iShares Gold Trust vs Main Street Capital Corporation — how do they compare? iShares Gold Trust trades at $82.89, while Main Street Capital Corporation trades at $59 (market cap $5.52B). The key difference: Main Street Capital Corporation pays a 5.39% dividend while iShares Gold Trust pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| IAU | MAIN | |
|---|---|---|
Sector | Commodities - Metals/Agriculture | Financials |
52-Week High | $101.57 | $67.54 |
52-Week Low | $62.49 | $49.63 |
Market Cap | — | $5.52B |
Dividend Yield | — | 5.39% |
Trailing returns across standard periods
IAU is a physically backed ETF that seeks to reflect the performance of the price of gold. It provides a convenient and liquid way for investors to include gold in their portfolios as a potential hedge.
Read more on IAU →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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