Is Main Street Capital CORP (MAIN) Halal?
Shariah Screening — 5 Standards
Based on financial data from December 2025
| Standard | Debt Ratio | Cash Ratio | Receivables | Income | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAOIFI | Excluded — Asset Management | ✗ NOT HALAL | |||
| DJIM | Excluded — Asset Management | ✗ NOT HALAL | |||
| MSCI | Excluded — Asset Management | ✗ NOT HALAL | |||
| S&P | Excluded — Asset Management | ✗ NOT HALAL | |||
| FTSE | Excluded — Asset Management | ✗ NOT HALAL | |||
Financial Highlights
Profitability
| Gross Margin | 100.0% | |
| Operating Margin | 86.5% | |
| Net Margin | 87.1% | |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | 17.0% | |
| Return on Assets (ROA) | 5.7% |
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
| Operating Cash Flow | -$46M |
| Free Cash Flow | -$46M |
| Total Debt | $2.5B |
| Debt-to-Equity | 82.5 |
| Current Ratio | 1.3 |
| Total Assets | $5.7B |
Price & Trading
| Last Close | $52.92 |
| 50-Day MA | $59.09 |
| 200-Day MA | $60.88 |
| Avg Volume | 693K |
| Beta | 0.8 |
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52-Week Range
$47.00
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About Main Street Capital CORP (MAIN)
Main Street Capital Corporation is a business development company and a small business investment company specializing in direct and indirect investments. In direct investments, the firm specializes in private equity capital to lower middle market companies. The firm specializes in recapitalizations, loan, growth capital, mezzanine debt, corporate carveouts, family estate planning, management buyouts, refinancing, private loan, private credit solutions, senior secured term debt, unintranche term debt, subordinated debt, preferred equity, common equity, minimal or no fixed amortization, split lien term debt, industry consolidation, mature, later stage and emerging growth. The firm makes both control and non-control equity investments. The firm also provides debt capital to middle market companies for strategic acquisitions, management buyouts, growth financings, majority and minority recapitalizations, and refinancing. The firm also makes equity co-investments. The firm provides debt financing solutions for acquisitions, recapitalizations, and refinancing to middle market companies. The firm provides private debt and private equity capital to lower middle market companies and debt capital to middle market companies. The firm seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides "one stop" financing alternatives within its lower middle market portfolio. It prefers to invest in air freight and logistics, auto components, building products, chemicals, commercial services, computers, construction and engineering, consumer finance, consumer services, electronic equipment, energy equipment and services, financial services, health care equipment, health care providers, hotels, restaurants, and leisure, internet software and services, IT Services, machinery, oil, gas and consumable fuels, paper and forest products, professional and industrial services, manufacturing, road and rail, software, specialty retail, telecommunication, consumer discretionary, energy, materials, concrete, plumbing pipes, electrical component, heavy electrical equipment, media, utilities, technology, and transportation. The firm invests in Southwest of the United States of America. The firm typically invests in business services, commercial and professional services, communication services, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, lower middle market companies ranging between $5 million and $125 million in equity investment with annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million and EBITDA in ranging between $3 million and $20 million. The firm typically prefers to invest in the range of $5 million and $150 million per transaction in debt investment value but holds the ability to lead debt financings up to $250 million. For credit solutions, the firm invests between $10 million and $150 million with an EBITDA in the range of $7.5 million and $50 million. The firm loan portfolio companies generally have annual revenues between $25 million and $500 million. The firm's middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies. It takes 5 percent minority and up to 50 percent majority equity investments. Main Street Capital Corporation was founded in 2007 and is based in Houston, Texas with an additional offices in Chicago, United States and Chojnów, Poland.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Main Street Capital CORP (MAIN) halal to invest in?
Based on our screening using AAOIFI Standard 21 (the strictest methodology), Main Street Capital CORP is Not Halal. The company fails one or more screening criteria. We screen against all 5 major standards: AAOIFI, DJIM, MSCI, S&P, and FTSE.
What is Main Street Capital CORP's debt ratio?
Main Street Capital CORP's debt ratio is not available under the AAOIFI standard (which uses market capitalization as the denominator). The AAOIFI threshold is 30%.
What are Main Street Capital CORP's key financial metrics?
Main Street Capital CORP has a market capitalization of $4.6B, trailing P/E ratio of 9.3, and revenue of $592M. The company maintains a gross margin of 100.0% and a net margin of 87.1%. Return on equity stands at 17.0%.
How often is the screening data updated?
Our screening data is updated regularly using the latest available financial statements and market data. Stock prices and market caps are refreshed frequently, while financial statements are updated quarterly when companies report earnings.
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