Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for NMFC Q1 Earnings

New Mountain Finance Co. (NASDAQ:NMFC) – B. Riley cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for New Mountain Finance in a report issued on Friday, November 1st. B. Riley analyst B. Rowe now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.32 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.34. The consensus estimate for New Mountain Finance’s current full-year earnings is $1.41 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for New Mountain Finance’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.32 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.33 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $1.29 EPS.

New Mountain Finance (NASDAQ:NMFC) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The company reported $0.34 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.35 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $95.33 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $94.10 million. New Mountain Finance had a net margin of 30.28% and a return on equity of 11.25%. The company’s revenue was up 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.40 EPS.

Separately, Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on shares of New Mountain Finance from $12.00 to $11.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th.

New Mountain Finance Stock Performance

Shares of NMFC stock opened at $11.10 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $1.20 billion, a PE ratio of 10.57 and a beta of 1.15. New Mountain Finance has a 12 month low of $11.03 and a 12 month high of $13.23. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $11.88 and its 200-day simple moving average is $12.22. The company has a quick ratio of 1.75, a current ratio of 2.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.46.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On New Mountain Finance

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in NMFC. Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. bought a new stake in New Mountain Finance during the first quarter worth $40,000. Quarry LP increased its stake in shares of New Mountain Finance by 68.3% during the 2nd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 3,307 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,000 after purchasing an additional 1,342 shares during the last quarter. EntryPoint Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of New Mountain Finance in the 1st quarter valued at about $52,000. Clearstead Trust LLC acquired a new stake in New Mountain Finance in the 2nd quarter valued at about $98,000. Finally, Lazard Asset Management LLC bought a new position in New Mountain Finance during the first quarter worth about $126,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 32.08% of the company’s stock.

New Mountain Finance Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th will be given a dividend of $0.33 per share. This is a positive change from New Mountain Finance’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 17th. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 11.89%. New Mountain Finance’s payout ratio is 121.91%.

New Mountain Finance Company Profile

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. 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.