Discounted Cash Flow

Main Street Capital Corp. BDC

MAIN · Based on 10 years of SEC filings

DCF estimate unavailable — No positive free cash flow in recent history — company has not generated positive FCF

Average annual growth rates

Metric 10-Year 5-Year 3-Year
Sales
Free Cash Flow
Average (FCF & NI)
Net Income
Dividends

Average annual growth is the mean year-over-year change across each period.

Endpoint CAGR (better for long term trend)

Metric 10-Year 5-Year 3-Year
Sales
Free Cash Flow
Average (FCF & NI)
Net Income

Endpoint CAGR is the compound annual rate from the first to last year in each period.

Projections use average year-over-year growth. Change this in Settings.

Projected growth rate

Free cash flow growth
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Averaged growth (FCF & NI)
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Net income growth
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Sales growth (not added to calculations)
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Historical inputs (10 fiscal years)

YEAR Sales Net Income Free Cash Flow Net Margin EPS (diluted)
2020 $29.4m $0.45
2021 $330.8m (1025.7%) $2.65 (488.9%)
2022 $318.2m $241.6m (-27.0%) 75.9% $3.29 (24.2%)
2023 $509.9m (60.2%) $428.4m (77.3%) 84.0% (10.7%) $4.14 (25.8%)
2024 $601.3m (17.9%) $508.1m (18.6%) 84.5% (0.6%) $4.09 (-1.2%)
2025 $591.9m (-1.6%) $493.4m (-2.9%) 83.4% (-1.3%) $3.95 (-3.4%)

Base FCF: (latest fiscal year)

Discount rate: %

Terminal growth:

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Projected cash flows

Year Projected cash flow Discount Factor Present Value

PV of projected FCF:

Terminal FCF:

Terminal value:

PV of terminal value:

Enterprise value (DCF):

DCF price per share:

Current price:

Alternative DCF Models

Model Fair Value Upside PV(FCFs) PV(Terminal) Total Years
Standard (10yr→TV) 10 + TV
Alt A (Gradual Decline)
Alt B (30yr Hard Stop) N/A

This is a simplified DCF model for illustration. It uses reported free cash flow, a single growth assumption, fixed WACC, and a Gordon Growth terminal value. It is not investment advice.

+ 10YR Financials Balance Sheet (10YR) Cash Flow (10YR) DCF Model

No positive free cash flow in recent history — company has not generated positive FCF

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