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BCSF vs MAIN

Side-by-side comparison of Bain Capital Specialty Finance Inc. (BCSF) and Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both BCSF and MAIN operate in Finance/Investors Services (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • MAIN is the larger of the two at $4.82B, about 5.8x BCSF ($829.7M).
  • Over the past year, BCSF is down 19.1% and MAIN is down 11.3% - MAIN leads by 7.8 points.
  • MAIN has been more active in the news (10 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for BCSF).
  • MAIN has more recent analyst coverage (12 ratings vs 7 for BCSF).
PerformanceBCSF-19.08%MAIN-11.29%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricBCSFMAIN
Company
Bain Capital Specialty Finance Inc.
Main Street Capital Corporation
Price
$12.79-3.44%
$51.70-0.68%
Market cap
$829.7M
$4.82B
1M return
-8.42%
-9.83%
1Y return
-19.08%
-11.29%
Industry
Finance/Investors Services
Finance/Investors Services
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2018
2007
News (4w)
1
10
Recent ratings
7
12
BCSF

Bain Capital Specialty Finance Inc.

Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. operates as a business development company (BDC) specializing in direct loans to middle-market companies. The fund seeks to invest in senior investments with a first or second lien on collateral, senior first lien, stretch senior, senior second lien, unitranche, mezzanine debt, junior securities, other junior investments, and secondary purchases of assets or portfolios that primarily consist of middle-market corporate debt. It typically invests in companies with EBITDA between $10 million and $150 million.

MAIN

Main Street Capital Corporation

Main Street Capital Corporation is a private equity firm specializes in equity capital to lower middle market companies. The firm also provides debt capital to middle market companies for acquisitions, management buyouts, growth financings, recapitalizations and refinancing. 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. The firm typically invests in lower middle market companies generally with annual revenues between $10 million and $150 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 makes majority and minority equity investments. Main Street Capital Corporation was founded in 2007 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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