MFA Financial (MFA) Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MFA Financial in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" MFA shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MFA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for MFA Financial's stock. Their MFA share price forecasts range from $11.00 to $13.50. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $12.45 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.8% from the stock's current price.
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MFA Financial's stock was trading at $9.85 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, MFA shares have increased by 12.1% and is now trading at $11.04.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 3rd 2023.
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MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE:MFA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 4th. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.86) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.39 by $1.25. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $63.05 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $62.87 million. MFA Financial had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.08% and a negative net margin of 14.93%. MFA Financial's quarterly revenue was up 23.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.68 EPS.

MFA Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 31st will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, April 28th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 12.68%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 30th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) stock in their portfolio include Invesco KBW High Dividend Yield Financial ETF (KBWD), WisdomTree Alternative Income Fund (HYIN), VanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETF (MORT), iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF (REM), Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF (RIET), Global X SuperDividend ETF (SDIV), First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (FYC) and Small Cap US Equity Select ETF (RNSC).

MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 12.57%. MFA has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer.
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MFA Financial shares reverse split on Tuesday, April 5th 2022. The 1-4 reverse split was announced on Tuesday, April 5th 2022. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the market closes on Tuesday, April 5th 2022. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 25 shares after the split.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other MFA Financial investors own include Energy Transfer (ET), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR), New Residential Investment (NRZ), AT&T (T), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Ford Motor (F) and Enterprise Products Partners (EPD).

MFA Financial trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MFA."

MFA Financial's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.82%), Wellington Management Group LLP (4.93%), State Street Corp (2.32%), EMG Holdings L.P. (2.07%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.96%) and HBK Investments L P (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Bryan Wulfsohn, Craig L Knutson, Mei Lin, Michael Charles Roper, Robin Josephs, Starwood Capital Group Global and Stephen D Yarad.
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Shares of MFA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MFA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.04.

MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) has a market capitalization of $1.13 billion and generates $482.42 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $-231,580,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.08) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 298 workers across the globe.

MFA Financial's mailing address is 350 PARK AVENUE 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10022. The official website for the company is www.mfafinancial.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (212) 207-6400, via email at investorrelations@mfafinancial.com, or via fax at 212-207-6420.