 NEW YORK AP _ New Mountain Finance Corp. NMFC on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter net income of 21.4 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said it had profit of 23 cents. Earnings, adjusted for investment costs, were 32 cents per share. The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 35 cents per share. The business development company posted revenue of 73.3 million in the period. For the year, the company reported profit of 112.6 million, or 1.22 per share. Revenue was reported as 276.5 million. New Mountain shares have decreased slightly since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, shares hit 13.69, a decrease of 2.5 in the last 12 months. ___ This story was generated by Automated Insights using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on NMFC at 