Main Book Value Per Share from 2010 to 2024
| MAIN Stock | USD 49.95 0.72 1.42% |
Book Value Per Share | First Reported 2010-12-31 | Previous Quarter 30.24291895 | Current Value 16.35 | Quarterly Volatility 5.84360442 |
Check Main Street financial statements over time to gain insight into future company performance. You can evaluate financial statements to find patterns among Main Street's main balance sheet or income statement drivers, such as Interest Expense of 107.7 M, Total Revenue of 422 M or Gross Profit of 422 M, as well as many indicators such as Price To Sales Ratio of 9.74, Dividend Yield of 0.0534 or PTB Ratio of 1.61. Main financial statements analysis is a perfect complement when working with Main Street Valuation or Volatility modules.
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Latest Main Street's Book Value Per Share Growth Pattern
Below is the plot of the Book Value Per Share of Main Street Capital over the last few years. It is the ratio of equity available to common shareholders divided by the number of outstanding shares. This measure represents the value per share of a company according to its financial statements. Main Street's Book Value Per Share historical data analysis aims to capture in quantitative terms the overall pattern of either growth or decline in Main Street's overall financial position and show how it may be relating to other accounts over time.
| View | Last Reported 29.80 X | 10 Years Trend |
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Main Book Value Per Share Regression Statistics
| Arithmetic Mean | 22.01 | |
| Geometric Mean | 20.76 | |
| Coefficient Of Variation | 26.55 | |
| Mean Deviation | 3.71 | |
| Median | 23.05 | |
| Standard Deviation | 5.84 | |
| Sample Variance | 34.15 | |
| Range | 25.168 | |
| R-Value | 0.58 | |
| Mean Square Error | 24.28 | |
| R-Squared | 0.34 | |
| Significance | 0.02 | |
| Slope | 0.76 | |
| Total Sum of Squares | 478.07 |
Main Book Value Per Share History
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About Main Street Financial Statements
Main Street investors utilize fundamental indicators, such as Book Value Per Share, to predict how Main Stock might perform in the future. Analyzing these trends over time helps investors make informed market timing decisions. For further insights, please visit our fundamental analysis page.
| Last Reported | Projected for Next Year | ||
| Book Value Per Share | 30.24 | 16.35 | |
| Tangible Book Value Per Share | 29.47 | 30.94 |
Pair Trading with Main Street
One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Main Street position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Main Street will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.Moving together with Main Stock
| 0.9 | BX | Blackstone Group Fiscal Year End 23rd of January 2025 | PairCorr |
| 0.94 | AMG | Affiliated Managers | PairCorr |
| 0.96 | AMP | Ameriprise Financial Fiscal Year End 22nd of January 2025 | PairCorr |
Moving against Main Stock
The ability to find closely correlated positions to Main Street could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Main Street when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Main Street - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Main Street Capital to buy it.
The correlation of Main Street is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Main Street moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Main Street Capital moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Main Street can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.Check out the analysis of Main Street Correlation against competitors. You can also try the USA ETFs module to find actively traded Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) in USA.
Is Asset Management & Custody Banks space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Main Street. If investors know Main will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Main Street listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth (0.1) | Dividend Share 2.835 | Earnings Share 5.28 | Revenue Per Share 6.099 | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.036 |
The market value of Main Street Capital is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Main that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Main Street's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Main Street's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Main Street's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Main Street's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Main Street's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Main Street is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Main Street's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.