New Mountain Finance Corporation

NMFC

Asset Management · Financial Services

Price

$7.11

-0.12 (-1.66%)

Market Cap

$671.6M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+9.9% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 110.2M (2021) → 121.1M (2025)

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. In some cases, its investments may also i

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-34.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-312.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

15.8%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$51M cash & investments

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

New Mountain Finance Corporation's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin

75.1%

Premium pricing power — 75.1% gross margin

Operating Margin

-63.1%

Losing money on operations — -63.1%

ROCE

-1.0%

Weak — -1.0% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-26.5%

Shrinking sales (-26.5% YoY)

EPS YoY

-156.5%

Earnings shrinking (-156.5% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

299.7%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (299.7%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

1.27

Elevated debt (1.27)

Interest Cover

0.00x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.0x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

16.92%

Healthy income — 16.92% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend Growth

-9.7%

Dividend cut (-9.7% YoY) — warning sign

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