NEW YORK (AP) _ New Mountain Finance Corp. (NMFC) on Monday reported first-quarter earnings of $36.2 million.

On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said it had profit of 34 cents. Earnings, adjusted for investment gains, came to 30 cents per share.

The results met Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was also for earnings of 30 cents per share.

The business development company posted revenue of $69 million in the period.

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