Brown-Forman Corporation Class B vs Main Street Capital Corporation — how do they compare? Brown-Forman Corporation Class B trades at $25.18, while Main Street Capital Corporation trades at $53.25 (market cap $4.88B). The key difference: Main Street Capital Corporation pays a 8.34% dividend while Brown-Forman Corporation Class B pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BF.B | MAIN | |
|---|---|---|
Sector | Consumer Staples | Financials |
52-Week High | $31.26 | $67.54 |
52-Week Low | $22.80 | $49.63 |
Market Cap | — | $4.88B |
Dividend Yield | — | 8.34% |
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Brown-Forman is the largest U.S.-domiciled producer of distilled spirits. The firm reports only a single operating segment, and whiskey represents its primary business driver, generating roughly three-quarters of sales, undergirded by the Jack Daniel's brand as well as bourbons such as Woodford Reserve and Old Forrester. Notable nonwhiskey offerings include tequilas such as el Jimador and Herradura. The firm operates globally, with products sold in more than 170 countries, and adapts its route-to-consumer model depending on regulation as well as the prevailing competitive dynamics in a given market. For example, it sells through distributors in the U.S. but operates its own logistics apparatus in many other countries. The company remains under the control of the Brown family.
Read more on BF.B →Main Street Capital Corp is an investment firm engaged in providing customized debt and equity financing to lower middle market companies and debt capital to middle market companies. The investment portfolio of the company is typically made to support management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancings and acquisitions of companies that operate in diverse industry sectors. The group invests in secured debt investments, equity investments, warrants and other securities of the lower middle market and middle market companies based in the US. Business is functioned through the U.S region and it derives the majority of the income from the source of fee, commission, and interest.
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