Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Main Street Capital Corporation shares valued at $940,083 were purchased by Meserve Nicholas on Aug 14 ’25. At $67.15 per share, Meserve Nicholas acquired 14,000 shares.
Also, Meserve Nicholas sold 14,000 shares, netting a total of over 940,100 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $67.15 each, the insider now holds 82,383 shares.
Before that, Morris Jesse E had sold 35,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $2,077,789, the EVP AND COO traded Main Street Capital Corporation shares for $59.37 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 35,000 shares, worth approximately $14.27 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Citizens JMP on December 08, 2025, Main Street Capital Corporation [MAIN] has been a Mkt outperform and the price target has been revised to $70. Analysts at B. Riley Securities downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early January. As of June 30, 2023, Hovde Group has increased its “Market perform” rating to a “an Outperform” for MAIN. Earlier on December 19, 2022, UBS initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Neutral” for MAIN stock.
Analyzing MAIN Stock Performance
On last trading session, Main Street Capital Corporation [NYSE: MAIN] rose 0.03% to $60.53. The stock’s lowest price that day was $60.25, but it reached a high of $61.17 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -3.83%. Over the course of the year, Main Street Capital Corporation shares have jumped approximately 10.46%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $67.77 on 08/14/25 and a 52-week low of $47.00 on 04/09/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 60.13, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 59.73. In the upper region, resistance lies at 61.05. The next price resistance is at 61.57. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 55.27 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Main Street Capital Corporation subject to short interest?
Stocks of Main Street Capital Corporation saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-11-28 jumping by 0.84 million shares to 6.27 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-10-31 was 5.43 million shares. A jump of 13.44% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 13.31 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 13.31.
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In terms of Main Street Capital Corporation share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 66 in the next 12 months, up nearly 9.07% from the previous closing price of $60.51. Analysts anticipate Main Street Capital Corporation stock to reach 70 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 60. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Main Street Capital Corporation stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On December 12, 2022, B. Riley Securities assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $42.
