Main Street Capital Dividend Increase
On 5 May, Main Street Capital (MAIN) increased its dividend by 1.92%, from 26¢ to 26.5¢ per share.
The dividend is payable on 15 July 2026 to shareholders of record on 8 July 2026.
I own 100 MAIN shares at an average cost of $17.42 per share. MAIN’s contribution to DivGro’s projected annual dividend income will increase by $6 to $318.
My yield on cost is now 18.26%.
Since I opened my position in March 2010, the stock has generated a total return of 480%, including $4,366.13 in dividend income. That’s a splendid annualized rate of return of 12.1%!
MAIN became DivGro’s 6th Home Run stock in September 2016, when the stock doubled my original capital
outlay.
5-Year History of Dividend Payouts by Ex-Date
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | • | 2026 |
| $2.475 | $2.595 | $2.745 | $2.910 | $3.030 | ⬆ | $3.150✝ |
| 0.61% | 4.85% | 5.78% | 6.01% | 41.2% | ⬇ | 3.96% |
| 5-year DGR: | 4.26% | ⬆ | 4.94% | |||
✝projected, assuming no further changes
Additionally, MAIN declared a supplemental cash dividend of 30¢ per
share, payable on 29 June, to shareholders on record as of 22
June.
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