Real Estate / REIT - MortgageUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Market cap

NYSE

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E7.3

P25 11.3P50 28.1P75 47.4

Trailing P/E11.4

P25 15P50 26P75 39.7

ROE7.4

P25 -2.3P50 4.2P75 9.3

ROIC1

P25 0.6P50 2.5P75 4.5

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Indicator catalog

All MFA market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

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Currency

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Showing 246 of 246 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001055160
Company name	MFA Financial, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	55272X607
Employees	307
Employees Change	-41%
Employees Change Percent	-11.78
Enterprise value	$11.9B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	REIT - Mortgage
Isin	US55272X6076
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$1B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$9.9
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	938,586.32x
Sector	Real Estate
Sic	6798
Symbol	MFA
Website	https://www.mfafinancial.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	9.07%
EV Earnings	130.67x
EV Sales Forward	44.36x
EV/FCF	73.62x
EV/Sales	41.36x
FCF yield	16.09%
Forward P/E	7.25x
P/B ratio	0.57x
P/E ratio	11.36x
P/S ratio	3.49x
PE Ratio10 Y	10.52x
PE Ratio3 Y	12.17x
PE Ratio5 Y	11.12x
PS Forward	3.74x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
FCF margin	56.18%
Gross margin	87.47%
Gross Profit	$252M
Net Income	$91.2M
Net Income Growth	-1.89%
Net Income Growth Years	3%
Net Income Growth5 Y	-20.2%
Pretax Margin	46.77%
Profit Margin	46.72%
Profit Per Employee	$297,091
Profitable Years	3
ROA	1.09
Roa5y	0.98
ROE	7.44
Roe5y	4.58
ROIC	1.05
Roic5y	0.99

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	0.64%
Cagr15y	3.92%
Cagr1y	22.84%
Cagr20y	6.44%
Cagr3y	13.18%
Cagr5y	2.08%
Div CAGR10	-7.67%
Div CAGR3	-3.05%
Div CAGR5	12.47%
EPS Growth	-12
EPS Growth Years	3
EPS Growth5 Y	-18.98
FCF Growth	22.55%
FCF Growth3 Y	-9.08%
FCF Growth5 Y	32.1%
OCF Growth	22.55%
OCF Growth10 Y	-4.84%
OCF Growth3 Y	-8.95%
OCF Growth5 Y	26.82%
Revenue Growth	-1.4x
Revenue Growth Q	-46.45x
Revenue Growth Years	3x
Revenue Growth3 Y	65.2x
Revenue Growth5 Y	-10.18x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.02
Assets	$13.2B
Cash	$221.6M
Debt	$11.1B
Debt Equity	$6.26
Debt FCF	$68.78
Equity	$1.8B
Liabilities	$11.5B
Net Cash	$-10.9B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-1,085
Net Debt Equity	$6.13
Net Debt FCF	$67.41
Tangible Book Value	$1.7B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$16.89
WACC	1.06

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	33.51
Quick ratio	32.83
Working Capital	$9B
Working Capital Turnover	$0.03

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	0.88%
Dividend Growth	2.13%
Dividend Growth Years	1%
Dividend per share	$1.44
Dividend Years	29
Dividend Yield	14.55%
Ex Div Date	2026-03-31
Last Dividend	$0.36
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	165.24%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	6.57%
1Y total return	22.82%
200-day SMA	9.68
3Y total return	45.01%
50-day SMA	9.97
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	10.83%
All Time High	44.28
All Time High Change	-77.64%
All Time High Date	2008-02-08
All Time Low	1.28
All Time Low Change	673.44%
All Time Low Date	2020-03-24
ATR	0.22
Beta	1.55
Beta1y	0.71
Beta2y	0.49
Ch YTD	6.34
High	9.97
High52	10.57
High52 Date	2025-09-05
High52ch	-6.29%
Low	9.8
Low52	8.78
Low52 Date	2025-08-06
Low52ch	12.76%
Ma50ch	-0.69%
Premarket Change Percent	0.51
Premarket Price	$9.8
Premarket Volume	1,682
Price vs 200-day SMA	2.33%
RSI	47.44
RSI Monthly	47.29
RSI Weekly	50.86
Sharpe ratio	0.84x
Sortino ratio	1.45
Total Return	15.42%
Tr YTD	10.46
Tr15y	78.13%
Tr1m	2.7%
Tr1w	-4.72%
Tr3m	5.59%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	5
Analyst Count Top	1
Analyst Price Target Top	$10
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Hold
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.24
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-17.24
Earnings Revenue Estimate	61,744,000x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	7.31x
Operating Income	$134.8M
Operating Income Growth	-0.72
Operating Income Growth5 Y	-20.03
Operating margin	46.77
Price target	$10.69
Price Target Change	$7.98
Price Target Change Top	$1.01

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	99,117,307%
Float Percent	97.56%
Net Borrowing	1,781,107,000
Shares Insiders	2.44%
Shares Institutions	54.17%
Shares Out	101,596,232
Shares Qo Q	3.14%
Shares Yo Y	-0.88%
Short Float	2.7%
Short Ratio	1.83
Short Shares	2.63

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$161.9M
Average Volume	1,512,664.7x
Bv Per Share	17.51
Ch10y	-65.04
Ch15y	-69.59
Ch1m	2.7
Ch1w	-4.72
Ch1y	5.43
Ch20y	-64.03
Ch3m	1.64
Ch3y	-3.88
Ch5y	-42.97
Ch6m	7.49
Change	1.54%
Change From Open	1.02
Close	9.75
Days Gap	0.51
Dollar Volume	11,377,000.8
Earnings Date	2026-05-05
Earnings Time	bmo
EPS	$0.87
F Score	4
FCF	$161.9M
FCF EV Yield	1.36x
FCF Per Share	$1.59
Financing CF	1,535,207,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,997
Goodwill	61,076,000
Graham Number	18.53036
Graham Upside	87.18
Income Tax	$137,000
Investing CF	-1,759,569,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-05
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	2022-04-05
Last Split Type	Reverse
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-20
Lynch Fair Value	$4.36
Lynch Upside	-55.99
Ma150	9.66
Ma150ch	2.47%
Ma20	10.09
Ma20ch	-1.87%
Net CF	-62,483,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-05
Open	9.8
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	6.21
P OCF Ratio	6.21
Payment Date	2026-04-30
Position In Range	58.82
Post Close	9.9
Postmarket Change Percent	0.61
Postmarket Price	$9.96
Ppne	9,604,000
Pre Close	9.75
Price Date	2026-05-08
Ptbv Ratio	0.59
Relative Volume	0.76x
Revenue	288,146,000x
Tax By Revenue	0.05x
Tax Rate	0.1%
Tr20y	248.1%
Tr6m	15.99%
Us State	New York
Volume	1,149,192

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Income

MFA dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+14.5%

$1.44 annual per share

Payout ratio

+165.2%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+12.5%

1 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+15.4%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-03-31

Performance

MFA stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns MFA?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+54.2%

Float: +97.6% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+2.4%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

MFA momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

47.4

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+2.3%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

1.55

More volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

0.84

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

MFA vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
PLD	Prologis Inc.	137.2B	36.3x	14.6x	3.9%	+13.9%	+41.9%	बेचें
WELL	Welltower Inc.	151.5B	104.9x	12.9x	1.1%	+21.8%	+44.2%	बेचें

Questions

About MFA

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What is the current MFA stock rating?

MFA Financial, Inc. is currently shown with the latest rating in the latest report. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

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