MFA Financial, Inc. (MFA)

NYSE: MFA · USD

$6.78

+0.05 (+0.7%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	685.4M
Revenue (ttm)	302.8M
Net income (ttm)	104.7M
EPS (ttm)	$1.01
Shares out	101.1M
P/E (trailing)	6.7x
P/E (forward)	5.2x
Dividend	$1.44 (21.30%)
Volume	2,030,526
Beta	1.52

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 302.8M
Net income (ttm): 104.7M
EPS (ttm): $1.01
P/E (trailing): 6.7x
P/E (forward): 5.2x
Market cap: 685.4M

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AMT	American Tower Corporation	85.1B	25.8x	7.5x	7.8%	+4.0%	+0.7%	Verminderen
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CCI	Crown Castle Inc.	37.4B	46.3x	9.1x	5.1%	-7.9%	-6.2%	Verkopen

Calendar

Next earnings

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Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E5.2

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Trailing P/E6.7

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ROE8.2

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ROIC1.1

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Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001055160
Company name	MFA Financial, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	55272X607
Earnings date	2026-11-04
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	307
Employees change	-41
Employees growth	-11.78%
Enterprise value	$12.2B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1997
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	REIT - Mortgage
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US55272X6076
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-20
Last earnings date	2026-08-05
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2022-04-05
Last stock split type	Reverse
Market cap	$685.4M
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-04
Options	Yes
Price	$6.78
Price currency	USD
Sector	Real Estate
SIC code	6798
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	MFA
U.S. state	New York
Website	https://www.mfafinancial.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	5.84x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	10.52x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	11.89x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	11.22x
Earnings yield	14.83%
EV/Earnings	116.64x
EV/FCF	48.43x
EV/Sales	40.33x
FCF / EV yield	2.06%
FCF yield	36.72%
Forward EV/Sales	52.28x
Forward P/E	5.2x
Forward P/S	2.94x
Graham number	19.93512
Graham upside	193.38%
Industry forward P/E	6.19x
Industry P/E	59.57x
Lynch fair value	$5.03
Lynch upside	-26.02%
P/B ratio	0.38x
P/E ratio	6.74x
P/FCF ratio	2.72x
P/OCF ratio	2.72x
P/S ratio	2.27x
Price / tangible book value	0.4x
Sector forward P/E	30.05x
Sector P/E	41.38x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
FCF margin	83.29%
Gross margin	87.59%
Operating margin	48.92%
Pretax margin	48.92%
Profit margin	48.95%
Profit per employee	$341,085
Profitable quarters	1
Profitable years	3
Revenue per employee	$986,414
ROA	1.17%
ROA (5Y)	0.98%
ROE	8.24%
ROE (5Y)	4.58%
ROIC	1.12%
ROIC (5Y)	0.99%
Tax / revenue	-0.03%

Growth

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

Metric	Value
EPS growth	14.23%
EPS growth (Q)	61.91%
EPS growth 10Y	-10.79%
EPS growth 5Y	-14.72%
EPS growth quarters	1
EPS growth years	3
FCF growth	103.29%
FCF growth (Q)	234.89%
FCF growth (QoQ)	81.22%
FCF growth 3Y	6.62%
FCF growth 5Y	53.19%
Net income growth	15.4%
Net income growth (Q)	41.03%
Net income growth 5Y	-16.09%
Net income growth quarters	1
Net income growth years	3
OCF growth	103.29%
OCF growth (Q)	234.89%
OCF growth (QoQ)	81.22%
OCF growth 10Y	2.69%
OCF growth 3Y	6.62%
OCF growth 5Y	26.34%
Operating income growth	16.77%
Operating income growth (Q)	40.02%
Operating income growth 5Y	-12.72%
Revenue growth	6.45%
Revenue growth (Q)	20.22%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	101.92%
Revenue growth 10Y	-1.86%
Revenue growth 3Y	30.52%
Revenue growth 5Y	-3.95%
Revenue growth quarters	1
Revenue growth years	3

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
EPS	$1.01
FCF per share	$2.50
Financing cash flow	$1.9B
Free cash flow	$252.2M
Gross profit	$265.2M
Income taxes	$-101,000
Investing cash flow	$-2.4B
Net borrowing	$2.2B
Net cash flow	$-234.7M
Net income	$104.7M
Operating income	$148.1M
Revenue	$302.8M

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Book value per share	$17.57
Debt / equity	6.57
Debt / FCF	46.26
Goodwill	$61.1M
Net cash (debt)	$-11.5B
Net cash / market cap	-1,678.15%
Net debt / equity	6.49
Net debt / FCF	45.7
Piotroski F-Score	5
Property, plant and equipment	$9.4M
Shareholders' equity	$1.8B
Tangible book value	$1.7B
Tangible book value per share	$16.94
Total assets	$13.7B
Total cash	$141.2M
Total debt	$11.7B
Total liabilities	$11.9B
WACC	0.7%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.02
Current ratio	43.67
Quick ratio	42.87
Working capital	$9B
Working capital turnover	0.03

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	1.04%
Dividend growth	0.7%
Dividend growth (10Y)	-7.67%
Dividend growth (3Y)	0.94%
Dividend growth (5Y)	0.57%
Dividend growth years	1
Dividend payment date	2026-10-30
Dividend payment years	29
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$1.44
Dividend yield	21.3%
Ex-dividend date	2026-10-05
FCF payout ratio	57.72%
Last dividend	$0.36
Payout ratio	143.23%
Shareholder yield	22.23%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y price change	-76.82%
10Y return CAGR	-3.12%
10Y total return	-27.14%
150-day SMA	$9.00
15Y price change	-75.52%
15Y return CAGR	2.54%
15Y total return	45.74%
1D price change	0.74%
1M price change	-16.83%
1M total return	-12.72%
1W price change	3.74%
1W total return	3.74%
1Y price change	-25.49%
1Y return CAGR	-12.44%
1Y total return	-12.44%
20-day SMA	$6.87
200-day SMA	$9.23
20Y price change	-77.85%
20Y return CAGR	4.26%
20Y total return	130.13%
3M price change	-25.49%
3M total return	-21.81%
3Y price change	-21.9%
3Y return CAGR	6.27%
3Y total return	20.01%
50-day SMA	$7.90
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$10.43
52-week high date	2026-05-01
52-week low	$6.38
52-week low date	2026-10-19
5Y price change	-62.5%
5Y return CAGR	-5.33%
5Y total return	-23.96%
6M price change	-34.35%
6M total return	-28.5%
All-time high	$44.28
All-time high date	2008-02-08
All-time low	$1.28
All-time low date	2020-03-24
Average true range (ATR)	$0.19
Average volume	2.7M
Beta (1Y)	0.5
Beta (2Y)	0.42
Beta (5Y)	1.52
Change from 52-week high	-35%
Change from 52-week low	6.27%
Change from all-time high	-84.65%
Change from all-time low	430.86%
Change from open	0.74%
Day's gap	0%
Dollar volume	$13.8M
High price	$6.80
Low price	$6.70
Monthly RSI	31.63
Open price	$6.73
Position in 52-week range	80%
Premarket change	0.28%
Premarket close	$6.73
Premarket price	$6.75
Premarket volume	455
Previous close	$6.73
Price vs 150-day SMA	-24.48%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-1.03%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-26.37%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-14.02%
Relative volume	0.74
RSI	36.98
Sharpe ratio	-0.63
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.22
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.16
Sortino ratio	-0.61
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.51
Sortino ratio (5Y)	-0.05
Volume	2M
Weekly RSI	23.45
YTD price change	-27.01%
YTD total return	-17.43%

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	98.6M
Float percentage	97.55%
Shares change (QoQ)	-0.81%
Shares change (YoY)	-1.04%
Shares held by insiders	2.45%
Shares held by institutions	53.89%
Shares outstanding	101.1M
Short % of float	5.68%
Short % of shares	5.54%
Short ratio	3.2 days

Deeper analysis on MFA

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Forecast

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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MFA Financial, Inc. (MFA)

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