NMFC vs. ARCC, GBDC, MFIC, OCSL, PFLT, SLRC, TCPC, BCSF, MAIN, and TSLX
Should you be buying New Mountain Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of New Mountain Finance include Ares Capital (ARCC), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), SLR Investment (SLRC), Blackrock Tcp Capital (TCPC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Main Street Capital (MAIN), and Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
New Mountain Finance vs. Its Competitors
Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) and New Mountain Finance (NASDAQ:NMFC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Ares Capital had 20 more articles in the media than New Mountain Finance. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Ares Capital and 3 mentions for New Mountain Finance. New Mountain Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Ares Capital's score of 0.98 indicating that New Mountain Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ares Capital presently has a consensus target price of $22.86, indicating a potential upside of 1.93%. New Mountain Finance has a consensus target price of $10.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.38%. Given New Mountain Finance's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe New Mountain Finance is more favorable than Ares Capital.
Ares Capital has a net margin of 44.94% compared to New Mountain Finance's net margin of 23.27%. Ares Capital's return on equity of 10.48% beat New Mountain Finance's return on equity.
Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. New Mountain Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. Ares Capital pays out 93.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. New Mountain Finance pays out 168.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Ares Capital has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Mountain Finance has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ares Capital has higher revenue and earnings than New Mountain Finance. Ares Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New Mountain Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
27.4% of Ares Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.1% of New Mountain Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ares Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of New Mountain Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ares Capital beats New Mountain Finance on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:NMFC) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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