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New Mountain Finance Corporation (NMFC)

Financial Services | Asset Management | New York, United States | NasdaqGS
7.54 USD -0.08 (-1.050%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 7.54

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 6:07 a.m. EDT

The long-term outlook is severely compromised by a four-year streak of declining annual returns, which serves as direct evidence of structural deterioration in the business. Despite a high dividend yield, the payout ratio of 8% suggests the company is distributing capital while its core earnings power erodes, making the yield unsustainable rather than a safety feature. The short-term picture is equally bleak; the statistical forecast predicts a decline, and the options market is screaming 'sell' with heavy put positioning. While the stock trades at a discount to book value, this is the market pricing in the inevitable collapse of the underlying asset management franchise, not a margin of safety.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.065709
AutoTheta0.069836
AutoETS0.077471
MSTL0.079416

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 54%
H-stat 0.25
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.038
Excess Kurtosis -0.74
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-15
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-15
Debt to Equity Ratio 130.396
Revenue per Share 2.853
Market Cap 712,171,008
Forward P/E 7.18
Beta 0.61
Profit Margins -16.78%
Website https://www.newmountainfinance.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 6:07 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection, with October put open interest significantly outweighing call open interest. The skew is extreme, with deep out-of-the-money puts showing massive volume relative to calls, indicating a fear of a sharp drop to the $5 strike level. Conversely, call activity is concentrated near the money or slightly out-of-the-money, suggesting limited bullish conviction beyond a modest rebound to current levels.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
3.31% 14.15% 12.72% 11.60%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-16 0.25 3.311258
2026-03-17 0.32 4.055767
2025-12-17 0.32 3.508772
2025-09-16 0.32 3.271984
2025-06-16 0.32 3.152709
2025-03-17 0.32 2.925046
2024-12-17 0.33 2.925532
2024-09-16 0.34 2.828619
2024-06-14 0.34 2.784603
2024-03-14 0.36 2.929211
2023-12-21 0.10 0.779423
2023-12-14 0.36 2.810304
2023-09-14 0.36 2.868526
2023-06-15 0.35 2.836305
2023-03-16 0.32 2.721088
2022-12-15 0.32 2.627258
2022-09-15 0.30 2.343750
2022-06-15 0.30 2.590674
2022-03-16 0.30 2.245509
2021-12-15 0.30 2.253944
2021-09-15 0.30 2.237136
2021-06-15 0.30 2.293578
2021-03-16 0.30 2.340094
2020-12-15 0.30 2.599653
2020-09-15 0.30 2.955665
2020-06-15 0.30 3.167899
2020-03-12 0.34 3.400000
2019-12-12 0.34 2.518519
2019-09-12 0.34 2.511078
2019-06-13 0.34 2.423379
2019-03-14 0.34 2.550638
2018-12-13 0.34 2.641803
2018-09-13 0.34 2.500000
2018-06-14 0.34 2.518519
2018-03-14 0.34 2.595420
2017-12-14 0.34 2.472727
2017-09-14 0.34 2.472727
2017-06-14 0.34 2.352941
2017-03-15 0.34 2.297297
2016-12-13 0.34 2.472727
2016-09-14 0.34 2.514793
2016-06-14 0.34 2.809917
2016-03-15 0.34 2.770986
2015-12-14 0.34 2.798354
2015-09-14 0.34 2.343212
2015-06-12 0.34 2.319236
2015-03-13 0.34 2.377622
2014-12-12 0.34 2.392681
2014-09-12 0.34 2.277294
2014-08-18 0.12 0.791557
2014-06-12 0.34 2.367688
2014-03-13 0.34 2.323992
2013-12-13 0.34 2.323992
2013-09-12 0.34 2.354571
2013-08-16 0.12 0.828157
2013-06-12 0.34 2.341598
2013-03-13 0.34 2.297297
2012-12-31 0.14 0.939597
2012-12-12 0.34 2.380952
2012-09-12 0.34 2.291105
2012-06-13 0.34 2.469136
2012-05-17 0.23 1.707498
2012-03-13 0.32 2.347762
2011-12-13 0.30 2.295333
2011-09-13 0.29 2.294304
2011-08-18 0.27 2.255639
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.14
dividendYield 14.96
exDividendDate 2026-09-16
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.21
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.15879266
lastDividendValue 0.25
lastDividendDate 2026-06-16
dividendDate 2026-09-30

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.28463
Address1 1,633 Broadway
Address2 48th Floor
All Time High 15.83
All Time Low 4.62
Ask 7.59
Ask Size 1
Average Analyst Rating 3.1 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 318,430
Average Daily Volume3 Month 602,358
Average Volume 602,358
Average Volume10Days 318,430
Beta 0.611
Bid 5.44
Bid Size 2
Book Value 10.886
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 7.54
Current Ratio 1.682
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 7.66
Day Low 7.53
Debt To Equity 130.396
Display Name New Mountain Finance
Dividend Date 1,790,726,400
Dividend Rate 1.14
Dividend Yield 14.96
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,853,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,853,800
Earnings Growth 1.571
Earnings Quarterly Growth 1.22
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,787,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,649,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,649,600
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 6.951
Enterprise Value 2,003,360,000
Eps Current Year 1.08857
Eps Forward 1.05
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.48
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,789,516,800
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 212 582 2277
Fifty Day Average 7.2502
Fifty Day Average Change 0.28980017
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.039971337
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -28.463
Fifty Two Week High 10.7
Fifty Two Week High Change -3.1599998
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.2953271
Fifty Two Week Low 6.73
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.80999994
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.120356604
Fifty Two Week Range 6.73 - 10.7
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,305,898,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 11.41
Forward Eps 1.05
Forward P E 7.1809525
Free Cashflow 70,495,128
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Fullday Change -0.0799999
Fullday Change Percent -1.04987
Fullday Price 7.54
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 1.0
Gross Profits 288,200,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.15493
Held Percent Institutions 0.34845
Implied Shares Outstanding 94,452,390
Industry Asset Management
Industry Disp Asset Management
Industry Key asset-management
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,781,568,000
Last Dividend Value 0.25
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary New Mountain Finance Corporation (Nasdaq: NMFC), a business development company, is a private equity/buyouts and loan fund that specializes in directly investing and lending to middle market companies in “defensive growth” industries. The fund prefers investing in buyout and middle market companies. It also makes investments in debt securities at all levels of the capital structure, including first and second lien debt, unsecured notes, and mezzanine securities. In some cases, its investments may also include equity interests. It targets energy, engineering and consulting services, specialty chemicals and materials, trading companies and distributors, commercial printing, diversified support services, education services, environmental and facilities services, office services and supplies, media, distributors, health care services, health care facilities, Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Financial Services and Technology, application software, business services, systems software, federal services, distribution and logistics, interactive home entertainment, telecommunication services, hydroelectric power generation, electric power generation by fossil fuels, electric power generation by nuclear fuels, health care technology, and security and alarm services. The fund seeks to invest in the United States of America. It seeks to invest between $10 million and $125 million per transaction. The firm invests through both primary originations and open-market secondary purchases. It invests in companies with EBITDA between $10 million and $200 million. The fund seeks a majority stake in its portfolio companies.
Long Name New Mountain Finance Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 712,171,008
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_109764267
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -48,370,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 719,727,211
Number Of Analyst Opinions 6
Open 7.64
Operating Cashflow 660,553,984
Operating Margins 0.76608
Payout Ratio 8.0
Peg Ratio 1.34
Phone 212 720 0300
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 7.54
Post Market Time 1,787,959,804
Previous Close 7.62
Price Eps Current Year 6.9265184
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.69263273
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.4710999
Profit Margins -0.16783
Quick Ratio 1.59
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 3.14286
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0799999
Regular Market Change Percent -1.04987
Regular Market Day High 7.66
Regular Market Day Low 7.53
Regular Market Day Range 7.53 - 7.66
Regular Market Open 7.64
Regular Market Previous Close 7.62
Regular Market Price 7.54
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 387,214
Return On Assets 0.05238
Return On Equity -0.04062
Revenue Growth -0.264
Revenue Per Share 2.853
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Shares Outstanding 94,452,390
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.031600002
Shares Short 2,981,928
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 3,318,433
Short Name New Mountain Finance Corporatio
Short Percent Of Float 0.0374
Short Ratio 5.16
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol NMFC
Target High Price 10.0
Target Low Price 7.5
Target Mean Price 8.29167
Target Median Price 8.0
Total Cash 64,799,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.686
Total Debt 1,349,353,984
Total Revenue 288,200,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.21
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.15879266
Trailing Eps -0.48
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 8.1915
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.65149975
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.07953364
Type Disp Equity
Volume 387,214
Website https://www.newmountainfinance.com
Zip 10,019