capital; adverse changes in the economy generally or in the industries in which Main Street's portfolio companies operate; the impacts of macroeconomic factors on Main Street and its portfolio companies' businesses and operations, liquidity and access to capital, and on the
MAIN STREET CAPITAL CORPORATION Consolidated Statements of Operations (in thousands, except shares and per share amounts) (Unaudited) | |||
Three Months Ended | |||
2026 | 2025 | ||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | |||
Interest, dividend and fee income: | |||
Control investments | $ 61,664 | $ 56,242 | |
Affiliate investments | 26,181 | 23,734 | |
Non–Control/Non–Affiliate investments | 52,261 | 57,070 | |
Total investment income | 140,106 | 137,046 | |
EXPENSES: | |||
Interest | (34,043) | (31,168) | |
Compensation | (13,185) | (11,476) | |
General and administrative | (5,396) | (5,086) | |
Share–based compensation | (5,105) | (4,842) | |
Expenses allocated to the External Investment Manager | 5,466 | 5,336 | |
Total expenses | (52,263) | (47,236) | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME BEFORE TAXES | 87,843 | 89,810 | |
Excise tax expense | (381) | (1,341) | |
Federal and state income and other tax expenses | (2,883) | (2,572) | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | 84,579 | 85,897 | |
NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | |||
Control investments | 10,035 | 22 | |
Affiliate investments | — | 2,064 | |
Non–Control/Non–Affiliate investments | 7,938 | (31,631) | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | 17,973 | (29,545) | |
NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION): | |||
Control investments | (47,208) | 401 | |
Affiliate investments | 5,181 | 39,003 | |
Non–Control/Non–Affiliate investments | (8,572) | 23,786 | |
Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (50,599) | 63,190 | |
Income tax provision on net realized gain (loss) and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (2,972) | (3,460) | |
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | $ 48,981 | $ 116,082 | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME PER SHARE—BASIC AND DILUTED | $ 0.93 | $ 0.97 | |
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS PER SHARE—BASIC | $ 0.54 | $ 1.31 | |
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING—BASIC AND DILUTED | 90,654,821 | 88,711,015 | |
MAIN STREET CAPITAL CORPORATION Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands, except per share amounts) | ||||
March 31, | December 31, | |||
2026 | 2025 | |||
(Unaudited) | ||||
ASSETS | ||||
Investments at fair value: | ||||
Control investments | $ 2,583,010 | $ 2,569,626 | ||
Affiliate investments | 1,055,658 | 965,179 | ||
Non–Control/Non–Affiliate investments | 2,036,083 | 1,983,312 | ||
Total investments | 5,674,751 | 5,518,117 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents | 20,791 | 41,959 | ||
Interest and dividend receivable and other assets | 119,805 | 107,905 | ||
Deferred financing costs, net | 13,051 | 13,720 | ||
Total assets | $ 5,828,398 | $ 5,681,701 | ||
LIABILITIES | ||||
Credit Facilities | $ 386,000 | $ 518,000 | ||
March 2029 Notes | 551,015 | 347,721 | ||
July 2026 Notes | 499,846 | 499,715 | ||
June 2027 Notes | 399,641 | 399,569 | ||
August 2028 Notes | 348,187 | 347,996 | ||
SBIC debentures | 344,887 | 344,593 | ||
Accounts payable and other liabilities | 47,826 | 67,799 | ||
Interest payable | 20,306 | 30,094 | ||
Dividend payable | 24,126 | 23,358 | ||
Deferred tax liability, net | 112,920 | 108,963 | ||
Total liabilities | 2,734,754 | 2,687,808 | ||
NET ASSETS | ||||
Common stock | 925 | 898 | ||
Additional paid–in capital | 2,607,285 | 2,457,660 | ||
Total undistributed earnings | 485,434 | 535,335 | ||
Total net assets | 3,093,644 | 2,993,893 | ||
Total liabilities and net assets | $ 5,828,398 | $ 5,681,701 | ||
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE | $ 33.46 | $ 33.33 | ||
MAIN STREET CAPITAL CORPORATION Reconciliation of Distributable Net Investment Income, Distributable Net Investment Income Before Taxes, Total Non-Cash Compensation Expenses, Total Cash Expenses and Total Cash Compensation Expenses (in thousands, except per share amounts) (Unaudited) | |||
Three Months Ended | |||
March 31, | |||
2026 | 2025 | ||
Net investment income | $ 84,579 | $ 85,897 | |
Non-cash compensation expenses (4) | 6,207 | 5,022 | |
Distributable net investment income (1) | $ 90,786 | $ 90,919 | |
Excise tax expense | 381 | 1,341 | |
Federal and state income and other tax expenses | 2,883 | 2,572 | |
Distributable net investment income before taxes (2) | $ 94,050 | $ 94,832 | |
Per share amounts: | |||
Net investment income per share - | |||
Basic and diluted | $ 0.93 | $ 0.97 | |
Distributable net investment income per share - | |||
Basic and diluted (1) | $ 1.00 | $ 1.02 | |
Distributable net investment income before taxes per share - | |||
Basic and diluted (2) | $ 1.04 | $ 1.07 | |
Three Months Ended | |||
March 31, | |||
2026 | 2025 | ||
Share–based compensation | $ (5,105) | $ (4,842) | |
Deferred compensation expense | (1,102) | (180) | |
Total non-cash compensation expenses (4) | (6,207) | (5,022) | |
Total expenses | (52,263) | (47,236) | |
Less non-cash compensation expenses (4) | 6,207 | 5,022 | |
Total cash expenses (4) | $ (46,056) | $ (42,214) | |
Compensation | $ (13,185) | $ (11,476) | |
Share-based compensation | (5,105) | (4,842) | |
Total compensation expenses | (18,290) | (16,318) | |
Non-cash compensation expenses (4) | 6,207 | 5,022 | |
Total cash compensation expenses (4) | $ (12,083) | $ (11,296) | |
MAIN STREET CAPITAL CORPORATION
Endnotes
(1) | DNII is NII as determined in accordance with |
(2) | DNII before taxes is NII as determined in accordance with |
(3) | Return on equity equals the net increase in net assets resulting from operations divided by the average quarterly total net assets. |
(4) | Non-cash compensation expenses consist of (i) share-based compensation and (ii) deferred compensation expense or benefit, both of which are non-cash in nature. Share-based compensation does not require settlement in cash. Deferred compensation expense or benefit does not result in a net cash impact to Main Street upon settlement. The appreciation (depreciation) in the fair value of deferred compensation plan assets is reflected in Main Street's Consolidated Statements of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and an increase (decrease) in compensation expenses, respectively. Cash compensation expenses are total compensation expenses as determined in accordance with |
(5) | Portfolio company financial information has not been independently verified by Main Street. |
(6) | These credit statistics exclude portfolio companies on non-accrual status and portfolio companies for which EBITDA is not a meaningful metric. |
(7) | No information contained on the Company's website or disclosed on the May 8, 2026 conference call, including the webcast and the archived versions, is incorporated by reference in this press release or any of the Company's filings with the SEC, and you should not consider that information to be part of this press release or any other such filing. |
Contacts:
Main Street Capital Corporation
Dwayne L. Hyzak, CEO, dhyzak@mainstcapital.com
Ryan R. Nelson, CFO, rnelson@mainstcapital.com
713-350-6000
Dennard Lascar Investor Relations
Ken Dennard / ken@dennardlascar.com
Zach Vaughan / zvaughan@dennardlascar.com
713-529-6600
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