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BCV vs MAIN

Side-by-side comparison of Bancroft Fund Ltd. (BCV) and Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both BCV 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 38.0x BCV ($126.9M).
  • Over the past year, BCV is up 39.3% and MAIN is down 11.8% - BCV leads by 51.0 points.
  • MAIN has been more active in the news (10 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for BCV).
  • MAIN has more recent analyst coverage (12 ratings vs 0 for BCV).
PerformanceBCV+39.28%MAIN-11.76%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricBCVMAIN
Company
Bancroft Fund Ltd.
Main Street Capital Corporation
Price
$25.90+0.54%
$51.42-0.53%
Market cap
$126.9M
$4.82B
1M return
+3.97%
-9.26%
1Y return
+39.28%
-11.76%
Industry
Finance/Investors Services
Finance/Investors Services
Exchange
AMEX
NYSE
IPO
1972
2007
News (4w)
2
10
Recent ratings
0
12
BCV

Bancroft Fund Ltd.

Bancroft Fund Ltd. is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by GAMCO Investors, Inc. It is managed by Gabelli Funds, LLC. The fund invests in the public equity markets. It primarily invests in convertible securities including convertible debt and convertible preferred stocks. The fund invests in stocks of companies across market capitalization. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against S&P 500 Index, Bank of America Merrill Lynch All U.S. Convertibles Index, and Barclays Balanced U.S. Convertibles Index. The fund was formerly known as Bancroft Convertible Fund, Inc. Bancroft Fund Ltd. was formed on April 20, 1971 and is domiciled in the United States.

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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