profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
New Mountain Finance
$6.77-1.02% today
-29.6% in 1 year
1-year low $6.511-year high $9.79
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $38.78 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What New Mountain Finance sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $89.1 million in 2022 to $14.8 million in 2025, with $16.5 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
New Mountain Finance handed back 50% of the cash it generated last year.
$136M
Free cash flow 2025$379M
Bought back its own shares$52M
Paid as dividends$136M
Cash vs. debt$81M vs. $1.7B
New Mountain Finance vs. similar companies
New Mountain Finance grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mountain Finance | 38.8× · Expensive | ||
 BlackRock | 34.1× · Expensive | ||
 Blackstone | 49.9× · Expensive | ||
 Investor | 8.5× · Cheap | ||
 Brookfield | 71.8× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads New Mountain Finance's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | 144 | 124 | 15 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 75 | 135 | 113 | 16 | |
| 0.74 | 1.24 | 1.03 | 0.16 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 83.9% | 94.2% | 91.6% | 111.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,355 | 3,159 | 3,247 | 2,903 |
| Cash | 71 | 70 | 80 | 81 |
| Total debt | 1,981 | 1,785 | 1,837 | 1,671 |
| Total liabilities | 2,029 | 1,827 | 1,887 | 1,715 |
| 1,314 | 1,320 | 1,353 | 1,182 | |
| 115 | 123 | 125 | 121 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 5.7% | 10.3% | 8.4% | 1.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 333 | 42 | 379 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 35 | 333 | 42 | 379 | |
| Dividends paid | 121 | 151 | 147 | 136 |
| – | 0 | 0 | 52 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 38.8×
- 6.1×
- –
- 0.8×
- 43.1×
- 1.7×
- –
- 59.3%
- 2.6%
- 15.9%
Profitability
- 70.4%
- 14.2%
- 111.1%
- 36.9%
- 1.3%
- 3.4%
- -4.8%
- -2.4%
- 1.3%
- –
Growth
- −45.0%
- −40.0%
- +802.4%
- +0.6%
- +2.3%
Financial health
- 15.3×
- 1.27
- 54.7%
- 0.0×
- 1.20
- 1.20
- 0.09
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 31%of 749
Bottom 34%of 604
Bottom 14%of 872
Bottom 3%of 883
Top 2%of 931
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $10.50
- Range
- $10.00 – $11.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | 0.32 | 0.32 | +0.0% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 0.32 | 0.32 | +0.0% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | 0.32 | 0.32 | +0.0% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | 0.32 | 0.32 | +0.0% |
| May 5, 2025 | 0.32 | 0.32 | +0.0% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | 0.32 | 0.33 | −3.0% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | 0.34 | 0.35 | −2.9% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 0.36 | 0.36 | +0.0% |
15.9%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$159a year at today's yield, before tax
+0.6%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.36 in 2015 → $1.28 in 2025
How safe it looks
823.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 35.8%
News
Iron Mountain lifts dividend by 15% to $0.993/shareSeeking Alpha · Nov 5, 2026New Mountain Finance extends $150M buyback program through 2027Seeking Alpha · Oct 26, 2026Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory outlines strategic alternatives after $6.6M Durango sale-leaseback and $2M loanSeeking Alpha · Oct 19, 2026Nepal’s mountain tourism industry faces ‘serious warning’ after Himalayan flood disasterCNBC Markets · Sep 2, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
31No pass
Benjamin Graham
54No pass
Philip Fisher
36No pass
Peter Lynch
12No pass
Joel Greenblatt
8No pass
Charlie Munger
25No pass
Terry Smith
29No pass
Questions about New Mountain Finance
Is New Mountain Finance a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the New Mountain Finance AI analysis
What does New Mountain Finance do?
New Mountain Finance Corporation (Nasdaq: NMFC), a business development company is a private equity / buyouts and loan fund specializes in directly investing and lending to middle market companies in defensive growth industries. It is in Asset Management.
Does New Mountain Finance pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 15.9% a year. In 2025 it paid out $136 million in dividends.
Is New Mountain Finance stock halal?
No. New Mountain Finance does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 261% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has New Mountain Finance stock done over the past year?
Down 29.6% over the past twelve months, to $6.77. It traded between $6.51 and $9.79 and is 30.8% below its high.
Who are New Mountain Finance's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BlackRock, Blackstone, Investor and Brookfield. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with New Mountain Finance's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.