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MAIN vs NMZ

Side-by-side comparison of Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN) and Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund (NMZ): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both MAIN and NMZ operate in Finance/Investors Services (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • MAIN is the larger of the two at $5.06B, about 3.6x NMZ ($1.39B).
  • Over the past year, MAIN is up 4.5% and NMZ is down 3.8% - MAIN leads by 8.3 points.
  • MAIN has been more active in the news (11 items in the past 4 weeks vs 5 for NMZ).
  • MAIN has more recent analyst coverage (12 ratings vs 0 for NMZ).
PerformanceMAIN+4.50%NMZ-3.83%
2025-05-02+0.00%2026-05-01
MetricMAINNMZ
Company
Main Street Capital Corporation
Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund
Price
$56.23+0.68%
$10.16+0.05%
Market cap
$5.06B
$1.39B
1M return
+8.40%
-1.60%
1Y return
+4.50%
-3.83%
Industry
Finance/Investors Services
Finance/Investors Services
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2007
2003
News (4w)
11
5
Recent ratings
12
0
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.

NMZ

Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund

Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund is a closed-end fixed income mutual fund launched by Nuveen Investments Inc. The fund is co-managed by Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC and Nuveen Asset Management, LLC. It invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. The fund primarily invests in investment grade tax-exempt municipal securities. The fund was formerly known as Nuveen Municipal High Yield Opportunity Fund. Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund was founded in November 19, 2003 and is based in the United States.

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