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MFA Financial Inc (NYSE: MFA) closed the day trading at $10.22 up 0.29% from the previous closing price of $10.19. In other words, the price has increased by $0.29 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.96 million shares were traded. MFA stock price reached its highest trading level at $10.32 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $10.115.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of MFA, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 2.07 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 11.28. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 4.77 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 4.77.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Janney on January 02, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $14.
On December 13, 2023, Keefe Bruyette Upgraded its rating to Outperform which previously was Mkt Perform and also upped its target price recommendation from $11.25 to $12.
On December 06, 2023, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $12.UBS initiated its Neutral rating on December 06, 2023, with a $12 target price.
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 1043288256 and an Enterprise Value of 9701824512. As of this moment, MFA’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 6.41, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.27. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.44 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.55. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 26.494.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, MFA has reached a high of $13.45, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $9.88. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -8.69%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -9.93%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, MFA traded about 912.53K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, MFA traded about 1274700 shares per day. A total of 102.08M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 101.32M. Insiders hold about 0.75% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 67.63% stake in the company. Shares short for MFA as of 1734048000 were 3145079 with a Short Ratio of 3.45, compared to 1731628800 on 2406579. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3145079 and a Short% of Float of 3.1.
Dividends & Splits
MFA’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.40, up from 1.4 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.1373896The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 13.87.
