NMFC

New Mountain Finance Corporation Common Stock (NMFC)

Stock · NASDAQ · Finance

$6.74as of 10/16/2026

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October 16, 2026

New Mountain Finance Focuses on Defensive Growth Strategy. New Mountain Finance is emphasizing a defensive growth approach, highlighting the appeal of its preferred shares to investors seeking stable income. The company's common stock currently offers a dividend yield near 10%, which aligns with its positioning as a defensive asset. With the stock trading below its average analyst target, the focus remains on maintaining yield stability rather than aggressive capital appreciation.

Active signals

Resistance level
$7.73
Industry
Finance/Investors Services

What NMFC's price did in the 20 trading sessions after each past signal, compared with any 20-session window over the same period.

SignalTimesMedian 20-session returnHigher after 20 sessions
Volume Spike310.0%48%
Bollinger Band Breakdown30+1.5%63%
200-Day Moving Average TouchActive now30-0.6%43%
Bollinger Band Breakout16+0.4%56%
Any 20-session window (baseline)+0.1%51%

Computed by MarketWall from daily closing prices since May 18, 2022. Returns are close-to-close and don't include dividends. Past results describe what happened before; they are not a forecast and not investment advice.

About NMFC

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 de…

Sector
Finance
Industry
Finance/Investors Services

Fundamentals

1-day range
$6.66$6.79
Market cap
$722.56M
P/E (trailing)
—
P/E (forward)
6.35
EPS (trailing)
$-0.48
Dividend yield
9.95%
Beta
0.65
Avg. volume
516.2K
Ex-dividend date
September 16, 2026
Dividend pay date
September 30, 2026
52-week range
$6.63$9.84
Next earnings: November 2, 2026 · EPS estimate $0.26confirmed

Forecasts

6 analyst ratings

Buy 0%
Hold 67%
Sell 33%
1-year price forecast
High
$10
+48.4%
Median
$8
+18.7%
Low
$7.5
+11.3%

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P/E shows — for peers not currently carrying a live signal of their own.

Latest news

Insider Activity

Insider Actions →
Acquired
2.0K
Disposed
77.5K

Institutional Ownership

March 31, 2026

Total shares held
27.77M
Total value held
$173.97M
Institutional holders
151
Top holders this quarter
  • Unknown3.02M
  • Unknown2.14M
  • Unknown2.09M
  • Unknown1.80M
  • Unknown1.16M
  • Unknown938.7K
  • Unknown872.8K
  • Unknown871.3K
  • Unknown852.9K
  • Unknown848.9K

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