Stocks · Financial Services · Asset Management
New Mountain Finance Corporation NMFC
$6.94 -1.28% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $655.5M
Weak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 2, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-0.48, down 163.2% year over year.
- Operating margin narrowed to 18.8% from 62.3% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count fell 25.4% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 3%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 6%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 4%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 1%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 35%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 50%
- Gross marginTop 32%
- Operating marginBottom 43%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 4%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 7%
- Interest coverBottom 12%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 7%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 2%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 37%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 8%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 10%
- 6-month returnBottom 8%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 12%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 16%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 9%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 29%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 17%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 19%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 28%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 35%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 18%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 7%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -29.9% | -32.1% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -159.0% | -163.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 71.1% | 71.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 62.3% | 18.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 53.4% | 385.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -32.1% | -29.9% | ↓ | Bottom 3% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -163.2% | -159.0% | ↓ | Bottom 6% |
| Gross margin | 71.8% | 71.1% | ↑ | Top 32% |
| Operating margin | 18.8% | 62.3% | ↓ | Bottom 43% |
| Net margin | -28.2% | 32.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 385.6% | 53.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 1.3% | — | Top 50% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -26.4% | — | Bottom 1% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -29.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +2.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 15.37×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 18.53%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 16.46%
- Shareholder yield
- 34.98%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -25.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -9.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 0 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -0.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $7.50
- Target vs current price
- +8.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 12
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 25%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | -0.8% | +4.9% | +12.5% | +9.4% | — |
| May 4, 2026 | +0.0% | -0.5% | -3.7% | -5.8% | -19.5% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | +0.0% | +0.9% | -3.7% | -3.6% | -1.7% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | +0.0% | +0.2% | -0.5% | -0.5% | -10.7% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | +0.0% | -0.9% | -1.6% | +2.3% | -6.9% |
| May 5, 2025 | +0.0% | -2.1% | +4.4% | +7.3% | +5.7% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | -3.0% | -1.8% | -4.8% | -7.3% | -11.4% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -2.9% | -0.4% | -6.2% | +3.9% | +1.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.26 | -0.8% | $61.5M |
| May 4, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.32 | +0.0% | $68.8M |
| Feb 24, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.32 | +0.0% | $77.4M |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $0.32 | $0.32 | +0.0% | $80.5M |
| Aug 4, 2025 | $0.32 | $0.32 | +0.0% | $96.9M |
| May 5, 2025 | $0.32 | $0.32 | +0.0% | $123.5M |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $0.32 | $0.33 | -3.0% | $92.9M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.34 | $0.35 | -2.9% | $94.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 6.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 23.2× | — | — | Bottom 37% |
| EV / Sales | 11.31× | — | — | Bottom 8% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 100.77% | — | — | Top 2% |
| Earnings yield | -6.92% | — | — | Bottom 7% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.0× – 58.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -26.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -163.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +415.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -12.3%
- RSI (14)
- 38.6
- Relative volume
- 1.84×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 25.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 84th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.63
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.39
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -29.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -48.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2021 | Jul 23, 2026 | -51.5% | 1186 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $655.5M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.48
- Revenue (TTM)
- $171.3M
- Dividend yield
- 16.43%
- 52-week range
- $6.73 – $9.84
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $267.1M | $347.3M | $342.0M | $329.8M | $138.6M |
| Gross profit | $193.3M | $271.3M | $258.1M | $247.4M | $14.8M |
| Operating income | $280.6M | $176.5M | $262.5M | $253.7M | $17.4M |
| Net income | $201.4M | $74.7M | $135.3M | $113.4M | $16.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.91 | $0.74 | $1.24 | $1.03 | $0.14 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $64.3M | $92.9M | $56.1M | $39.1M | $48.7M | $69.3M | $36.8M | $16.5M |
| Net income | $23.9M | $27.7M | $23.4M | $7.8M | $12.2M | -$26.9M | -$50.9M | $17.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.22 | $0.25 | $0.22 | $0.07 | $0.11 | -$0.26 | -$0.51 | $0.18 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $51.7M | $70.1M | $76.0M | $42.0M | $379.0M |
| Capital expenditure | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Free cash flow | $51.7M | $70.1M | $76.0M | $42.0M | $379.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$147.2M | -$135.7M |
| Net share buybacks | $12.2M | $39.8M | $20.8M | $67.7M | -$52.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $64.8M
- Total assets
- $2.42B
- Total liabilities
- $1.38B
- Total debt
- $1.35B
- Net debt
- $1.28B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.03B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | $0.25 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | $0.25 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | $0.32 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Dec 17, 2025 | $0.32 | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | $0.32 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | $0.32 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $0.32 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | $0.34 | Dec 31, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,243,780
- Days to cover
- 7.45
- Change vs previous report
- +8.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.