NYSE:MFAMFA FINL INC/SH Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding MFA FINL INC/SH Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $1.09 -0.01 (-0.91 %) (As of 04/3/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$1.00Now: $1.09▼$1.2950-Day Range$0.36MA: $5.74▼$8.0352-Week Range$0.32Now: $1.09▼$8.09Volume45.62 million shsAverage Volume19.35 million shsMarket Capitalization$493.90 millionP/E Ratio1.36Dividend Yield72.73%Beta1.54 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media MFA Financial, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States. The company invests in residential mortgage assets, including non-agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS), agency MBS, residential whole loans, credit risk transfer securities, and mortgage servicing rights related assets. Its MBS are secured by hybrid, adjustable-rate, 15-year fixed-rate, and 30-year and longer-term fixed-rate mortgages, as well as mortgages that have interest rates that reset annually or more frequently. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT and would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. MFA Financial, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in New York, New York.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 3.3 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingMFA FINL INC/SH has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $8.25, MFA FINL INC/SH has a potential upside of 656.9% from its current price of $1.09.Amount of Analyst CoverageMFA FINL INC/SH has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 2.1 Community Rank Outperform VotesMFA FINL INC/SH has received 314 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesMFA FINL INC/SH has received 438 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentMFA FINL INC/SH has received 58.24% “underperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about MFA FINL INC/SH and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe MFA will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe MFA will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 1.7 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipMFA FINL INC/SH is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 72.73%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthMFA FINL INC/SH does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of MFA FINL INC/SH is 103.90 %. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.Dividend SustainabilityBased on EPS estimates, MFA FINL INC/SH will have a dividend payout ratio of 98.77 % in the coming year. This indicates that MFA FINL INC/SH may not be able to sustain their current dividend. Previous Next 4.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, MFA FINL INC/SH insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $90,150.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 0.73% of the stock of MFA FINL INC/SH is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions78.18% of the stock of MFA FINL INC/SH is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 2.5 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for MFA FINL INC/SH are expected to grow by 2.53% in the coming year, from $0.79 to $0.81 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of MFA FINL INC/SH is 1.36, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 11.23.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of MFA FINL INC/SH is 1.36, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 11.64.Price to Book Value per Share RatioMFA FINL INC/SH has a P/B Ratio of 0.15. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 3.3Community Rank: 2.1Dividend Strength: 1.7Insider Behavior: 4.0Valuation: 2.5 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™2.70 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Real estate investment trusts Sub-IndustryMortgage REITs SectorFinance Current SymbolNYSE:MFA Previous Symbol CUSIP55272X10 CIK1055160 Webhttp://www.mfafinancial.com/ Phone212-207-6400Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio2.70 Current RatioN/A Quick RatioN/APrice-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio1.36 Forward P/E Ratio1.38 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$581.73 million Price / Sales0.85 Cash Flow$0.79 per share Price / Cash Flow1.38 Book Value$7.49 per share Price / Book0.15Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$0.77 Net Income$378.12 million Net Margins65.00% Return on Equity10.88% Return on Assets2.81%Miscellaneous Employees59 Outstanding Shares453,115,000Market Cap$493.90 million Next Earnings Date5/5/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable Receive MFA News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for MFA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. MFA Rates by TradingView MFA FINL INC/SH (NYSE:MFA) Frequently Asked Questions How has MFA FINL INC/SH's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? MFA FINL INC/SH's stock was trading at $6.90 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MFA stock has decreased by 84.2% and is now trading at $1.09. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of MFA FINL INC/SH? 4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MFA FINL INC/SH in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for MFA FINL INC/SH. When is MFA FINL INC/SH's next earnings date? MFA FINL INC/SH is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for MFA FINL INC/SH. How were MFA FINL INC/SH's earnings last quarter? MFA FINL INC/SH (NYSE:MFA) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 20th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.01. The real estate investment trust earned $70.66 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $61.10 million. MFA FINL INC/SH had a net margin of 65.00% and a return on equity of 10.88%. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.13 EPS. View MFA FINL INC/SH's earnings history. How often does MFA FINL INC/SH pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for MFA FINL INC/SH? MFA FINL INC/SH announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 11th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Thursday, April 30th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 73.39%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 30th. View MFA FINL INC/SH's dividend history. What price target have analysts set for MFA? 4 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for MFA FINL INC/SH's shares. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $8.50. On average, they anticipate MFA FINL INC/SH's share price to reach $8.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 656.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for MFA FINL INC/SH. Has MFA FINL INC/SH been receiving favorable news coverage? News coverage about MFA stock has been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. MFA FINL INC/SH earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutMFA FINL INC/SH. Are investors shorting MFA FINL INC/SH? MFA FINL INC/SH saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 6,997,200 shares, an increase of 8.0% from the February 27th total of 6,480,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,450,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. View MFA FINL INC/SH's Current Options Chain. Who are some of MFA FINL INC/SH's key competitors? Some companies that are related to MFA FINL INC/SH include ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), CHIMERA INVT CO/SH NEW (CIM), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Apollo Commercial Real Est. Finance (ARI), Colony Capital (CLNY), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Redwood Trust (RWT), NY MTG TR INC/SH (NYMT), Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), CAPSTEAD MTG CO/SH (CMO), Ready Capital (RC) and Dynex Capital (DX). What other stocks do shareholders of MFA FINL INC/SH own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other MFA FINL INC/SH investors own include ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), AGNC Investment (AGNC), New Residential Investment (NRZ), AT&T (T), NY MTG TR INC/SH (NYMT), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Ares Capital (ARCC) and Prospect Capital (PSEC). Who are MFA FINL INC/SH's key executives? MFA FINL INC/SH's management team includes the following people: Mr. Craig L. Knutson, Pres, CEO & Director (Age 60)Mr. Stephen D. Yarad, Chief Financial Officer (Age 49)Mr. Gudmundur Kristjansson, Sr. VP & Co-Chief Investment Officer (Age 39)Mr. Bryan Wulfsohn CFA, Sr. VP & Co-Chief Investment Officer (Age 35)Mr. Sunil Yadav, Sr. VP (Age 49) What is MFA FINL INC/SH's stock symbol? MFA FINL INC/SH trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MFA." How do I buy shares of MFA FINL INC/SH? Shares of MFA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab. What is MFA FINL INC/SH's stock price today? One share of MFA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1.09. How big of a company is MFA FINL INC/SH? MFA FINL INC/SH has a market capitalization of $493.90 million and generates $581.73 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $378.12 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.77 on an earnings per share basis. MFA FINL INC/SH employs 59 workers across the globe. View additional information about MFA FINL INC/SH. What is MFA FINL INC/SH's official website? The official website for MFA FINL INC/SH is http://www.mfafinancial.com/. How can I contact MFA FINL INC/SH? MFA FINL INC/SH's mailing address is 350 PARK AVENUE 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10022. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 212-207-6400 or via email at [email protected] This page was last updated on 4/4/2020 by MarketBeat.com StaffFeatured Article: Options Trading
