MFA Financial (MFA) Competitors $9.80 -0.03 (-0.25%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$9.74 -0.05 (-0.56%) As of 04:37 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock MFA vs. ARI, ARR, TWO, PMT, DX, CIM, RC, RWT, NYMT, and IVRShould you be buying MFA Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFA Financial include Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Dynex Capital (DX), Chimera Investment (CIM), Ready Capital (RC), Redwood Trust (RWT), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), and Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry. MFA Financial vs. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance ARMOUR Residential REIT Two Harbors Investment PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Dynex Capital Chimera Investment Ready Capital Redwood Trust New York Mortgage Trust Invesco Mortgage Capital Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) and MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk. Which has better earnings and valuation, ARI or MFA? MFA Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MFA Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance$179.60M7.25-$119.64M-$0.03-312.33MFA Financial$252.85M3.99$80.16M$0.8112.14 Is ARI or MFA more profitable? MFA Financial has a net margin of 16.47% compared to Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's net margin of -39.40%. MFA Financial's return on equity of 9.61% beat Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance-39.40% 9.37% 2.03% MFA Financial 16.47%9.61%1.64% Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ARI or MFA? 54.4% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of MFA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of MFA Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is ARI or MFA a better dividend stock? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. MFA Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.6%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MFA Financial pays out 177.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Do analysts recommend ARI or MFA? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance currently has a consensus target price of $9.88, indicating a potential upside of 5.39%. MFA Financial has a consensus target price of $13.60, indicating a potential upside of 38.35%. Given MFA Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MFA Financial is more favorable than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40MFA Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has more risk & volatility, ARI or MFA? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFA Financial has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARI or MFA? MFA Financial received 46 more outperform votes than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.57% of users gave MFA Financial an outperform vote while only 57.27% of users gave Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformApollo Commercial Real Estate FinanceOutperform Votes32357.27% Underperform Votes24142.73% MFA FinancialOutperform Votes36958.57% Underperform Votes26141.43% Does the media favor ARI or MFA? In the previous week, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance had 24 more articles in the media than MFA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance and 3 mentions for MFA Financial. MFA Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's score of 0.56 indicating that MFA Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance 4 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 15 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive MFA Financial 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryMFA Financial beats Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get MFA Financial News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MFA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart MFA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMFA FinancialReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.01B$6.95B$11.12B$18.97BDividend Yield15.16%7.12%5.79%4.02%P/E Ratio12.1458.9322.0032.71Price / Sales3.996.7326.0927.84Price / Cash6.4017.3217.6017.53Price / Book0.531.652.654.47Net Income$80.16M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance4.80%1.15%0.57%0.50%1 Month Performance-5.16%-5.62%-0.43%-2.83%1 Year Performance-8.81%4.77%537.91%4.36% MFA Financial Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MFAMFA Financial4.0532 of 5 stars$9.80-0.3%$13.60+38.8%-7.2%$1.01B$252.85M12.09350Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓ARIApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance2.484 of 5 stars$8.13-2.6%$9.00+10.7%-2.6%$1.13B$195.66M-8.56N/AARRARMOUR Residential REIT3.8595 of 5 stars$13.99-2.2%$20.50+46.5%-9.3%$1.12B$-478,000.00-32.53N/AAnalyst UpgradeTWOTwo Harbors Investment4.0233 of 5 stars$10.69-2.6%$13.46+25.9%-5.9%$1.11B$510.75M5.07100Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoveragePMTPennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust3.131 of 5 stars$12.78-1.6%$14.83+16.1%-7.2%$1.11B$183.53M9.611Positive NewsDXDynex Capital3.0809 of 5 stars$11.37-2.6%$13.33+17.3%+5.7%$1.09B$150.40M7.7320CIMChimera Investment4.6179 of 5 stars$11.03-3.2%$16.00+45.1%+0.0%$892.58M$257.93M10.2140Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsRCReady Capital3.4548 of 5 stars$4.31-1.8%$7.04+63.4%-47.7%$740.58M$27.35M-6.16600Upcoming EarningsRWTRedwood Trust4.3106 of 5 stars$5.39-2.7%$7.50+39.1%+12.7%$716.78M$223.32M16.33300Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageNYMTNew York Mortgage Trust3.2584 of 5 stars$5.27-2.9%$7.00+32.8%-14.3%$477.29M$241.49M-4.6270Short Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsGap UpIVRInvesco Mortgage Capital2.9516 of 5 stars$6.48-2.7%$10.00+54.3%-14.3%$422.97M$79.55M9.97N/AUpcoming EarningsPositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Alternatives ARMOUR Residential REIT Alternatives Two Harbors Investment Alternatives PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Alternatives Dynex Capital Alternatives Chimera Investment Alternatives Ready Capital Alternatives Redwood Trust Alternatives New York Mortgage Trust Alternatives Invesco Mortgage Capital Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:MFA) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHow to invest in Elon Musk’s Optimus before its launchElon Musk is set to completely take over the AI industry with Optimus… A breakthrough AI-powered robot that El...InvestorPlace | SponsoredBlackrock’s Sending THIS Crypto Higher on PurposeWhile everyone's distracted by Bitcoin's moves, a stealth revolution is underway. 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