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As of close of business last night, MFA Financial Inc’s stock clocked out at $9.42, down -0.21% from its previous closing price of $9.44. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.21 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.51 million shares were traded. MFA stock price reached its highest trading level at $9.51 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $9.3799.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of MFA’s stock, we examine its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 1.79 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 6.41. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.68 and its Current Ratio is at 2.09. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 5.43 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 5.43.
On July 10, 2025, Keefe Bruyette Downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform which previously was Outperform but kept the price unchanged to $10.
On January 02, 2025, Janney started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $14.Janney initiated its Buy rating on January 02, 2025, with a $14 target price.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 15 ’25 when Lin Mei sold 2,775 shares for $10.10 per share. The transaction valued at 28,028 led to the insider holds 10,778 shares of the business.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, MFA now has a Market Capitalization of 967139200 and an Enterprise Value of 10551185408. As of this moment, MFA’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.07, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.98. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.26 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.53. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 37.816.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MFA is 1.66, which has changed by -0.0115183 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.19182634 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MFA has reached a high of $11.08, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $7.85. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.30%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -0.96%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that MFA traded 1.23M shares on average per day over the past three months and 1322840 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 102.20M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 101.32M. Insiders hold about 0.86% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 55.69% stake in the company. Shares short for MFA as of 1765756800 were 2517092 with a Short Ratio of 2.05, compared to 1763078400 on 2600175. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2517092 and a Short% of Float of 2.48.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 1.43, MFA has a forward annual dividend rate of 1.44. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.15148306. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 12.4. . The current Payout Ratio is 171.25% for MFA, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-12-31 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-12-31. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2022-04-05 when the company split stock in a 1:4 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The stock of MFA Financial Inc (MFA) is currently drawing attention from 6.0 analysts actively involved in the ongoing evaluation and rating process.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.3, with high estimates of $0.32 and low estimates of $0.25.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $1.05 and $0.96 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $1.01. EPS for the following year is $1.34, with 5.0 analysts recommending between $1.38 and $1.3.
Revenue Estimates
In . The current quarter, 2 analysts expect revenue to total $60.56M. It ranges from a high estimate of $62.4M to a low estimate of $58.71M. As of . The current estimate, MFA Financial Inc’s year-ago sales were $50.8MFor the next quarter, 2 analysts are estimating revenue of $61.55M. There is a high estimate of $63.4M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $60.3M.
A total of 2 analysts have provided revenue estimates for MFA’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $238M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $234.31M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $236.16M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $202.73MBased on 3 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $255.33M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $260.9M and the low estimate is $249.5M.
