Main Street Capital Went Public at $15 a Share. $10,000 Invested Then Now Collects About $177 a Month in Regular Dividends.

Key Points Main Street Capital has grown its monthly dividend 141% since its IPO. The BDC also routinely pays supplemental quarterly dividends. Its strategy of investing in debt and equity has helped drive its growing dividends. 10 stocks we like better than Main Street Capital › Main Street Capital (NYSE: MAIN) completed its initial public offering on Oct. 4, 2007, at $15 per share. If you invested $10,000 into the business development company (BDC) stock at its IPO, you'd have purchased around 667 shares. Those shares would now generate around $177 per month in regular dividend income alone at the current rate of $0.265 per share. You'd also currently collect another $200 each quarter in supplemental dividends at the current $0.30 per share rate.