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4. Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 21

On April 22, Citizens lowered its price target on Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN) to $70 from $74 and maintained an Outperform rating on the shares. In a research note, the analyst described Q1 as an important period for private capital. The focus, in their view, is starting to shift back to underlying fundamentals, even with recent market volatility and ongoing concerns around non-traded BDC flows. They pointed out that valuation multiples are at multi-cycle lows, while fundamentals remain steady. Areas like institutional fundraising, capital deployment, and monetization continue to hold up. As that gap between market perception and actual performance narrows, the firm believes valuations could begin to recover.

On April 21, Main Street announced that it had completed a follow-on investment in an existing portfolio company, UBM ParentCo, LLC, which operates as United Business Mail. UBM is a provider of “marketing mail” commingle services, focused on improving postage efficiency, transportation, and delivery performance for large-scale mailers.

Main Street, together with its co-investor MSC Income Fund, made the additional investment to support UBM’s acquisition of a national provider of asset-light palletized mail consolidation, mail optimization services, freight brokerage, and warehousing and distribution. The target company serves both B2B and B2C customers. Main Street’s portion of the follow-on investment included $15.6 million in first lien, senior secured term debt. Both Main Street and the MSC Income Fund first invested in UBM in December 2025.

Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN) operates as a principal investment firm. It provides long-term debt and equity capital to lower middle market companies, along with debt financing to private businesses owned by, or being acquired by, private equity funds.