Third Quarter and Recent Highlights1
| ($ in millions, except per share data) |
| Q3 2025 |
| Q3 2024 | ||||
| Net Investment Income per Weighted Average Share |
| 0.32 |
|
| 0.33 |
| ||
| Non-recurring Adjustments2 |
|
| — |
|
|
| 0.01 |
|
| Net Adjusted Investment Income2 per Weighted Average Share |
| 0.32 |
|
| 0.34 |
| ||
| Regular & Supplemental Dividends Paid per Share in Quarter |
| 0.32 |
|
| 0.34 |
| ||
| Annualized Dividend Yield3 |
|
| 13.2 |
|
| 11.9 | ||
|
|
| September 30, 2025 |
| June 30, 2025 | ||
| Investment Portfolio4 |
| 2,957.1 |
| 3,014.2 | ||
| NAV per Share |
| 12.06 |
| 12.21 | ||
| Statutory Debt/Equity5 |
| 1.26x |
| 1.17x | ||
| Statutory Debt/Equity (Net of Available Cash)5 |
| 1.23x |
| 1.13x | ||
Management Comments on Third Quarter Performance
“In Q3, NMFC once again covered its dividend, despite tight credit spreads in the market generally," said Steven B. Klinsky, NMFC Chairman and New Mountain Capital CEO. “We are major shareholders personally as well as managers, and we remain committed to maintaining credit discipline and serving our fellow share owners."
John R. Kline, NMFC CEO, added: “NMFC maintained consistent credit performance in Q3, with approximately 95% of the portfolio rated green. Looking ahead, we remain confident in NMFC’s ability to deliver consistent enhanced yield with a strong margin of safety. We continue to believe in the fundamentals of our portfolio and long-term strategy, as demonstrated by our repurchase of $27.6 million of shares in the quarter.”
Portfolio and Investment Activity4
As of September 30, 2025, the Company’s NAV1 was $1,256.6 million and its portfolio had a fair value of $2,957.1 million of investments in 127 portfolio companies, with a weighted average YTM at Cost6 of approximately 10.4%. For the three months ended September 30, 2025, the Company originated $127.3 million of investments7, offset by $177.1 million of repayments7.
Portfolio and Asset Quality
NMFC’s mandate is to primarily target businesses in the middle market that, consistent with New Mountain’s private equity platform, are high quality, defensive growth companies in industries that are well-researched by New Mountain. The Company’s focus is on defensive growth businesses that generally exhibit the following characteristics: (i) acyclicality, (ii) sustainable secular growth drivers, (iii) niche market dominance and high barriers to competitive entry, (iv) recurring revenue and strong free cash flow, (v) flexible cost structures and (vi) seasoned management teams.
Portfolio Industry Composition based on Fair Value8
| Software |
| Business Services | ||||
| ERP | 9.0 |
| Misc Services | 4.2 | ||
| Human Capital Management | 5.2 |
| Real Estate Services | 4.1 | ||
| Finance & Accounting | 4.6 |
| Engineering & Consulting Services | 3.9 | ||
| Governance, Risk & Compliance | 4.1 |
| Insurance & Benefits Services | 2.8 | ||
| Ecommerce & Logistics | 3.8 |
| Digital Transformation | 2.4 | ||
| IT Infrastructure & Security | 3.7 |
| Utility Services | 1.6 | ||
| Integrated Payments | 1.6 |
| Data & Information Services | 1.1 | ||
|
|
|
| MRO Services | 0.8 | ||
| Total Software | 32.0 |
| Total Business Services | 20.9 | ||
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
| Healthcare |
| Other Industries |
| |||
| Healthcare Services | 11.1 |
| Consumer Services | 7.3 | ||
| Healthcare Software | 2.9 |
| Education | 5.9 | ||
| Pharma Services | 1.8 |
| Distribution & Logistics | 4.6 | ||
| Tech-Enabled Healthcare | 0.8 |
| Financial Services | 4.2 | ||
| Healthcare Products | 0.2 |
| Packaging | 2.8 | ||
|
|
|
| Other | 5.5 | ||
| Total Healthcare | 16.8 |
| Total Other Industries | 30.3 | ||
The Company monitors the performance and financial trends of its portfolio companies on at least a quarterly basis. The Company attempts to identify any developments within the portfolio company, the industry, or the macroeconomic environment that may alter any material element of the Company’s original investment strategy. As described more fully in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the portfolio monitoring procedures are designed to provide a simple, yet comprehensive analysis of the Company’s portfolio companies based on their operating performance and underlying business characteristics, which in turn forms the basis of its Risk Rating. The Risk Rating is expressed in categories of Green, Yellow, Orange and Red with Green reflecting an investment that is in-line with or above expectations and Red reflecting an investment performing materially below expectations.
The following table shows the Risk Rating of the Company’s portfolio companies as of September 30, 2025:
| (in millions) | As of September 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||||
| Risk Rating |
| Cost |
| Percent |
| Fair Value |
| Percent |
| Weighted Average Mark | |||||
| Green9 |
| 2,843.0 |
| 92.0 |
| 2,796.6 |
| 94.5 |
| 98.6 | |||||
| Yellow4 |
|
| 83.9 |
| 2.7 |
|
| 55.1 |
| 1.9 |
| 65.6 | |||
| Orange |
|
| 143.6 |
| 4.6 |
|
| 91.7 |
| 3.1 |
| 71.7 | |||
| Red |
|
| 21.8 |
| 0.7 |
|
| 13.7 |
| 0.5 |
| 62.6 | |||
| Total |
| 3,092.3 |
| 100.0 |
| 2,957.1 |
| 100.0 |
|
| |||||
As of September 30, 2025, nearly all investments in the Company’s portfolio had a Green Risk Rating, with the exception of five portfolio companies that had a Yellow Risk Rating, nine portfolio companies that had an Orange Risk Rating and one portfolio company that had a Red Risk Rating.
The following table shows the Company’s investment portfolio composition as of September 30, 2025:
| (in millions) |
|
|
|
| ||
| Investment Portfolio Composition |
| September 30, 2025 |
| Percent of Total | ||
| First Lien |
| 1,989.3 |
| 67.3 | ||
| Senior Loan Funds (SLP III & SLP IV) & NMNLC |
|
| 387.3 |
| 13.1 | |
| Second Lien4 |
|
| 111.6 |
| 3.8 | |
| Subordinated |
|
| 111.0 |
| 3.8 | |
| Preferred Equity |
|
| 229.0 |
| 7.7 | |
| Common Equity and Other10 |
|
| 128.9 |
| 4.3 | |
| Total |
| 2,957.1 |
| 100.0 | ||
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2025, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $63.7 million and total statutory debt outstanding of $1,588.9 million5. The Company's statutory debt to equity was 1.26x (or 1.23x net of available cash) as of September 30, 2025. Additionally, the Company had $196.2 million of SBA-guaranteed debentures outstanding as of September 30, 2025. As of September 30, 2025, the Company had $1,018.0 million of available capacity on its Holdings Credit Facility, NMFC Credit Facility and Unsecured Management Company Revolver. Subsequent to quarter-end, the Company repaid the 2022 Convertible Notes at maturity.
Third Quarter 2025 Conference Call
New Mountain Finance Corporation will host an earnings conference call and webcast at 10:00 am Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. To participate in the live earning conference call, please use the following dial-in numbers or visit the audio webcast link. To avoid any delays, please join at least fifteen minutes prior to the start of the call.
A replay of the conference call can be accessed one hour after the end of the conference call through February 4, 2026. The full webcast replay will be available through November 4, 2026. To access the earnings webcast replay please visit the New Mountain Investor Relations website.
For additional details related to the quarter ended September 30, 2025, please refer to the New Mountain Finance Corporation Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC and the supplemental investor presentation which can be found on the Company's website at http://www.newmountainfinance.com.
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| (1) | Excludes non-controlling interest in New Mountain Net Lease Corporation (“NMNLC”). | |
| (2) | Adjusted net investment income for Q3 2024 includes $1.2 million of net accelerated deferred financing costs related to the termination of the DB Credit Facility and a corresponding incentive fee adjustment. | |
| (3) | Dividend yield calculation uses the closing stock price of $9.67 on October 31, 2025 and $11.44 on October 28, 2024 and includes regular dividends for Q3 2025 and regular and supplemental dividends for Q3 2024. | |
| (4) | Includes collateral for securities purchased under collateralized agreements to resell. | |
| (5) | Excludes the Company’s United States Small Business Administration (“SBA”) guaranteed debentures. | |
| (6) | References to “YTM at Cost” assume the accruing investments, including secured collateralized agreements, in the Company's portfolio as of a certain date, the ‘‘Portfolio Date’’, are purchased at cost on that date and held until their respective maturities with no prepayments or losses and are exited at par at maturity. This calculation excludes the impact of existing leverage. YTM at Cost uses the Sterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate ("SONIA”), Euro Interbank Offered Rate ("EURIBOR") and Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) curves at each quarter’s respective end date. The actual yield to maturity may be higher or lower due to the future selection of SONIA, EURIBOR and SOFR contracts by the individual companies in the Company’s portfolio or other factors. | |
| (7) | Originations exclude payment-in-kind (“PIK”); originations, repayments, and sales exclude revolvers, unfunded commitments, bridges, return of capital, and realized gains / losses. | |
| (8) | Excludes NMFC Senior Loan Program III LLC ("SLP III"), NMFC Senior Loan Program IV LLC ("SLP IV") and NMNLC. | |
| (9) | Includes investments held in NMNLC. | |
| (10) | Includes investments classified as structured finance obligations. | |
| New Mountain Finance Corporation | |||||||
| Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities | |||||||
| (in thousands, except shares and per share data) | |||||||
| (unaudited) | |||||||
|
| September 30, 2025 |
| December 31, 2024 | ||||
| Assets |
|
|
| ||||
| Investments at fair value |
|
|
| ||||
| Non-controlled/non-affiliated investments (cost of $2,224,517 and $2,298,083, respectively) | 2,173,373 |
|
| 2,277,352 |
| ||
| Non-controlled/affiliated investments (cost of $129,720 and $124,254, respectively) |
| 94,686 |
|
|
| 112,776 |
|
| Controlled investments (cost of $708,084 and $679,587, respectively) |
| 675,560 |
|
|
| 700,896 |
|
| Total investments at fair value (cost of $3,062,321 and $3,101,924, respectively) |
| 2,943,619 |
|
|
| 3,091,024 |
|
| Securities purchased under collateralized agreements to resell (cost of $30,000 and $30,000, respectively) |
| 13,500 |
|
|
| 13,500 |
|
| Cash and cash equivalents |
| 63,684 |
|
|
| 80,320 |
|
| Interest and dividend receivable |
| 44,169 |
|
|
| 42,379 |
|
| Derivative asset at fair value |
| 5,834 |
|
|
| — |
|
| Receivable from affiliates |
| 334 |
|
|
| 213 |
|
| Other assets |
| 17,769 |
|
|
| 19,265 |
|
| Total assets | 3,088,909 |
|
| 3,246,701 |
| ||
| Liabilities |
|
|
| ||||
| Borrowings |
|
|
| ||||
| Unsecured Notes | 990,999 |
|
| 978,503 |
| ||
| Holdings Credit Facility |
| 308,063 |
|
|
| 294,363 |
|
| 2022 Convertible Notes |
| 258,782 |
|
|
| 260,091 |
|
| SBA-guaranteed debentures |
| 196,205 |
|
|
| 300,000 |
|
| NMFC Credit Facility |
| 31,032 |
|
|
| 27,944 |
|
| Deferred financing costs (net of accumulated amortization of $48,017 and $63,971, respectively) |
| (19,698 |
|
| (24,191 | ||
| Net borrowings |
| 1,765,383 |
|
|
| 1,836,710 |
|
| Interest payable |
| 18,072 |
|
|
| 17,109 |
|
| Payable to broker |
| 13,460 |
|
|
| 3,230 |
|
| Payable for unsettled securities purchased |
| 10,412 |
|
|
| — |
|
| Management fee payable |
| 9,619 |
|
|
| 10,467 |
|
| Incentive fee payable |
| 2,801 |
|
|
| 8,625 |
|
| Deferred tax liability |
| 1,478 |
|
|
| 1,410 |
|
| Derivative liability at fair value |
| 821 |
|
|
| 7,423 |
|
| Other liabilities |
| 4,197 |
|
|
| 2,436 |
|
| Total liabilities |
| 1,826,243 |
|
|
| 1,887,410 |
|
| Commitments and contingencies |
|
|
| ||||
| Net assets |
|
|
| ||||
| Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, 2,000,000 shares authorized, none issued |
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
| Common stock, par value $0.01 per share, 200,000,000 shares authorized, 107,851,929 and 107,851,415 shares issued, respectively, and 104,189,336 and 107,851,415 shares outstanding, respectively |
| 1,079 |
|
|
| 1,079 |
|
| Paid in capital in excess of par |
| 1,365,849 |
|
|
| 1,365,852 |
|
| Treasury stock at cost, 3,662,593 and 0 shares held, respectively |
| (37,253 |
|
| — |
| |
| Accumulated undistributed earnings |
| (73,049 |
|
| (13,592 | ||
| Total net assets of New Mountain Finance Corporation | 1,256,626 |
|
| 1,353,339 |
| ||
| Non-controlling interest in New Mountain Net Lease Corporation |
| 6,040 |
|
|
| 5,952 |
|
| Total net assets | 1,262,666 |
|
| 1,359,291 |
| ||
| Total liabilities and net assets | 3,088,909 |
|
| 3,246,701 |
| ||
| Number of shares outstanding |
| 104,189,336 |
|
|
| 107,851,415 |
|
| Net asset value per share of New Mountain Finance Corporation | 12.06 |
|
| 12.55 |
| ||
| New Mountain Finance Corporation | |||||||||||||||
| Consolidated Statements of Operations | |||||||||||||||
| (in thousands, except shares and per share data) | |||||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
|
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||
|
| September 30, 2025 |
| September 30, 2024 |
| September 30, 2025 |
| September 30, 2024 | ||||||||
| Investment income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
| From non-controlled/non-affiliated investments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
| Interest income (excluding Payment-in-kind ("PIK") interest income) | 49,811 |
|
| 61,788 |
|
| 155,508 |
|
| 175,608 |
| ||||
| PIK interest income |
| 2,968 |
|
|
| 4,340 |
|
|
| 8,812 |
|
|
| 13,460 |
|
| Dividend income |
| 179 |
|
|
| 185 |
|
|
| 1,242 |
|
|
| 2,762 |
|
| Non-cash dividend income |
| 4,026 |
|
|
| 5,077 |
|
|
| 12,432 |
|
|
| 14,558 |
|
| Other income |
| 1,436 |
|
|
| 1,454 |
|
|
| 3,640 |
|
|
| 6,345 |
|
| From non-controlled/affiliated investments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
| Interest income (excluding PIK interest income) |
| 322 |
|
|
| 349 |
|
|
| 989 |
|
|
| 1,093 |
|
| PIK interest income |
| 1,132 |
|
|
| 971 |
|
|
| 3,176 |
|
|
| 2,680 |
|
| Non-cash dividend income |
| 304 |
|
|
| 1,593 |
|
|
| 2,279 |
|
|
| 4,211 |
|
| Other income |
| 63 |
|
|
| 63 |
|
|
| 188 |
|
|
| 188 |
|
| From controlled investments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
| Interest income (excluding PIK interest income) |
| 1,665 |
|
|
| 1,651 |
|
|
| 5,172 |
|
|
| 4,395 |
|
| PIK interest income |
| 3,505 |
|
|
| 3,739 |
|
|
| 10,093 |
|
|
| 11,595 |
|
| Dividend income |
| 11,818 |
|
|
| 11,789 |
|
|
| 36,199 |
|
|
| 36,812 |
|
| Non-cash dividend income |
| 2,925 |
|
|
| 1,649 |
|
|
| 7,374 |
|
|
| 4,715 |
|
| Other income |
| 375 |
|
|
| 679 |
|
|
| 2,578 |
|
|
| 2,049 |
|
| Total investment income |
| 80,529 |
|
|
| 95,327 |
|
|
| 249,682 |
|
|
| 280,471 |
|
| Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
| Interest and other financing expenses |
| 31,720 |
|
|
| 37,661 |
|
|
| 94,232 |
|
|
| 101,790 |
|
| Management fee |
| 9,619 |
|
|
| 11,700 |
|
|
| 29,611 |
|
|
| 34,048 |
|
| Incentive fee |
| 7,345 |
|
|
| 8,821 |
|
|
| 23,563 |
|
|
| 27,760 |
|
| Professional fees |
| 924 |
|
|
| 1,019 |
|
|
| 3,413 |
|
|
| 3,213 |
|
| Administrative expenses |
| 916 |
|
|
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