MFA Financial Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:MFA)

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MFA Financial in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" MFA shares.
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6 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for MFA Financial's shares. Their MFA share price targets range from $11.00 to $12.50. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $12.10 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.3% from the stock's current price.
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MFA Financial's stock was trading at $9.85 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, MFA shares have increased by 11.4% and is now trading at $10.97.
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MFA Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,360,000 shares, an increase of 29.7% from the October 31st total of 1,820,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 979,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 2.3% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 22nd 2024.
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MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE:MFA) issued its quarterly earnings results 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 earned $63.05 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $62.87 million. MFA Financial had a negative net margin of 0.50% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.34%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 23.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.68 EPS.

MFA Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 20th. Investors of record on Monday, October 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Tuesday, October 31st. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 12.76%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 29th.
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MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 12.77%. MFA has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer.
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ETFs with the largest weight of MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) stock in their portfolio include VanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETF (MORT), Invesco KBW High Dividend Yield Financial ETF (KBWD), WisdomTree Alternative Income Fund (HYIN) and iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF (REM).Global X SuperDividend ETF (SDIV).

MFA Financial shares reverse split before market open 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's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wellington Management Group LLP (3.30%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (2.61%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.65%), Invesco Ltd. (1.30%), Northern Trust Corp (0.95%) and Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (0.81%). 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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