The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. 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 $15.72 million.
As published in a research note from B. Riley Securities on January 08, 2024, Main Street Capital Corporation [MAIN] has been rated down from a Buy to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $47. Analysts at Hovde Group upgraded the stock from ‘”a Market perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in late June. As of December 19, 2022, UBS has initiated its “Neutral” rating for MAIN. Earlier on December 12, 2022, B. Riley Securities initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for MAIN stock.
Analyzing MAIN Stock Performance
On last trading session, Main Street Capital Corporation [NYSE: MAIN] rose 1.15% to $66.71. The stock’s lowest price that day was $65.83, but it reached a high of $66.71 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.63%. Over the course of the year, Main Street Capital Corporation shares have jumped approximately 39.46%. 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 66.12, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 65.54. In the upper region, resistance lies at 67.00. The next price resistance is at 67.30. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 59.86 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 2025-08-15 jumping by 0.3 million shares to 5.32 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 5.02 million shares. A jump of 5.64% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 10.71 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 10.71.
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In terms of Main Street Capital Corporation share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 67 in the next 12 months, up nearly 1.59% from the previous closing price of $65.95. Analysts anticipate Main Street Capital Corporation stock to reach 67 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 67. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Main Street Capital Corporation stock as Buy at the end of 2025.
